Coushatta

Also known as Koasati, Quassarte, Kowassaati

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

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Ethnic group.group: Coushatta
Ethnic group.image: File:Alabama-Coushatta.jpg
Ethnic group.caption: Alabama-Coushatta boy planting Christmas trees in Texas
Ethnic group.population: Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana910 enrolled citizens Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas1,000 enrolled Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town380 enrolled
Ethnic group.popplace: United States (Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma)
Ethnic group.religions: Christianity
Ethnic group.langs: English, Spanish, French, Koasati language
Ethnic group.related: Alabama, other Muscogee peoples

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

When the Coushatta first encountered Europeans, their Coushatta homelands were in present-day Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. They have long been closely allied and intermarried with the Alabama people, also members of the Creek Confederacy. The Koasati language is related to the Alabama language and mutually intelligible with the Mikasuki language.