These articles were updated 25 Sept. 2000
The articles that appear here reflect the Muskogee Creek Cultural
Heritage of the Southeast today. It does not represent the current culture
of our Oklahoma relatives, the Creek and Seminole Nations and their peoples.
You will find a lot in common because we share common roots to our Words
and Ways. You will find a lot of differences, too. The Great Muddy, the
Mississippi, divided us in more ways than one. We each now live in a different
geographical area with different weather, different flora and fauna and
even different types of neighbors. We have each continued our own development
under different circumstances specific to our homes. Our Elders have always
said, "Power, in every sense, is universal. However, The expression
of Power, in any form, is geographically specific." They are right, you
know. New York is not like New Mexico even though they both begin with
"New." Overall, if you know about one people, you will feel comfortable
with the other--after all, we are still family. Thanks to modern communications,
transportation and other technologies, distances and differences grow lesser
with each passing season.
Pine
Arbor, an Introduction
Muskogee
Tribal Towns, Early Days
From
the Confederacy to the Present Day
Vnewetv,
Our Ancient Home
Wisdom
and the Weather
The
Orange, An Introduction to Power
A
Creek Concept of Power
The
Sacred Fire
The
Ribbon Dance
Notes
on The Ribbon Dance
The
Blade
An
Accession Ceremony for a Mekko
Thoughts
of the Elders, a Compendium
An
Indian Baptist Church
Healing
in Different Cultures
The
Eastern Sweat Lodge
Some
People Say
Frybread
& Other Good Stuff..!
Soup,
a curious dialogue: Food as Medicine
Medicine:
Plants, Power and Procedure
Symbolism,
Past and Present
Corn
and the Corn Fast
Grandmother's
Corn Story
The
Muskogee Cosmos
Stars,
Campfires of the Departed
Obits
from Pine Arbor News
Did
you Know?
Biographies
and Conflicts
Weekly
Surprise