Green Corn Dance

Historical marker location:

800 W Forrest Ave, Eufaula, Oklahoma

( Marker is on Forest Avenue west of South 6th Street when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1966

To the Creeks, the Green Corn dance was a major annual religious celebration of the harvest season. Around a central fire, men, women, and children dressed in colorful costumes, danced, chanted, and sang. After the rites, green corn was served.