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The land area is 81.972 sq mi (212.306 km 2), including the 12th-largest cattle operation in the country. [1] 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.
English: A series of United States Indian reservation locator maps, constructed mostly with Tiger/LINE and BIA open data, with supplements from the Canadian and Mexican censuses. Generated on July 24, 2019.
By 1944, the Big Cypress Seminole wanted their own trustees and drafted an agreement with the government. Approved by the BIA commissioner on August 8, 1945, this agreement called for the establishment of the Brighton Agricultural and Livestock Enterprise and the Big Cypress Agricultural and Livestock Enterprise, each with their own three ...
The other five Seminole Tribe of Florida reservations are: Big Cypress Reservation, the largest territory, including 81.972 sq mi (212.306 km 2), in Broward and Hendry Counties [7] Hollywood Reservation (formerly called the Dania Reservation), 497 acres (2.01 km 2) acres, [8] Broward County [7] Immokalee Reservation, Collier County
It is named for Josie Billie, a medicine man who lived on the reservation and was a public spokesman for the Seminole Tribe of Florida. [6] In 1970, SR 833 was extended from the Big Cypress Indian Reservation south through the Miccosukee Indian Reservation to Alligator Alley, which at the time was a two-lane toll road designated SR 84. [7]
The Seminole Tribe of Florida says it has questions. Home & Garden. Lighter Side
State Designated Tribal Statistical Areas are geographical areas the United States Census Bureau uses to track demographic data. These areas have a substantial concentration of members of tribes that are State recognized but not Federally recognized and do not have a reservation or off-reservation trust land. [14]
The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, as well as independent groups.