Editing Dacula, Georgia (section)

=== The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ===
The Dacula area was originally within the [[Muscogee Nation|Muscogee (Creek) Nation]]. Most of the land within the city's limits was ceded to the State of Georgia in the [[Treaty of New York (1790)|1790 Treaty of New York]] after the [[Oconee War]]s<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scurry |first=Steven |date=2004-04-21 |title=The Oconee War |url=https://flagpole.com/news/news-features/2004/04/21/the-oconee-war/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Flagpole |language=en-US}}</ref> [https://native-land.ca/maps-old/treaties/cession-7/] The vicinity of Dacula was one of the first areas in northeast Georgia to be occupied by white European settlers (around the time of the [[War of 1812]]). The area remained mostly uncolonized until the late 20th century, in part, due to the remaining presence of the Cherokee Nation in portions of Gwinnett County. After settlers lobbied for the ethnic cleansing of the Nation, the [[Trail of Tears]] (through the Indian Removal Act) made it easier for Dacula and the unannexed portions of Gwinnett to be settled.[https://www.gwinnettforum.com/2023/02/brack-cherokees-removal-in-trail-of-tears-has-ties-to-gwinnett/]