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Chickees are also known as chickee huts, stilt houses, or platform dwellings. The chickee style of architecture— palmetto thatch over a bald cypress log frame—was adopted by Seminoles during the Second (1835–42) and Third (1855-58) Seminole Wars as U.S. troops pushed them deeper into the Everglades and surrounding territory.
Chipco's home by Lake Pierce in 1879. Unlike most Seminoles who lived in thatched chickee huts at the time, Chipco lived in a log cabin. After the Seminole Wars ended, Chipco and his band left the Everglades and moved back up north to live in Central Florida. [11] Chipco's band subsequently set up a village near Lake Pierce in Polk County.
Florida Memory, Set 72157623257788803, ID 4349289002, Original title Partially built chickee: Big Cypress Reservation, Florida File usage The following page uses this file:
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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.
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Betty Osceola (born August 8, 1967) is a Native American Everglades grandmother, environmental activist, educator, [1] anti-fracking [2] and clean water advocate. [3] She is a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida from the Panther Clan. [4]