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Coushatta

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---- The Coushatta (Koasati) are a Muskogean-speaking Native American people now living primarily in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. [1]

61 relations: Alabama, Alabama people, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Alexandria, Louisiana, American Revolution, Basket weaving, Charles M. Hudson, Cherokee language, Chiaha, Chisca, Christianity, Colonial history of the United States, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Crayfish, English language, F. A. Little Jr., France, Georgia (U.S. state), Hernando de Soto, Indian removal, Indian reservation, Indian Territory, Jack Abramoff, Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal, Koasati language, Latin script, Lawsuit, List of federally recognized tribes, List of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition, Livingston, Texas, Lobbying, Long Island (Tennessee), Louisiana, Maize, Marion County, Tennessee, Mississippi, Multiple citizenship, Muscogee, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Muskogean languages, Native American gaming, Native American recognition in the United States, Native Americans in the United States, Nickajack, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act, Polk County, Texas, Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Seven Years' War, ..., Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish Florida, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Tennessee Valley, Texas, United States, United States Department of the Interior, United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Yuchi. Expand index (11 more) »

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Alabama people

The Alabama or Alibamu (Albaamaha) are a Southeastern culture people of Native Americans, originally from Alabama.

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Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas is a Federally recognized tribe of Alabama and Koasati in Polk County, Texas.

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Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town

The Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town is both a federally recognized Native American tribe and a traditional township of Muskogean-speaking Alabama and Coushatta (also known as Quassarte) peoples.

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Alexandria, Louisiana

Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.

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Basket weaving

Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into two- or threedimensional artefacts, such as mats or containers.

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Charles M. Hudson

Charles Melvin Hudson, Jr. (1932–2013) was an anthropologist, professor of anthropology and history at the University of Georgia, and a leading scholar on the history and culture of Native Americans in the Southeastern United States.

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Cherokee language

Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ, Tsalagi Gawonihisdi) is an endangered Iroquoian language and the native language of the Cherokee people.

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Chiaha

Chiaha was a Native American chiefdom located in the lower French Broad River valley in modern East Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.

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Chisca

The Chisca were a tribe of Native Americans living in eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia in the 16th century.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Colonial history of the United States

The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of the Americas from the start of colonization in the early 16th century until their incorporation into the United States of America.

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Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is one of three federally recognized tribes of Koasati people.

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Crayfish

Crayfish, also known as crawfish, crawdads, crawldads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, mudbugs or yabbies, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related; taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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F. A. Little Jr.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto (1495 – May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first Spanish and European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas).

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Indian removal

Indian removal was a forced migration in the 19th century whereby Native Americans were forced by the United States government to leave their ancestral homelands in the eastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River, specifically to a designated Indian Territory (roughly, modern Oklahoma).

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Indian reservation

An Indian reservation is a legal designation for an area of land managed by a federally recognized Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs rather than the state governments of the United States in which they are physically located.

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Indian Territory

As general terms, Indian Territory, the Indian Territories, or Indian country describe an evolving land area set aside by the United States Government for the relocation of Native Americans who held aboriginal title to their land.

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Jack Abramoff

Jack Allan Abramoff (born February 28, 1959) is an American lobbyist, businessman, movie producer and writer.

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Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal

The Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal was a United States political scandal exposed in 2005; it related to fraud perpetrated by political lobbyists Jack Abramoff, Ralph E. Reed, Jr., Grover Norquist and Michael Scanlon on Native American tribes who were seeking to develop casino gambling on their reservations.

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Koasati language

Koasati (also Coushatta) is a Native American language of Muskogean origin.

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Latin script

Latin or Roman script is a set of graphic signs (script) based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, which is derived from a form of the Cumaean Greek version of the Greek alphabet, used by the Etruscans.

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit (or suit in law) is "a vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons in the courts of law." A lawsuit is any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.

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List of federally recognized tribes

There is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America.

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List of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition

This is a list of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in the years 1539–1543.

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Livingston, Texas

Livingston is a town in and the county seat of Polk County, Texas, United States.

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Lobbying

Lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials in their daily life, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies.

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Long Island (Tennessee)

Long Island, also known as Long Island of the Holston, is an island in the Holston River at Kingsport in eastern Tennessee.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, from maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.

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Marion County, Tennessee

Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Multiple citizenship

Multiple citizenship, dual citizenship, multiple nationality or dual nationality, is a person's citizenship status, in which a person is concurrently regarded as a citizen of more than one state under the laws of those states.

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Muscogee

The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Creek and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, are a related group of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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Muscogee (Creek) Nation

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Muskogean languages

Muskogean (also Muskhogean, Muskogee) is an indigenous language family of the Southeastern United States.

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Native American gaming

Native American gaming comprises casinos, bingo halls, and other gambling operations on Indian reservations or other tribal land in the United States.

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Native American recognition in the United States

American Indian tribal recognition in the United States most often refers to the process of a tribe being recognized by the United States federal government, or to a person being granted membership to a federally recognized tribe.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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Nickajack

The ill-defined area known as "Nickajack" generally refers to the rugged Appalachian foothills in eastern Tennessee and northeastern Alabama.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act

The Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936 (also known as the Thomas-Rogers Act) is a United States federal law that extended the 1934 Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act to include those tribes within the boundaries of the state of Oklahoma.

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Polk County, Texas

Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (formerly Gnaphalium obtusifolium) is a member of the Asteraceae family.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763.

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Spanish colonization of the Americas

The overseas expansion under the Crown of Castile was initiated under the royal authority and first accomplished by the Spanish conquistadors.

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Spanish Florida

Spanish Florida refers to the Spanish territory of La Florida, which was the first major European land claim and attempted settlement in North America during the European Age of Discovery.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.

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Tennessee Valley

The Tennessee Valley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and is largely within the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Department of the Interior

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States.

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United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (in case citations, W.D. La.) is a United States federal court with jurisdiction over approximately two thirds of the state of Louisiana, with courts in Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, and Shreveport.

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Wetumka, Oklahoma

Wetumka is a city in northern Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Yuchi

The Yuchi people, spelled Euchee and Uchee, are people of a Native American tribe who historically lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee in the 16th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coushatta

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