The origin of the Indian Creek Colony came about from Russian-speaking
Old Order Mennonites that had set up the
Shipyard, Belize colony in
British Honduras in 1958. They later migrated and founded the Indian Creek Colony in 1989. The colony shares characteristics with Mennonites in North America except the Indian Creek Colony states that the Church owns all the land and sells it only to church members as opposed to private ownership. Non-Mennonites can freely travel through but are unable to buy any land or run a business there. They farm the land using traditional Mennonite practices though their crops failed in the 2010s due to droughts and church members failing to pay for seeds in time for planting. In 2017, they reached out to Mennonites in the United States for assistance. The American Mennonites arranged for new greenhouses and new irrigation systems to be sent to Indian Creek Colony. ==Demographics==