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The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. ... Jim Shore, first Florida Seminole to become a lawyer, ...
A History of Timucua Indians and Missions. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1424-7. Hann, John H. (2003). Indians of Central and South Florida: 1513–1763. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-2645-8. Hann, John H. (2006). The Native American World Beyond Apalachee. University Press of ...
Later Kinhagee's people migrated south, maintaining their local village name Miccosukee as the name of the tribe. 1962–1985: William Buffalo Tiger, [2] also Buffalo Tiger [3] or Heenehatche, (1920–2015), first chief of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, led initiatives for self-determination [4] 1986–2011: [5] Billy Cypress ...
Spanish Florida was established in the 1500s, when Spain laid claim to land explored by several expeditions across the future southeastern United States.The introduction of diseases to the indigenous peoples of Florida caused a steep decline in the original native population over the following century, and most of the remaining Apalachee and Tequesta peoples settled in a series of missions ...
The Florida Seminole re-established limited relations with the U.S. government in the early 1900s and were officially granted 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of reservation land in south Florida in 1930. Members gradually moved to the land, and they reorganized their government and received federal recognition as the Seminole Tribe of Florida in 1957.
Alyssa Osceola, artist and member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, sews patchwork at the Florida Historic Capitol Museum's Indigenous Artist Series on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024.
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, also known as Potackee (April 27, 1923 – January 14, 2011) (Seminole), was the first and so far the only female chairperson of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. A nurse, she co-founded the tribe's first newspaper in 1956, the Seminole News, later replaced by The Seminole Tribune, for which she served as editor, winning a ...
Bill Osceola (30 June 1919 – 16 April 1995) was the first president of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.When the federal government marked his tribe for termination, Osceola came up with the idea of creating a rodeo as a tourist attraction to raise funds.