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File:Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Seminole patchwork shawl made by Susie Cypress from Big Cypress Indian Reservation, ca. 1980s. Big Cypress National Preserve is adjacent to the reservation. The American rock band Phish held their millennium concert at the reservation from December 30, 1999, to January 1, 2000. With 85,000 people in attendance, it was ...
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.
The Seminole Tribe currently has six reservations: [31] Big Cypress Reservation, the largest territory, including 81.972 sq mi (212.306 km²) [43] Brighton Reservation, 57.090 sq mi (147.862 km²) Hollywood Reservation, 497 acres (2.01 km 2) [48] Immokalee Reservation, in Immokalee, Collier County, 594.45 acres (2.4057 km 2)
Abiaka, also known as Sam Jones, [1] (c. 1781 – c. 1866) was a Seminole-Miccosukee chief, warrior, and shaman who fought against the United States during the Seminole Wars. He was born among the Miccosukee [ 2 ] people of Georgia , who would migrate south into Florida and become part of the Seminole tribe.
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.
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida were recognized by the state of Florida in 1957, and gained federal recognition in 1962 as the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. [1] ca. late 18th c.–1819: Kinache, also Kinhagee (ca. 1750–ca. 1819), the last chief of the Creek of Miccosukee, Florida, who was defeated in battle in 1818 by US ...
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki is a museum of Seminole culture and history, located on the Big Cypress Reservation in Hendry County, Florida. The museum is owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The museum itself was named in a Seminole language phrase: Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki, which means "a place to learn, a place to remember". [1]
Hanson founded the Seminole Indian Association in Fort Myers in 1913 [5] and was a trusted friend to those Seminole Indians living on the Big Cypress Reservation, a reservation established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs where the Everglades and the Big Cypress Swamp meet. [6] The Big Cypress Reservation was roughly 42,000 acres where Mikasuki ...