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Chewacla – from the Hitchiti phrase sawackla, meaning "raccoon village". [19] Shared with Chewacla State Park. Chickasaw - named for the Chickasaw tribe. [20] Coosada - named for the Coushatta tribe. Cusseta - a Muscogee tribal town. [21] Eastaboga, Alabama - from Muscogee este (person), ak (in water, a low place), pokv (from the work vpoketv ...
By the close of the 16th century, most of the core area of the Coosa was abandoned. The surviving population withdrew to a few villages along the Coosa River in Alabama. One such settlement was the King site, a small heavily fortified village of 277 to 517 people and 47 houses. [1]
The site is located in a remote area of Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), Russell County, Alabama. The Yuchi Town Site is an example of historic Native American cultures adopting various strategies to maintain their cultural integrity in the face of European colonization and the expansion of the United States . [ 2 ]
American Indian reservations in Alabama (1 P) Y. Yuchi (2 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Native American tribes in Alabama" The following 27 pages are in this category ...
Map of Alabama during the War of 1812. Hillabee is located in the center right. [1] Hillabee was an important Muscogee (Creek) town in east central Alabama before the Indian Removals of the 1830s. Hillabee was the center of a cluster of towns and villages, known as the Hillabee complex or, simply, Hillabee.
A state designated American Indian reservation is the land area designated by a state for state-recognized American Indian tribes who lack federal recognition. Legal/Statistical Area Description [ 2 ]
The Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama (CTNEAL), formerly the Cherokees of Jackson County, is a state-recognized tribe in Alabama. They have about 3,000 members. [ 3 ] The tribe has a representative on the Alabama Indian Affairs Commission and the Inter-Tribal Council of Alabama.
The most significant earthworks are a burial mound and the Copena Ceremonial Mound, the largest ceremonial mound surviving in present-day Alabama. The latter is 27 feet (8.2 m) high, with a base of 1.8 acres (7,300 m 2). The platform top has an area of 1-acre (4,000 m 2). The Copena culture developed from the complex Hopewell tradition, whose ...