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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.
Short title: BICYmap1; Date and time of digitizing: 05:22, 4 September 2014: File change date and time: 05:22, 4 September 2014: Software used: Adobe Illustrator CC (Macintosh)
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 Seminole reservation originally encompassed what is now Seminole County, a roughly 15-mile strip between the Canadian River and North Canadian River, a total of 360,000 acres (1,500 km 2). [9] The United States urged the Indians on reservations to adopt subsistence agriculture, but less than half the land was good for agriculture, and a ...
Six miles (9.7 km) later, CR 833 enters the Big Cypress Indian Reservation, one of the reservations of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. From here, the road is known as Josie Billie Highway. It then continues north another two miles (3.2 km) before turning west and entering Hendry County while still in the reservation. [1]
On December 7, 2006, the Seminole Tribe of Florida purchased the Hard Rock Cafe chain of restaurants. They had previously licensed it for several of their casinos. [59] From beginnings in the 1930s during the Great Depression, the Seminole Tribe of Florida today owns "one of the largest cattle operations in Florida, and the 12th largest in the ...
Big Cypress National Preserve differs from Everglades National Park in that, when it was established by law in 1974, the Miccosukee, Seminole and Traditional people were provided with permanent rights to occupy and use the land in traditional ways; in addition, they have first rights to develop income-producing businesses related to the ...