At this year’s annual commemoration of the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend, representatives of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN) took part in the dedication of a new display. Since the fall of 2015, members of the MCN Cultural Center in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, have been engaged in the making of twin canoes using traditional carving practices. One of the canoes will remain at the center in Oklahoma, but the other will be a permanent exhibit at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (HBNMP) in Daviston.
The annual event at HBNMP recalls the battle that ended the Creek War and resulted in a land cession of 23 million acres; the present day Southeast U.S. Soon after, the Creek were removed to Oklahoma.
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