What is Echota Cherokee?
{{Infobox ethnic group | group = Echota Cherokee | native_name = ᎢᏦᏔ ᏣᎳᎩ | native_name_lang = | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | image_size = | total = 57,896 | total_year = 2022 | total_source = Census | total_ref = | genealogy = | regions = Alabama, USA | languages = English, Cherokee | religions = [[Baptist]], Native American Church | related_groups = Eastern Cherokee | footnotes = }} The Echota Cherokee Tribe of [[Alabama]] is one of the nine state recognized native American [[Tribe|tribes]] in Alabama and gained its State recognition in 1984 in [[Opelika, Alabama]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=EchotaCherokee|url=https://aiac.alabama.gov/tribes_EchotaCherokee.aspx|access-date=2022-07-02|website=aiac.alabama.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIFE OF THE ECHOTA CHEROKEE {{!}} Archives {{!}} cullmantimes.com|url=https://www.cullmantimes.com/archives/a-glimpse-into-the-life-of-the-echota-cherokee/article_bd3a6ceb-127d-5ab0-a403-98010c6fc3cf.html|access-date=2022-07-02|website=www.cullmantimes.com|archive-date=2021-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201155315/https://www.cullmantimes.com/archives/a-glimpse-into-the-life-of-the-echota-cherokee/article_bd3a6ceb-127d-5ab0-a403-98010c6fc3cf.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Federal and State Recognized Tribes|url=https://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislators/quad-caucus/list-of-federal-and-state-recognized-tribes.aspx#State|access-date=2022-07-02|website=www.ncsl.org|archive-date=2022-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025051136/https://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislators/quad-caucus/list-of-federal-and-state-recognized-tribes.aspx#State|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are currently 57,896 Echota.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?q=Echota%20Cherokee%20SDTSA,%20AL|access-date=2022-08-23|website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref