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Dr. Christopher Haveman will be the guest speaker at the Pioneer Museum of Alabama at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 26.

The topic of Have’s presentation will be “The Removal of the Creek Indians from Alabama and Georgia, 1827-1849.”

Barbara Tatom, museum director, said even though most people are familiar with the Cherokee “Trail of Tears” few know that about 23,000 Creek Indians were also forced from Alabama and Georgia to Indian territory west of the Mississippi River between 1827 and 1849

Haveman will explain how federal officials relocated the Creek people and discuss the Creeks’ experiences as they traveled over dusty roads and along frozen rivers to present-day Oklahoma.

Tatom said Haveman’s presentation is co-sponsored by the Southeastern Mvskoke Nation and Pike County Historical Society. The presentation is free and open to the public. However, tours of the museum will not be available.