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The name Alabama comes from a Choctaw word meaning "Thicket-clearer" or Vegetation-gatherers" | The name Alabama comes from a Choctaw word meaning "Thicket-clearer" or Vegetation-gatherers" | ||
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== '''Tribes and Bands of Alabama''' == | == '''Tribes and Bands of Alabama''' == | ||
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The following list of American Indians who have lived in Alabama has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/alabama/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe. | The following list of American Indians who have lived in Alabama has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/alabama/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe. | ||
'''Tribes:''' Abihka, Alabama, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Atasi, Chatot, [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee]], [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaw,]] [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw,]] [[Creek Indians|Creek]], Eufaula, | '''Tribes:''' Abihka, Alabama, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Atasi, Chatot, [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee]], [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaw,]] [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw,]] [[Creek Indians|Creek]], Eufaula, | ||
Fus-hatchee, Hilibi, Hitchiti, Ispokogi, Kan-hatki, Kealedji, Koasati, Kolomi, Mobile, Mukalsa, [[Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma|Muskogee]], Napochi, [[ | Fus-hatchee, Hilibi, Hitchiti, Ispokogi, Kan-hatki, Kealedji, Koasati, Kolomi, Mobile, Mukalsa, [[Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma|Muskogee]], Napochi, [[Natchez Indians|Natchez, ]]Okchai, Okmulgee, Osochi, Pakana, Pawokti, Pilthlako, Sawokli,[[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee,]] Taensa, Tohome, Tukabahchee, Tuskegee, Wakokai, Wiwohka, Yamasee, [[Yuchi Indians|Yuchi.]] | ||
'''Bands:''' Echola Cherokee, Machis Lower Ala Creek, Mowa Band Choctaw, Principle Creek, [[Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama|Poarch Creek]], Star Clan of Muskogee Creek, United Cherokee. | '''Bands:''' Echola Cherokee, Machis Lower Ala Creek, Mowa Band Choctaw, Principle Creek, [[Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama|Poarch Creek]], Star Clan of Muskogee Creek, United Cherokee. | ||
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[[Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Agencies]] and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]] and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. Many of the records of genealogical value were created by these offices. | [[Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Agencies]] and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]] and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. Many of the records of genealogical value were created by these offices. | ||
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Washington has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs...''<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=247426&amp;disp=The+Office+of+Indian+Affairs%2C+1824%2D1%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551o].)</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<ref>Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981. (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=207428&amp;disp=Guide+to+records+in+the+National+Archive%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551g].)</ref>, and others. | The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Washington has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs...''<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;titleno=247426&amp;amp;disp=The+Office+of+Indian+Affairs%2C+1824%2D1%20%20&amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551o].)</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<ref>Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981. (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;titleno=207428&amp;amp;disp=Guide+to+records+in+the+National+Archive%20%20&amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 970.1 H551g].)</ref>, and others. | ||
*Choctaw Agency, 421 Powell, Philadelphia, MS, 39350 | *Choctaw Agency, 421 Powell, Philadelphia, MS, 39350 | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
''Redskins Ruffleshirts and Rednecks-Indian Allotments in Alabama and Mississippi 1830-1860. ''by Mary Elizabeth Young. C. 1961 University of Oklahoma Pres. Norman, Oklahoma. Library of Congress number: 61-15150. Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=970.1+Y86r+ 970.1 Y86r] | ''Redskins Ruffleshirts and Rednecks-Indian Allotments in Alabama and Mississippi 1830-1860. ''by Mary Elizabeth Young. C. 1961 University of Oklahoma Pres. Norman, Oklahoma. Library of Congress number: 61-15150. Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=970.1+Y86r+ 970.1 Y86r] | ||
::This book contains maps showing: Location of Creek allotments and original counties of the Creek Cession Land Offerings. | ::This book contains maps showing: Location of Creek allotments and original counties of the Creek Cession Land Offerings. | ||