The Removal of the Creek Indians from Alabama and Georgia, 1827-1849
About the Program
While most people are familiar with the Cherokee "Trail of Tears," fewer know that approximately twenty-three thousand Creek Indians were also forced from Alabama and Georgia to Indian territory, west of the Mississippi River between 1827 and 1849. This talk will explain how federal officials relocated the Creek people (including removing those who fled to the Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Seminole Nations) and discuss the Creeks' experiences as they traveled over dusty roads and along frozen rivers to present-day Oklahoma.
About the Presenter
Christopher D. Haveman is associate professor of history at the University of West Alabama and the author of Rivers of Sand: Creek Indian Emigration, Relocation, and Ethnic Cleansing in the American South and Bending Their Way Onward: Creek Indian Removal in Documents.
Draughon Seminars in State and Local History
Draughon Seminars in State and Local History are a series of lectures sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University. The series is funded by the Kelly Mosley Endowment in honor of Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, president of Auburn University from 1947 to 1965. Draughon was a historian with a deep commitment to both state history and public education.
Contact the Draughon Center at cah@auburn.edu to book a program for fall 2024 or spring 2025. Program opportunities are limited and booked at no cost on a first-come, first-served basis. The cost of the program is free, but local sites are encouraged to publicize widely to ensure participation from across the community.