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Red Sticks

Red Sticks is the English term for a traditionalist faction of Creek Indians

Creek people

The Muscogee , their original name they use to identify themselves today, also known as the Creek, are an American Indians in the United States people originally from the Southern United States....
who led a resistance movement which culminated in the outbreak of the Creek War

Creek War

The Creek War , also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek people nation. It is sometimes considered to be part of the War of 1812....
in 1813.

The term "red sticks" is derived from the red-colored war clubs and the alleged magical red sticks used by Creek shamans. This faction of Creeks aggressively supported traditional views of Creek society such as hunting

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing living animals for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to law....
and communal land.

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Red Sticks is the English term for a traditionalist faction of Creek Indians

Creek people

Creek War

Hunting

Shawnee

The Shawnee, Shaawanwaki, Shaawanooki and Shaawanowi lenaweeki, are a people native to North America. They originally inhabited the areas of Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Maryland, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania....
leader Tecumseh

Tecumseh

Tecumseh , also Tecumtha or Tekamthi, was a famous Native Americans in the United States leader of the Shawnee. He spent much of his life attempting to rally various native American tribes in a mutual defense of their lands, which eventually led to his death in the War of 1812....
and angered by the unrestrained encroachment of white culture, Red Sticks went to war against their own people.

The Red Sticks came primarily from the Upper Towns of Creek Territory and opposed white acculturation. The Red Stick War, more commonly called the Creek War, raged from 1813–1814. During the war, Redsticks would lash out at symbols of white influence. They would kill domesticated animals, destroy farming equipment, and burn crops. Metal pots and pans as well as spun cloth would be routinely gathered and burned. The United States entered the war after the Fort Mims Massacre

Fort Mims massacre

The Fort Mims massacre occurred on 30 August, 1813, when a force of Creek people, belonging to the "Red Sticks" faction under the command of Peter McQueen and William Weatherford "Red Eagle", his cousin by marriage, killed hundreds of settlers, mixed-blood Creeks, and militia in Fort Mims....
. Led by William Weatherford

William Weatherford

William "Red Eagle" Weatherford, , was a Creek Indian in the United States who led the Creek War offensive against the United States. William Weatherford, like many of the high-ranking members of the Creek nation, was a mixture of Scottish and Creek Indian....
, Menawa

Menawa

Menawa, was born about 1765 at the village of Oakfuskee located on or near the Tallapoosa River, the site is now covered by the lower part of Lake Martin....
, and Peter McQueen

Peter McQueen

Peter McQueen was the son of a Scottish trader and a Creek woman. He was known for playing a set of bagpipes during each battle that he fought....
, the war resulted in the loss of half of the traditional Creek territory and another migration of Creeks into the Florida

Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
Seminole territory.