The Muskogean languages are indigenous to the southeastern United States. In Southeast cultural area, indigenous peoples are the Cherokee, Apalachee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Koasati, Hitchiti-Mikasuki, Creek and Seminole. The dominant of this language among the Indian nations are in the Southeast. Before the settlement of Europeans in the southeastern area, the Muskogean languages spoken in the area like Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida, which is part of states present.
Though cultural features, language, clothing, and customs vary enormously from one tribe to another, there are certain elements which are encountered frequently and shared by many tribes.