Children were considered born to the mother's family and clan, and property or hereditary roles passed through her people.
As with the remainder of the Creek people, the Kialegee had a matrilineal kinship system, with descent figured through the mother's line.
Women and children grew and processed a variety of crops, in addition to gathering roots, berries and nuts, while men hunted for game or harvested fish.
[1] After the passage of the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act in 1936, which provided for revival of self-government among the Native American tribes, the US federal government offered each of the Muscogee Creek tribal towns the opportunity to enroll as an individual tribe and establish their own government.
[5] The flag of the tribe contains a sky blue circle, featuring a pair of stickball sticks, used in the traditional game still played at ceremonial grounds today.
To the left is a hollowed log and beater, which women used to grind corn meal, central to Muscogee diets.
[10] The Kialegee Etvlwv Business Committee operates a daycare, gas station, and smoke shop.
[3] In 2011 Kialegee Tribal Town was preparing land for development of a Red Clay Casino in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
The National Indian Gaming Commission was reviewing the project closely, as local residents and businesses strongly opposed it.
[11] The Red Clay Casino plan was halted by a legal injunction in 2012, and despite subsequent progress by the Kialegee in court, was not continued.
[13] On August 16, 2017, the site was raided by Muscogee Lighthorse police prior to the facility's opening, and they seized gambling equipment, which they alleged was illegal.