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References
- ↑ History of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Archived 2010-07-27 at the Wayback Machine ," accessed 7 May 2007.
- ↑ U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, "Alabama: Poarch Creek Reservation", accessed 7 May 2007
- ↑ Paredes, J. Anthony. "Federal Recognition and the Poarch Creek Indians" in Peredes, J. Anthony, ed. Indians of the Southeastern United States in the Late 20th Century (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1992) p. 121
- ↑ U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, "Alabama: Poarch Creek Reservation", accessed 7 May 2007
- ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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