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OKLAHOMA INDIAN TERRITORY MUSEUM OF BLACK CREEK FREEDMEN HISTORY
Welcome to the Official Website of the
Oklahoma Indian Territory Museum of Black Creek Freedmen History
OUR
MISSION
The Museum’s mission is to Acquire, Educate, Document, Protect, Preserve, and Exhibit the unique history and culture of the Black Creeks (Freedmen) of the Indian Territory. Creek Freedmen were forcefully removed to Indian Territory (now known as Oklahoma) on the trail of tears in the 1830s from their eastern homelands in Alabama and Georgia
OUR PURPOSE
The Oklahoma Indian Territory Museum of Black Creek Freedmen History aims to educate and guide visitors on a journey back in time to the days of Indian Territory. A pivotal time in history before the creation of the State of Oklahoma. A time in history when people of African descent were knownas Freedmen, Natives Negros, Black Indians, Black Creeks, and African Creeks in Indian Territory.
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