FDI - Coushatta

The Coushatta were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe closely related to the Alabama. Historically, they were located just below the junction of the Coosa and Talapoosa Rivers on the east side of the Alabama River. They were probably located on Pine Island on the Tennessee River until early in the eighteenth century. Their few numbers made them vulnerable to the larger nations and resulted in several relocations. Many eventually confederated with the Alabama and removed to Texas.

Aboriginal Locations (Subdivisions { # of villages})

AL (1 or 2)

Present Locations

LA Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Eltoon

TX Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, Livingston

Some joined the Creeks in OK; others joined the Seminole in FL; still other absorbed into other cultures in LA

Year	*History*
1540	Found by De Soto on Tennessee River, called "Coste", "Acoste" or "Costehe
1567	Mentioned by Pardo as a tribe prepared to stop his advance into the interior
1701	Joined by Kaskinampo
1763	Most of tribe with Upper Creeks when France ceded territories to England, moved to Tombigbee River but suffered from Choctaw attacks and soon removed to original territories
1795	Another part crossed Mississippi and on Red River, soon a split took place and some removed to Texas, some soon united with Alabama, others joined Creeks and Seminole

Year	Total Population	AL	LA	TX	Source
1700	500	500			NAHDB calculation
1760	500				Swanton
1800	600	200	200	200	NAHDB calculation
1817	640				Morse estimate
1900	600	200	200	200	NAHDB calculation
1989			537		BIA (Louisiana)
1993				893	UTexas Online Alabama and Coushatta
2000				100	Ethnologue
2000	1,000	200	700	100	NAHDB calculation

Coushatta Sites:

500 Year History Repeats for the Coushatta Tribe http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=29985

Alabama and Coushatta Indian Reservation http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26081

Alabama-Coushatta Constitution and By-Laws http://thorpe.ou.edu/IRA/consalacous.pdf

Alabama-Coushatta Indians http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/bma19.html

Alabama-Coushatta Indians http://www.texasindians.com/albam.htm

Alabama-Coushatta Indians http://www.tamu.edu/upress/books/1997/hook.htm

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 38th Annual Pow Wow http://markhancock.blogspot.com/2006/06/alabama-coushatta-tribe-38th-annual.html

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe 39th Annual Pow Wow http://markhancock.blogspot.com/2007/09/alabama-coushatta-tribe-39th-annual-pow.html

Alabama-Coushatta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjfh6Vldxy0

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas http://www.alabama-coushatta.com/

Alabama-Coushatta Tribes Work to Preserve Unwritten Language http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues00/Co08262000/CO_08262000_Alabama_Coushatta.htm

Ala Coushatta Indian Reserve http://www.hometownlocator.com/City/Ala-Coushatta-Indian-Reserva-Texas.cfm

Coushatta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coushatta

Coushatta Casino Resort http://www.gccoushatta.com/

Coushatta Indians http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t24

Koasati (Coushatta) Tribe of Louisiana http://www.nsula.edu/folklife/database/cultures/NativeAmer/Koasati.html

Koasati Indian History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/creek/koasatihist.htm

Koasati Language http://www.native-languages.org/koasati.htm

Koasati Language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koasati_language

Koasati Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=cku

Koasati Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=cku

Soileau Downs and the Coushatta Indian Tribe http://www.allenparish.com/soileaudowns.htm

*Ethnie:*	COUSHATTA (KOASATI)
*Language:*	Koasati
*Family:*	Eastern Muskogee
*Stock:*	Muskogee
*Phylum:*	Algic
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands
Speakers	30