Green Corn Dance - Eufaula, OK
N 35° 16.957 W 095° 35.485
15S E 264317 N 3907465
Red granite Oklahoma Historical Marker in the parking lot of the Creek Nation Casino, 806 Forest Ave, Eufaula, OK, noting this as the general area where the Creeks held their Green Corn Dances, and providing some background about them.
Waymark Code: WMYF0T
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2018
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The marker reads:
Greatest ceremonial rite of Creek Indians was Green Corn Dance. It was held at time of year before corn had fully matured and while grains were soft. Dance was celebration of harvest season and was of intense religious devotion.
In preparation for festival old fires were extinguished and new ones, lighted from old fire embers. Main fire was placed in center of square area. Around this central fire men, women, and children, dressed in colorful costumes, danced, chanted, and sang. After rites were completed, green corn was served to all. Choctaws and other tribes had similar ceremonies.
This marker erected in vicinity where Creeks held Green Corn Dances.
-- Oklahoma Historical Society 1966 --
County: McIntosh
Record Address::
806 Forest Ave
Eufaula, OK USA
74432
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Date Erected: 1966
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society
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