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Alabama people
 Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, Texas | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,517 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States (Oklahoma) | 380 enrolled members, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town[1] |
| United States (Texas) | 1,137 enrolled members, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas[2] |
| Languages | |
| Originally Alabama; however, most now only speak English | |
| Religion | |
| Protestantism, traditional beliefs | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Coushatta, Hitchiti, Chickasaw, Choctaw, other Muscogee Creek people | |
The Alabama or Alibamu (Alabama: Albaamaha) are a Southeastern culture people of Native Americans, originally from Alabama. 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 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 American settlers to the east. They essentially merged and shared reservation land. Although the tribe was terminated in the 1950s, it achieved federal recognition in 1987 as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. Its 1,137 members[2] have about 4,500 acres (18 km2) of reservation.
The Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town is a federally recognized tribe, headquartered in Wetumka, Oklahoma.[3]
- ^ "Pocket Pictorial." Archived 2010-04-06 at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. 2010: 9. (retrieved 4 May 2011)
- ^ a b "Welcome." The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. (retrieved 4 May 2011)
- ^ Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. "2008 Pocket Pictorial" Archived 2010-04-06 at the Wayback Machine. 2008: 3
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