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The modern Florida Seminole, about 17,233 at the 2010 census, Miccosukee and Traditionals descend from these survivors. [6] The Florida Seminole re-established limited relations with the United States and Florida governments in the late 19th century, and by the early 20th century were concentrated in five camps in the Everglades.
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.
The Seminole were forced south and into the Everglades by the U.S. military during the Seminole Wars from 1835 to 1842. The U.S. military pursued the Seminole into the region, which resulted in some of the first recorded European-American explorations of much of the area. Federally recognized Seminole tribes continue to live in the Everglades ...
Seminole (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and Seminole Tribe of Florida), Muscogee Nation Miccosukee sisters in Everglades City, sometime between 1933 and 1960 The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians ( /ˌmɪkəˈsuki/ , MIH-kə-SOO-kee ) [ 1 ] is a federally recognized Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Florida .
During the initial period of Spanish colonization, groups of conquistadors came into conflict with Florida Indians, which combined with Spanish-introduced diseases devastated their population. In the 17th and 18th centuries, English colonists from the Province of Carolina and the Indian allies carried out several raids against the Spanish ...
A resident population of 591 persons was reported in the 2010 census. The reservation is also called Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation or Big Cypress Indian Reservation. It lies adjacent to the north side of the largest section of the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in western Broward County.
The greater Seminole Heights area has a resident population 23,141 living in 9,433 households as of 2009. The median household income is $47,817. The median age is 37. The area is projected to grow 5.89% during 2009–2014. 47% of the population has some college level education or higher. Seventy percent 70% of the homes are owner occupied.
Males have a median income of $29,237 versus $25,588 for females. The per capita income for the city is $20,951. 9.0% of the population and 5.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 5.7% of those under the age of 18 and 9.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.