![]() History A boy from the Alabama-Coushatta reservation planting Christmas trees. Also known as Alibamu, an estimated 100 speakers, primarily from Texas, still speak the language. Alabama is closely related to Koasati and distantly to Hitchiti, Chickasaw and Choctaw. The Alabama language is part of the Muskogean language family. The Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town is a federally recognized tribe, headquartered in Wetumka, Oklahoma. Its 1,137 members have about 4,500 acres (18 km 2) of reservation. ![]() Although the tribe was terminated in the 1950s, it achieved federal recognition in 1987 as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. They essentially merged and shared reservation land. The Alabama and closely allied Coushatta people migrated from Alabama and Mississippi to the area of Texas in the late 18th century and early 19th century, under pressure from European-American settlers to the east. They were members of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, a loose trade and military organization of autonomous towns their home lands were on the upper Alabama River. The Alabama or Alibamu ( Alabama: Albaamaha) are a Southeastern culture people of Native Americans, originally from Alabama. Originally Alabama however, most now only speak EnglishĬoushatta, Hitchiti, Chickasaw, Choctaw, other Muscogee Creek people ![]() 380 enrolled members, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town ġ,137 enrolled members, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas ![]()
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