Alabama people
Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, Texas | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,517 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Oklahoma) | 380 enrolled citizens, Alabama–Quassarte Tribal Town |
| United States (Texas) | 1,137 enrolled citizens, Alabama–Coushatta Tribe of Texas |
| Languages | |
| Originally Alabama; however, most now only speak English | |
| Religion | |
| Protestantism, traditional beliefs | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Coushatta, Hitchiti, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee, and other Muskogean-speaking peoples | |
The Alabama or Alibamu (Alabama: Albaamaha) are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their historical homelands were in Alabama on the upper Alabama River, and they formed part of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy. Today they live in Oklahoma and Texas.
The Alabama and closely allied Coushatta migrated from Alabama and Mississippi to present-day Texas in the late 18th century and early 19th century, under pressure from American settlers to the east. They shared an Indian reservation and became a single Native American tribe, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. Its 1,137 citizens have about 4,500 acres (18 km2) of reservation.
The Alabama–Quassarte Tribal Town is a federally recognized tribe, headquartered in Wetumka, Oklahoma.