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TABLE of CONTENTS Page Preface TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Preface .................................................. ................................................................... .3 Part I Certifications by the Governing Council Officers .......................................... .4-6 A. Certification of the Petition of Acknowledgment ...........................................4 B. Certification of The Florida Tribe Constituion ......................................... .5 C. Certification of the Tribal Membership Roll ...................................................6 Part II Introduction to the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians .......................... .7-13 Part III Chronology ............................................................................................... .14-89 Section A: 1540 to 1833 ....................................................................... .14-38 SectionB 1834to 1973 ........................................................................... 39-59 Section C: 1974 to Present .......................................................................60-89 Part IV Membership Histories within the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians Section A: The Wards .............................................................................90-122 Section B: The Harjo-Boggs-Parrot Band .............................................. 123-147 ' Section C: The Escambia County Settlements ........................................ 148-15 5 Part V Response to Part 83. 7 Criterion by the Florida Tribe ............................ .156-172 Appendix 1 The Constitution of the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians Appendix 2 Membership Roll of the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians Appendix 3 Samples of Modem Tribal Communications, Issues, Activities, etc. Appendix 4 Exhibits in support of Membership Appendix 5 Other Research Articles and Exhibits 2 MNF-PFD-V003-D0003 Page 1of1 PREFACE The Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians (Florida Tribe) originally filed a Notice of Intent to Petition for Federal Acknowledgment in 1978. The original petition was returned and has been now been finalized in accordance with regulation 25 CFR Part 83 of the Bureau oflndian Affairs, Department of the Interior. Today, the official tribal membership roll lists almost I 800 active adult members. Many still live either on or near original Creek homesteads first settled. in the early 1800s. Membership is predominately determined by birth. The Florida Tribe's Constitution has a strict membership code that is rigidly adhered to and is mostly based on the US Government criteria which was used to determine the Land Claim settlements of Docket 21, Docket 275, and Docket 272. This petition has been built from years of research and determination by Florida Tribe's Creek families. It has spanned multiple generations. Many of our elders have passed away since the original petition was filed and, in the last 5 years, some _citizens of Florida Tribe have changed their membership to the federally recognized Poarch Band of Atmore Alabama. Other family members have continued their membership with this tribe which is of the State they reside in. The Choctawatchee Clan, the Harjo-Boggs-Parrot Clan, and the Escambia County Settlements continue as unifed communities under strong leadership, despite the effects of time. Structural and political change is natural, particularly among the Creeks. Some documentation, in particular, copies of old and valuable personal family papers, may not be in the Appendix of the petition at this time. They will be made available upon request by the Bureau of Acknowledgment and Research. For this reason, all sources of information have been carefully cited in the endnotes. The Florida Tribe has been the recipient of numerous grants from the Administration of Native Americans throughout the past years and extends a thank you on behalf of our people for helping to make this petition possible. We are very grateful. We believe that when this petition is combined with the personal records of our Tribal Office, the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians will demonstrate full compliance with the mandatory criterions for acknowledgment. 3 MNF-PFD-V003-D0004 Page 1of1 PART I A. CERTIFICATION OF PETITION This petition is presented with the full cooperation of the governing body of the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians (Florida Tribe). The Florida Tribe reserves the right to amend, modify, and supplement this petition as it becomes necessary. The Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians asks the United States of America to grant this Petition for Acknowledgment through the Department of the Interior in accordance with all procedures established under 25 CFR Part 83. Submitted to the Honorable Ada E. Deer,.,As~tant Sec~ - Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior this A 7 I J...:.day of 1995. dfd5~ ?CHAIRPERSON --- SECRETARY MNF-PFD-V003-D0005 Page 1 of 3 B. CERTIFICATION OF TRIBAL CONSTITUTION The officers of the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians do hereby certify that the Constitution of said tribe is furnished as Appendix 1 to this petition. This is the true governing document for our people. The Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians reserves the right to amend the Constitution as necessary. Copies of any such changes will be made available to the Bureau of Acknowledgment and Research. Signed t!iiJ;) 7£bday of*-1995. u~HAIRPERsoN q a.........-=-c=======----- ~E-CHAJRPERSON ·-. 5 MNF-PFD-V003-D0005 Page 2 of 3 C: CERTIFICATION OF TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP ROLE The officers of the Florida Tribe do hereby certify that the official membership roll for the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians is submitted as Appendix 2 to this Petition for Acknowledgment. This roll is in accordance with the criteria for membership as stated in the by laws of the Constitution for the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians. All members on this roll have a signed affadavit on file and a current address in the tribal office. The Florida Tribe reserves the right to change or amend this roll as it becomes necessary to ensure that the records accurately reflect its membership. Such instances include members' deaths, changes in tribal status from minor to 1tt, formal withdrawals, etc. Submitted this 2 f ~day of~ 1995. (/~:;rt SECRETARY ~µ2)~ ASURER MNF-PFD-V003-D0005 Page 3 of 3 PART II: INTRODUCTION The ancient Creek Nation (Muskogees) inhabited the greater portion of Alabama, North Florida, Georgia, South central Tennessee and even some parts of South Carolina and Mississippi. It was a confederation of more that 50 individual tribal towns and smaller sub-tribe units. Each tribal town maintained its own internal government, local customs, and peculiar cultures and beliefs. There were many dialects, rather than one spoken language. Historically, the Creeks were a diverse mixture of peoples, culture, and languages that joined together governmentally, but without sacrificing individual traditions. Contact with the Europeans can be dated back to as early as the 1540s and the Spanish soldiers of Hernando de Soto. Today, the Florida Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians (Florida Tribe) is a representative of these historic people. The tribe serves present day families of Creek ancestors who either chose to remain in the Southeast during the removals of the 1830s or who returned to the area without seeking enrollment in any other Indian Nation within the United States. The Florida Tribe is geographically located in an area that is referred to as the 'Panhandle' of Northwest Florida. Its boundaries stretch from Pensacola in the West to the capital area of Tallahassee. The official address for the tribe is P.O. Box 3028, Bruce, Florida 32455 and the telephone number is (904) 835-2078. The small conununity of Bruce is a mid-point between the East and West boundaries and is located in south Walton County. It is where the Tribal Office and official records are housed, in an old school building on Church Road - a dirt road that cuts through a landbase which has belonged to families of the tribe's Choctawatchee Clan through time . .Multiple counties are represented on the tribal council and there is an official constitution that provides the guidelines for conducting tribal business. This constitution 7 MNF-PFD-V003-D0006 Page 1 of 7 was established in 1978. The Florida Tribe represents a union of three major clans in northwest Florida. Council representatives are elected by democratic process for the individual county of residence. Each representative is administered a formal oath of office upon election to serve the Creek people to the best of their abilities. The Florida Tribe incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1981 to be eligible for local, state and/or federal grants. Also, the Florida Tribe was recognized by resolutions that passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate for the State of Florida in 1986. Through the levy and collection of tribal taxes, the Florida Tribe conducts and supports the day-to-day affairs that affect all of its citizens. A tribal newspaper keeps members apprised of such things as political issues, family changes, local gatherings, etc. The geographic divisions of the Florida Creeks is in keeping with the historical Creeks, who were once divided into Upper or Lower Towns and Red or White towns. The general history of the Creek shows that by 1810, Christians and tradiltional Towns were having serious problems with one another. Some of the Creeks favored the Americans arid the different (often dependent) way of life that had developed from trading.
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