Alabama ( Alabamu )
Geographic Region: Southeast ( Alabama )
Linguistic Group: Algonquian
Principle Dwelling Type: Rectangular thatched house
Principle Subsistence Type: Maize.
Parent Organization:
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
U.S 190 East
571 State Park Road 56
Livingston, TX 77351
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
Alabamu
*The legends of the Alabama consider the tribe to have been one of the original tribes of the Southeast. They first came in contact with fair skinned in the person of Hernando De Soto in 1541, at which the tribe were living near the confluence of the Alabama and Tallapoosa rivers.
During the 18th century, the Alabama were also encountered farther south in present-day Louisiana and Florida among the Caddo, Koasati and Seminole.
Their language is identical to Koasati and similar to Choctaw and Chickasaw.
Described as industrious farmers, yet considered the fiercest warriors during the Creek War of 1813-14.
The Alabama were moved to Indian Territory in 1836, wherein their most important chief, Ward Coachman ( 1876-79 ) rose to prominence.
The Alabama government was considered to be a subdivision of the Creek government after 1906 and Alabama Town was given two seats on the Creek Tribal Council.
The tribal population in 1730, according to French sources, was about 1600. The U.S. government counted 321 Alabama Indians in 1833 prior to their removal to Oklahoma, and the 1950 census counted 500 in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, an increase over the 192 in 1910.
*Source: The Encyclopedia of North American Tribes - By: Bill Yenne
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