Native American Fast Fact Research

The city of Tuscaloosa is located near the Black Warrior River in Alabama. In an article written by the University of Alabama School of Law a network of trails leading to the tribal area allowed white settlers to settle in the area. The area of Tuscaloosa became more populated after the War of 1812 and honored the famed tribal chief, Creek Chief Tuskaloosa, by naming the area after him. The name Creek Chief Tuskaloosa means "Black Warrior" in Choctaw. Based on a teachers guide titled Discovering Alabama the definition of the chief's name was also used to name the river the tribe settled on. Choctaw is only one of the eight tribes that settled in the region of Alabama. Native-Languages.org claims that the Alabama, Biloxi, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Koasati, Mobile, and Muskogee tribes all resided in the current state. However, with all these tribes that lived in the area there is only one federally recognized Indian Reservation. That Reservation is called Poarch Creek Indians part of the Muskogee tribe.