Red Stick

noun

A member of a traditionalist faction of Muscogee Creek people in the American Southeast in the early 19th century, who led a resistance movement against European-American encroachment and assimilation.

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Meanings

nounRed Stick (plural Red Sticks)

plural Red Sticks

  1. historicalA member of a traditionalist faction of Muscogee Creek people in the American Southeast in the early 19th century, who led a resistance movement against European-American encroachment and assimilation.

Origin

From their red war clubs and ceremonial sticks.

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APA

Red Stick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Red%20Stick

MLA

“Red Stick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Red%20Stick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Red Stick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Red%20Stick.

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