sentences:  Many of these Creek remained in Alabama despite the Indian Removal Act of 1832, by which the majority of the tribe ceded their land and were forcibly moved to Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River.The Creek in Alabama had to give up their tribal membership, and were considered United States and state citizens, as a condition of remaining.The people maintained their community ties and culture, living in Alabama as an identifiable, distinct community for the last two centuries.