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
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.
ABOUT US
The Oklahoma Indian Territory Museum of Black Creek Freedmen History is operated by the descendants of Creek Indian Freedmen (Black Creeks); designated as Freedmen by the Dawes Commission in the late 1800’s. Currently the Museum is an extensive collection that currently travels throughout the world. Our ultimate goal is to raise the funds in order to house the information in one location.