Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas

Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas Constitution

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Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas
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The Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas is located in East Texas with a population of 1,000 individuals. Their constitution was ratified in 1938. The federal government terminated its relationship with the tribe in 1954 and restored federal recognition in 1987.

Preamble: We, the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas, in order to organize for the common welfare of ourselves and our posterity and to insure domestic tranquility; to conserve and develop our natural resources; to form business and other organizations; to enjoy certain rights of home rule; to provide education in schools of higher learning, including vocational, trade, high schools, and colleges for our people, do ordain and establish this constitution according to the Act of Congress, dated June 18, 1934, known as the Indian Reorganization Act (48 Stat. 984).

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Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas. 1938. "Constitution and By-Laws of the Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas." Livingston, TX. 

A Lifetime Journey: Alabama-Coushatta Name New Chiefs

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For the first time in nearly two decades, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas is welcoming a new principal and second chief. The 1,200-member tribe, located on 4,500 acres of land north of Houston, elects its chiefs to life terms. An inauguration ceremony held January 1 was the first such event since 1995. The ceremony is revered because it may be witnessed only once in a lifetime, tribal spokesman Carlos Bullock said...

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Landry, Alysa. "A Lifetime Journey: Alabama-Coushatta Name New Chiefs." Indian Country Today Media Network. January 30, 2014. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/a-lifetime-journey-alabama-coushatta-name-new-chiefs..., accessed February 24, 2023)

Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Agroforestry

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USDA, National Agroforestry Center
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Communities around the world have practiced diverse and evolving forms of agroforestry for centuries. While both Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners have developed agroforestry practices of great value, in this publication, we focus on the role of Indigenous, traditional ecological knowledge. Indigenous communities include American Indians, Alaska Natives, Caribbean and Pacific Islanders, and others. Because Indigenous groups have lived in the same areas for long periods of time, each generation has built on the knowledge of the previous generation through observation and experimentation. In this manner, Indigenous groups have evolved intricate ways to manage bioculturally diverse ecosystems. These ecosystems are managed to provide food, fuel, building materials, agricultural and plant-tending tools, hunting and trapping equipment, baskets, and ceremonial spaces essential to life and maintaining cultural traditions. Many agroforestry practitioners in the United States are learning from these complex systems.

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Rossier, Colleen and Frank Lake. "Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Agroforestry." Agroforestry Notes. USDA National Agroforestry Center. May 2014. Article. (https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/assets/documents/agroforestrynotes/an44g14.pdf, accessed July 25, 2023)