ALABAMA QUASSARTE

THIS IS A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE THAT SPEAKS MUSKOGEE. THEY HAVE HAVE THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ENROLLED MEMBERS AS A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE OF THE CHUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1939.

THEY WERE ORIGINALLY TWO DIFFERENT TRIBES ON THE ALABAMA RIVER. DURING THE 17TH CENTURY AFTER A CONFLICT WITH FRENCH SETTLERS, THE TRIBES FORMED AN ALLIANCE. THEY INTERMARRIED FREELY AND WERE TRADING PARTNERS . IN 1763 THEY JOINED THE MUSKOGEE NATION CONFEDERACY. BEFORE THE REMOVAL OF MUSKOGEE CREEK PEOPLE FROM ALABAMA, THE MUSKOGEE NATIONAL CONFEDERACY INCLUDED OVER 44 DIFFERENT TRIBAL TOWNS. THE ALABAMA QUASSARTE PEOPLE HAD 6 TO 8 OF THOSE TOWNS. SINCE SETTLERS CAME IN SOME OF THESE NATIVES MOVED TO LOUISIANA AND TEXAS IN 1800'S. THEY FORMED THE COUSHATTA TRIBE.

THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830'S FORCED THE TRIBAL TOWN TO INDIAN TERRITORY. THE ALABAMA QUASSARTE TRIBE STILL HAS IT'S CULTURAL IDENTITY, AND KEPT THEIR TRADITIONAL DANCES ALIVE. TODAY THIS TRIBE IS IN WETAUNKA, OKLAHOMA. THEY HAVE A CHIEF, A SECOND CHIEF, A CHAIRMAN OF GOVERNING COMMITTEE WITH 12 MEMBERS WHO WERE CEREMONIAL LEADERS.THEY ARE CLOSE TO THE MUSKOGEE CREEK NATION.

PRIOR TO THIS REMOVAL THE MUSKOGEE CONFEDERACY EACH HAD A DISTINCT IDENTITY. AS A TRIBAL TOWN. THE TRIBE OWNS ENTERPRISES AND GENERATES A LOT OF MONEY.

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