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A sovereign nation named for this tribe was established by a Loyalist veteran who looted the Panton, Leslie, and Company store, only to be captured by Spain. This tribe’s Chief Opothleyahola (10[3]-5[1])(“oh-POTH-lay-ah-HO-la”) faced Confederate attacks on the Trail of Blood on Ice. (10[1]-5[1])This tribe, (10[1])whose members included William Augustus Bowles, (10[1])exiled (10[1])the Yamacraw chief Tomochichi. Peter McQueen (10[1])and William (10[1])Weatherford led this Hitchiti-speaking (-5[1])tribe in an attack (10[1])on white residents of Fort Mims, (10[2]-5[1])35 (10[1])miles north of (10[1])Mobile. (10[1]-5[4])This tribe’s (10[1])Red Stick (10[1]-5[1])faction (10[1])fought against (10[3])the United (10[1])States (10[2])during (-5[2])a (10[1])series of wars (10[1]-5[1])that (-5[1])included the Battle of Burnt Corn. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])the Treaty (-5[1])of Fort Jackson ended a war named after what (10[1])tribe (-5[2])that clashed (-5[1])with Andrew (-5[1])Jackson (10[2]-5[5])in (-5[1])the Southeastern (10[1]-5[3])US? ■END■ (10[8]0[19])

ANSWER: Muscogee [or Muscogee Creek; or Mvskoke; or State of Muscogee; prompt on Red Sticks until read]
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Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU COxford B3010
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Charles HangWashU AIndiana B40-5
Jon SuhHarvard ABrandeis B4010
Jack LewisBruin AAlabama A4210
Akshar GoyalIllinois AChicago C4810
Andrew ZengStanford BNorthwestern A4910
Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech BVanderbilt A5510
Andrew VincentNorthwestern BGeorgetown A5710
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Cole PolleyMichigan DOhio State B8610
Kevin PengCornell CBinghamton A8610
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Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech ATennessee A8810
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUNC D91-5
Tony LiangTAMUTexas A9110
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Conor ThompsonIowa StateCarleton9810
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Ian McDowellCambridge CCambridge A113-5
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Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaLiberty B11810
Alex JiangBrown ATufts A118-5
Ethan SiskelTufts ABrown A11810
Taaj RaiGeorge Washington BNYU B118-5
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DRIT A118-5
Nathan RedfordLiberty ADuke119-5
Anna BarkerUCF BFlorida State A121-5
Sanika IyerIndiana BWashU A12110
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Vedh RameshPenn BHaverford A121-5
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Great Lakes2025-02-01683%83%113.40
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01667%67%111.75
Midwest2025-02-016100%33%85.17
North2025-02-01367%67%90.50
Northeast2025-02-01560%60%76.33
Overflow2025-02-01450%50%53.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-012100%0%80.00
South Central2025-02-01250%50%91.00
Southeast2025-02-01475%25%61.67
UK2025-02-01520%60%30.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01967%33%80.00
Upstate NY2025-02-013100%33%97.33