Were Creek Indians from West Mexico?

Sources & Bibliography


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[viii] Power, Susan C.  Early Art of the Southeastern Indians. University of Georgia Press, 2004: pp. 182-183.

[ix] “Spiro Mounds.” Wikipedia. 2010. Wikipedia.org. 21 Sep 2010 < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Mounds>

[x] King, Adam. “Mound C and the SECC  in the History of the Etowah Site.” Southeastern Ceremonial Complex. University of Alabama Press: 2007, p.129.

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[xv] Diehl, Richard A. The Olmecs. Thames & Hudson, 2004: p. 174.

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[xvii] Mountjoy, Joseph B. “Excavation of two Middle Formative Cemeteries in the Mascota Valley of Jalisco, Mexico.” FAMSI.org. Accessed online 14 Jan. 2011 at <http://www.famsi.org/reports/03009/index.html>.

[xviii] Grantham, Bill. Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians. University Press of Florida, 2002: pp. 111-113.

[xix] Grantham, Bill. Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians. University Press of Florida, 2002: pp. 149.

[xx] Fairbanks, Charles H. Archeology of the Funeral Mound.  University of Alabama Press: 2003, p. 6.

[xxi] Larson, Lewis. “The Case for Earth Lodges in the Southeast.” Ocmulgee Archaeology, 1936-1986.  University of Georgia Press, 1994: p.105

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[xxviii] Fairbanks, Charles H. Archeology of the Funeral Mound.  University of Alabama Press: 2003, p. 8.

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[xxxiv] Grantham, Bill. Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians. University Press of Florida, 2002: p. 131.

[xxxv] Grantham, Bill. Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians. University Press of Florida, 2002: p. 111.

[xxxvi] Thornton, Richard L. “Hierarchal Muskogean Societies from a Muskogee Perspective.” PerdidoBayTribe.org. Accessed online 17 January 2011 at < http://www.perdidobaytribe.org/Essay1.htm>.

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[xxxviii] “The Zoque.” Wikipedia.org. Accessed online November 3, 2010 at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoque>.

[xxxix] “Zoque Dance wand used in the dance of San Roque.” National Museum of the American Indian Collections. Accessed onlie November 3, 2010 at <http://www.nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/item.aspx?irn=217861&culid=528&page=1>.

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[xlviii] “Ancient Knowledge of the Chaco Canyon Anasazi.” Accessed online 17 January 2011 at < http://www.canyonsworldwide.com/chaco/images/ChacoCanyonAnasaziPaper.pdf>.

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One thought on “Were Creek Indians from West Mexico?

  • July 23, 2017 at 8:18 am
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    Very fascinating discourse! Results from my STR ancestry DNA calculator confirm the Mexico/southeast U.S. migration with the the Cora people of Nayarit being directly related to the Creek Indians of Georgia.

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