Alabama-Coushatta Reservation welcome sign

The Alabama or Alibamu (Albaamaha in the Alabama language) are a Southeastern culture people of Native Americans. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1268x1046, 933 KB) Alabama-Coushatta Reservation welcome sign The Alabama-Coushatta Reservation is east of Livingston, Texas, USA (in the Big Thicket area). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1268x1046, 933 KB) Alabama-Coushatta Reservation welcome sign The Alabama-Coushatta Reservation is east of Livingston, Texas, USA (in the Big Thicket area). ... The Alabama language is a Native American language, spoken by the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas. ... A sacred religious symbol to the Southeastern tribes was the solar cross which was a symbol of both the sun and fire. ... An Aani (Atsina) named Assiniboin Boy. ...

History before 1540

The Alabama language is part of the Muskogean language family, as is the language of the Creek and Choctaw people, with whom the Alabama also share cultural features. They were members of the Creek Confederacy. The home lands of the Alabama were on the upper Alabama River. Pre-contact distribution of Muskogean languages Muskogean (also Muskhogean, Muskogee) is a language family of the U.S. Southeast. ... The Creek are an American Indian people originally from the southeastern United States, also known by their original name Muscogee (or Muskogee), the name they use to identify themselves today. ... For other uses, see Choctaw (disambiguation). ... The Alabama River at Montgomery in 2004 The Alabama River, in the U.S. state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about six miles above Montgomery. ...

History after 1540

The Alabama first encountered Europeans when Hernando de Soto arrived in 1540. In the eighteenth century, the French arrived on the Gulf Coast, and built a fort in the area of the Alabama. Despite friendly relations, the tribe developed the custom of throwing away scraps of food left behind by a settler and washing everything he had used. A large portion of the Alabama, along with some of the Coushatta people moved westwards to the coast of the Mississippi River in what is now Louisiana, eventually moving on to Texas. Others who remained joined the Creek in the Creek War, and were relocated to the Indian Territory in the 1830s. Hernando de Soto is a: Spanish explorer. ... The Coushatta (also Koasati) are a Native American people living primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Texas is the gayest motherfucking state out there they can suck my big black balls. ... The Creek War of 1813-1814 began as a civil war within the Creek Nation. ... Indian Territory in 1836 Indian Country redirects here. ...

Present day Alabama

Texas

The Alabama who relocated to Texas supported Texas independence, and in gratitude, Sam Houston recommended the Texas purchase land for the tribe when their existing land was overtaken by settlers. They merged with the Coushatta to become the present-day Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, whose sovereignty was formally recognized by the federal government in 1987. The current tribal lands are in eastern Polk County, Texas, where the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation has 18.484 km² (7.137 sq mi) of land. The 2000 census reported a resident population of 480 persons within the reservation. Official language English (de facto) Spanish, French, German and Native American languages regionally Capital Washington-on-the-Brazos (1836) Harrisburg (1836) Galveston (1836) Velasco (1836) Columbia (1836) Houston (1837–1839) Austin (1839–1845) Largest city San Antonio de Béxar Presidents David G. Burnet, Sam Houston, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Anson... Sam Houston Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was a 19th century American statesman, politician and soldier. ... The Coushatta (also Koasati) are a Native American people living primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... Polk County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

Oklahoma

In Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, the Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town was established in 1936. The descendants of the Alabama who live there are linked also to the Muskogee Creek Nation. Okmulgee County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma. ...

Resources

• Grant, Bruce. Concise Encyclopedia of the American Indian, Wings Books, New York, 2000 (3rd Edition)
• Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York: Checkmark, 1999. ISBN 0-8160-3964-X
• Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, Texas United States Census Bureau

External links

• Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
• Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act notice returning artifacts to Alabama-Quasserte and others