Alabama–Quassarte Tribal TownThe Alabama–Quassarte Tribal Town (Alabama: Oola Albaama-Kosaati, Coushatta: Oola Albaamo-Kowassaati) is both a federally recognized Native American tribe and a tribal town of two Muskogean-speaking peoples: the Alabama and Coushatta (also known as Quassarte). Their traditional languages include Alabama, Koasati, and Mvskoke. As of 2014, the tribe includes 369 enrolled citizens, who live within the state of Oklahoma as well as Texas, Louisiana, and Arizona.
MuscogeeIndigenous people from Southeastern WoodlandsEthnic groupThe Muscogee (English: ), Mvskoke or Mvskokvlke (Mvskokvlke, pronounced in the Muscogee language), also known as Muscogee Creek or just Creek, are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands in the United States. Their historical homelands are in what now comprises southern Tennessee, much of Alabama, western Georgia and parts of northern Florida.
Alabama peopleThe 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.
YuchiThe Yuchi people are a Native Americantribe based in Oklahoma, though their original homeland was in the southeastern United States. In the 16th century, the Yuchi lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley. By the late 17th century, they had migrated south to Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, settling near the Muscogee (Creek). Some also migrated to the Florida panhandle.
ShawneeThe Shawnee ( ) are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language, Shawnee, is an Algonquian language. The Shawnee precontact homeland was likely centered in southern Ohio. In the 17th century, they dispersed throughout Ohio, Illinois, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
OklahomaOklahoma ( ; Choctaw: Oklahumma, pronounced), is a landlocked state in the South Central, Southern, and Southwestern regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the southwest, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the southeast, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States.
Natchez peopleThe Natchez ( , Natchez pronunciation:) were a Native American people who originally lived in the Natchez Bluffs area in the Lower Mississippi Valley, near the present-day city of Natchez, Mississippi, in the United States. The DeSoto chronicle failed to record their presence when they came down the river in 1543. They spoke a language with no known relatives, although it may be distantly related to the Muskogean languages of the Creek Confederacy.
Five Civilized TribesThe term Five Civilized Tribes was applied by the United States government in the early federal period of the history of the United States to the five major Native American nations in the Southeast: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole. White Americans classified them as "civilized" because they had adopted attributes of the Anglo-American culture.
Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern WoodlandsIndigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, Southeastern cultures, or Southeast Indians are an ethnographic classification for Native Americans who have traditionally inhabited the area now part of the Southeastern United States and the northeastern border of Mexico, that share common cultural traits. This classification is a part of the Eastern Woodlands.HitchitiHitchiti (, ) was a tribal town in what is now the Southeast United States. It was one of several towns whose people spoke the Hitchiti language. It was first known as part of the Apalachicola Province, an association of tribal towns along the Chattahoochee River. Shortly after 1690, the towns of Apalachicola Province moved to the central part of present-day Georgia, with Hitchiti joining most of those towns along Ochese Creek (now named the Ocmulgee River).
List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United StatesThis is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. As of December 18, 2025, 575 Indian tribes are legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States. Of these, 228 are located in Alaska, and 109 are located in California. Of the 575 federally recognized tribes, 347 are located in the contiguous United States.
Algonquian peoplesThe Algonquians, consisting of the peoples who speak Algonquian languages, are one of the most populous and widespread North American Indigenous American groups. They historically were prominent along the Atlantic Coast and in the interior regions along St. Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.