Apotaka Hacha

Apotaka Hacha is a historical name for the Black Warrior River in what is now Alabama. Its waters flow southwest toward the Tombigbee, linking an interior of forests and river valleys with the waterways leading to the Gulf of Mexico.

In the eighteenth century the river lay near the territories of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek peoples. The name has been interpreted as a river on the margin or boundary. Communities used the wider valley for movement and hunting, while relations among neighbouring peoples could also include conflict over land.