Muscogee
（重定向自Creek Confederacy）
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![Etowah Mound C, was a part of a precontact Mississippian and ancestral Muscogee site occupied by ancestors of the Muscogee people from ca. 1000–1550 CE, in Cartersville, Georgia](/Images/godic/202501/06/Etowah_MoundC_1_HRoe_20125711.jpg")
![Hernando de Soto and his men burn Mabila, after a surprise attack by Chief Tuskaloosa and his people; 1540 CE, painting by Herb Roe, 2008.](/Images/godic/202501/06/De_Soto_burns_Mabila_HRoe_20085711.jpg")
![A raiding party against Spanish missions in Florida passes the Ocmulgee trading post.](/Images/godic/202501/06/OcmulgeeRaid5711.JPG")
The Muscogee (or Muskogee), also known as the Creek, are a Native American people traditionally from the southeastern woodlands. Mvskoke (English pronunciation: /məˈskoʊdʒi/; Mvskoke [maskóːkî]) is their name in traditional spelling. Today Muscogee people live primarily in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Their language, Muscogee, is a member of the Muscogee branch of the Muscogean language family.