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The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, it is one of three federally recognized Seminole entities. It received that status in 1957. Today, it has six Indian reservations in Florida.
Seminole population appeared to be increasing during the early 19th century. It was estimated at 5,000 people in 1820, [ 64 ] 4,883 people in 1821 (as reported by Neamathla ) [ 65 ] 6,385 people in 1822 (as reported by Captain Hugh Young), up to 10,000 people [ 66 ] in 1836 (at the beginning of the Second Seminole War).
Today the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is located in Seminole County, Oklahoma. The entire county of Seminole is a portion of the original Seminole Nation jurisdiction, and covers approximately 633 square miles. The county is a checkerboard of tribal trust property, Indian allotments, restricted Indian lands, and dependent Indian communities.
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 ...
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 ...
They were part of the Seminole nation until the mid-20th century, when they organized as an independent tribe, receiving federal recognition in 1962. Seminole – One of the two tribes to emerge by ethnogenesis from the migrations into Florida and wars with the United States.
Seminole is a city in and the county seat of Gaines County, Texas, United States. [4] Its population was 6,430 at the 2010 census. Seminole and Gaines County are home to a large population of Low German Mennonites from Russia that came to West Texas in the 1980s. [5] It is the birthplace of country music singers Larry Gatlin and Tanya Tucker.
Seminole County (/ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ n oʊ l /, SEM-i-nohl) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census , the population was 470,856, making it the 13th-most populated county in Florida.