Four tribes are located in Oklahoma, to where most of the Muscogee were forcibly removed from the Indigenous Muscogee homeland in Alabama and western Georgia in the 1830s during the Trail of Tears under Indian Removal, one tribe is in Louisiana, where another band of Muscogee fled European encroachment in two waves in the late 18th century and the early 19th century, and another tribe comprises the Poarch Band of Creeks, who remained in Alabama. They are one of eight federally recognized tribes whose members are descended from the Muscogee Confederacy of the Southeast. As of 2022, the tribe has over 1,200 members with 589 residing on the Texas reservation. They are one of three federally recognized tribes in Texas. These peoples are descended from members of the historic Muscogee or Creek Confederacy of numerous tribes in the Southeastern U.S., particularly Georgia and Alabama. The Alabama–Coushatta Tribe of Texas ( Alabama: Albaamaha–Kosaatihaha, Coushatta: Albaamoha–Kowassaatiha) is a federally recognized tribe of Alabama and Koasati in Polk County, Texas, United States. Smaller sign at the Alabama–Coushatta Reservation east of Livingston, Texas
