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How is the Alabama Indian nation organized?
In Texas, the Alabama and Coushatta tribes share a single reservation, which is land that belongs to them and is legally under their control. In the past, each Alabama band was ruled by a chief called a miko, and the Alabama and Coushatta tribes had separate leadership. Today, the Alabama-Coushatta Indians are governed by a joint tribal council, with elected councilmembers that come from both tribes. In Oklahoma, the Alabamas are legally considered part of the Creek Nation, but they maintain their own traditional government independently of the Creeks.
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