Alabama Indigenous Peoples: Difference between revisions

m
no edit summary
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
The name Alabama comes from a Choctaw meaning "Thicket-clearer" or Vegetation-gatherers"
Many tribes lived in the area that is now Alabama, mainly Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creeks. Below are several histories and published records.
Many tribes lived in the area that is now Alabama, mainly Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creeks. Below are several histories and published records.
The following list of tribes and bands come from: 
Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.''Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin # 30 1907.
Swanton, John W.  The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin # 145 
Tribes of Alabama
Abihka, Alabama, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Atasi, Chatot, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Eufaula, Fus-hatchee, Hilibi, Hitchiti, Kan-hatki, Kealedji, Koasati, Kolomi, Mobile, Mukalsa, Muskogree, Napochi, Natchez, Okchai, Okmulgee, Osochi, Pakana, Pawokti, Pilthloko, Sowokli, Sawokli, Shawnee, Taensa, Tohome, Tukabahchee, Tuskegee, Wakokai, Wiwohka, Yamasee, Yuchi
Bands: Echola Cherokee, Machis Lower Ala Creek, Mowa Band Choctaw, Principle Creek, Poarch Creek, Star Clan of Muskogee Creek, United Cherokee


Most American Indians in Alabama were forced to go to the Indian Territory (now a part of [[Oklahoma]]) in the 1830s. A few remained in Alabama.
Most American Indians in Alabama were forced to go to the Indian Territory (now a part of [[Oklahoma]]) in the 1830s. A few remained in Alabama.
Line 79: Line 95:
Records of American Indians can also be found in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
Records of American Indians can also be found in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:


ALABAMA- NATIVE RACES
ALABAMA- NATIVE RACES<br>
 
<!--{12077713369680} -->
[[Category:Alabama]]<br>
[[Category:Alabama]]
17,757

edits