MS 2010-26 Grayson account of Moty Tiger
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2010-26
name: label: Creator
content: Grayson, G. W. (George Washington), 1843-1920
label: Names
content: Tiger, Moty, Chief, d. 1921
topic: label: Topic
content: Creek Indians -- Land tenure
label: Topic
content: Creek Indians -- Government relations
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
creator: label: Creator
content: Grayson, G. W. (George Washington), 1843-1920
culture: label: Culture
content: Muscogee (Creek)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Chief Moty Tiger (d. 1921) was a Creek (Muskogee) Indian and tribal leader who was elected Second Chief of the Creeks in 1897 in one of the last tribal election ever held. After the death of Principal Chief Pleasant Porter in 1907, Tiger replaced him in that position in accordance with Creek law and by formal appointment by President Theodore Roosevelt. Tiger continued to serve as the leader of the Creeks until his resignation in 1920.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Leaves (manuscript, 10 x 8 inches.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1908
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2010-26
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Leaves
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection is comprised of a 7-leaf manuscript written by George Washington Grayson in 1908. The manuscript is an account of the life of Moty Tiger (Hoo-ma Ti-ka), who became Principal Chief of the Creek Nation in 1907.
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives also holds a portrait of Chief Moty Tiger in its collection of glass negatives from the Bureau of American Ethnology. Please see OPPS NEG 1118A or NAA INV 6230300.