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The article discusses U.S. President James Madison's decision to declare war against Great Britain in the summer of 1812, thereby beginning the War of 1812. It is noted that white settlers and Creek Indians living in the Mississippi Territory at the time generally supported the declaration, with the Creeks hoping the British would supply them with weapons to fight white Americans.

The article discusses the history of Alabama during the winter of 1812, focusing on the commercial opportunity that motivated white expansion in the region as well as the responses of Creek Indian groups to settlers. Topics include the cotton industry, cotton prices, slave labor, and the availability of land.

The article discusses the history of Alabama during the fall of 1811, focusing on incidents that led to the Creek War of 1813. Topics include the Federal Road, the efforts of the Shawnee leader Tecumseh to unite groups of Creek Indians against settlers, and a December 16, 1811 earthquake in the region of New Madrid, Missouri.

The author reflects on his spiritual place in the modern world. He recalls listening to the Reverend Austin Barnett deliver his sermon in the Muscogee language at Hillabee Indian Baptist Church near Hanna, Oklahoma when he was about four or five years old. He describes living with his grandparents and how some of the older Indian Baptist churches are dying out in Oklahoma. He realizes why Red Moon in Far Western Oklahoma, near the historic Black Kettle massacre site, was called by its name.

The article discusses the history of Alabama, focusing on the period prior to the Creek War in the spring of 1811. Topics include the selling of ancestral lands by some Creeks, gender roles in some Creek households, and the attitudes of some Creeks concerning treaties with settlers. The politician Benjamin Hawkins is mentioned.

An interview with Darnella Davis, an artist, educator and member of the Muscogee Creek nation in the U.S., is presented. Davis explains the symbolism of the color yellow in her painting "Yellow Haired Brown Girl." She comments on her choice of depiction in painting "Above the Ground" as a momentary escape from gravity. Davis believes in portraying nude figures as primal and not restraint with the modern dress.

The article discusses the harsh conditions faced by early settlers in the Mississippi Territory (now the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama). The control of the area by Creek Indians is discussed. The quality of the land in the territory is described, along with the physical labor required to develop this land.

The article features French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville who travelled around the U.S. in 1805 to 1859 to observe the situation of Indian tribes. He wrote "Democracy in America," in 1835 in which he compared the situations of the European populations and the stark situation of the Indian and Black population. His writings were sympathetic to the situation of American Indians and was particularly concerned about the plight of the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks and Cherokees and their efforts to adapt to an encroaching European population.

The article discusses a 1792 peace commission document between the Upper Creek Indian of the Talapuche nation, located in Alabama and the Spanish on Spanish efforts to get Creek Indian affections.

The article reports that artist Dan Townsend taught the Native American art shell carving at the College of the Muscogee Nation (CMN) in Okmulgee, Oklahoma for one month during the summer of 2008. Townsend is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Florida and resides in Tallahassee, Florida. His grandmother's influence on his shell carving while he was young is explored. CMN brought Townsend to the college to help preserve the tribe's culture by training others in the art. During the class, students used a variety of small motorized tools to carve designs based on the Muscogee Swift Creek's people's symbolism.

The article reports that the Muscogee Nation in Oklahoma has celebrated the 108th birthday of Martha Berryhill, the last of the Indian tribe's original allottees and one of the oldest people in the state. As the last original allottee, Berryhill is the only remaining human connection to the tribe's pre-statehood and tribal membership roots.

The article offers news briefs concerning issues related to Indians of North America. Paulla Dove Jennings, former councilwoman of the Narragansett Tribe, announced that she is running for chief sachem of the tribe. It is reported that a runoff election has been scheduled for November 3, 2007, to decide who will be the chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Jackson K. Bussell, a boxer who was a member of the Klamath Tribe, died a day after he collapsed in the ring of a six-round boxing match.

The article presents a discussion about the Native heritage and history of Georgia. Native American occupation in the state ended during the Trail of Tears, an event which forced Cherokees and creeks to live in camps and emigration depots. Six of the most important Native American historical and cultural sites in the region are found in Chieftains Trail. One of which is the Chief Vann House State Historic Site in Chatsworh. A an event dedicated to Native Americans in the state is the North Georgia Native American Summit & Cultural Fair.

Presents news items related to war research in Great Britain as of December 29, 2000. Efforts of anthropologist Ross Hassig in determining why Creek Indians were armed and trained by the British in the 1812 war; Launching of the book 'Eastward to Tartary,' by Robert Kaplan.

The article discusses the election forum titled "Come Home to the Homeland," organized by the Tennessee Creek Association (TCA), in Tennessee, as of September 2015, and mentions that the forum was attended by people like Arlene Davis, candidate for the Principal Chief and Tribal Council.

The article announces that Muscogee (Creek) Nation Chief Tiger has received the American Indian Leadership Award at the 29th Annual National Reservation Economic Summit (National RES) at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 10, 2015.

Relates the events which brought Lyncoya, a Creek Indian boy, into the life of General Andrew Jackson. A letter Lyncoya wrote to Jackson about his feelings as an Indian is included.

The article reports on a meeting between Del Marsh, the finance chairman for the Alabama Republican Party, and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians during the 2010 election season. It highlights the statements of Marsh concerning the conversation and the alleged donation that he got from the tribe through the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC). It says that the issue on donation emerged after Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard was accused of using the tribe to hide fund sources.

The article reports that the U.S. District Court Judge Keith Watkins has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Alabama challenging the right of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians to run three casinos in the state, holding that it has no authority to prohibit the activity on Indian lands.

The article offers information on a ranger-guided hike to be held at Moccasin Bend National Archeological District, part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park located in Georgia and Tennessee on February 8, 2014. It mentions that Moccasin Bend became archaeological site after discovery of evidence of European contact in 1540 with ancestors of Muscogee (Creek) and Yuchi people at a village referred as Hampton Place in the 1980s and 1990s.