They are one of eight federally recognized tribes whose members are descended from the Creek Confederacy of the Southeast, lands to which they have deep ancestral connections. In the mid-20th century, they were known as the Creek Nation East of the Mississippi. As Mvskoke people, they speak the Muscogee language. The Poarch Band of Creek Indians ( / p ɔː r tʃ/ PORCH ) are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans with reservation lands in lower Alabama. Other Muscogee Creek tribes, Alabama Creole people
