Alabama people

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Alabama people are a Native American tribe historically based in the southeastern United States, culturally related to other Muskogean-speaking groups.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alabama people canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous ethnic group
associatedWithRiver Alabama River
ceremonialPractice Green Corn Ceremony
continent North America
culturalArea Southeastern Woodlands
culturallyRelatedTo Chickasaw people
Choctaw people
Koasati (Coushatta) people
Muscogee (Creek) people
linked to: Muscogee people

Seminole people
linked to: Seminole
currentStatePresence Alabama
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
encounteredColonialPower France
Great Britain
Spain
ethnicGroupOf United States
federallyRecognizedTribeIn United States
historicalPeriodOfContact 16th century
historicalRegion Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
languageFamily Muskogean languages
linguisticBranch Eastern Muskogean
linked to: Muskogean languages
modernCommunity Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
nameGaveRiseTo U.S. state of Alabama
linked to: Alabama
nameLanguageOrigin Muskogean languages
partOfBroaderGroup Southeastern Native American tribes
primaryRegion Southeastern United States
relatedEthnonym Alabama-Coushatta
Alibamu
spoke Alabama language
traditionalEconomy horticulture
trade
traditionalHousing thatched structures
wooden houses
traditionalLanguage Alabama language
traditionalPoliticalOrganization town-based chiefdoms
traditionalReligion southeastern Native ceremonialism
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild foods
hunting
maize agriculture

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southeastern Woodlands includesPeople Alabama people
Koasati relatedEthnicGroup Alabama people
Alabama language spokenBy Alabama people
Koasati people closelyRelatedTo Alabama people