Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Big Cypress Reservation is one of the six Indian reservations of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It is located in southeastern Hendry County and northwestern Broward County, in southern Florida, United States. Its location is on the Atlantic coastal plain. This reservation lies south of Lake Okeechobee and just north of Alligator Alley.
The vote was opened in 1957 to the 448 reservation Seminole and any Trail Indians who wanted to participate; the Seminole approved the constitution and corporate charter on August 21, 1957. [26] The Seminole Tribe of Florida received federal recognition later that year. [16] This process had heightened the differences among the groups.
Other 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 [1] Brighton Reservation, 57.090 sq mi (147.862 km 2), in Glades County [1] Tampa Reservation in Hillsborough County; Immokalee Reservation in Collier County
In 1957 the nation reorganized and established formal relations with the U.S. government as the Seminole Tribe of Florida. [44] The Seminole Tribe of Florida is headquartered in Hollywood, Florida. They control several reservations: Big Cypress, Brighton Reservation, Fort Pierce Reservation, Hollywood Reservation, Immokalee Reservation, and ...
Bill Osceola (30 June 1919 – 16 April 1995) was the first president of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.When the federal government marked his tribe for termination, Osceola came up with the idea of creating a rodeo as a tourist attraction to raise funds.
Hanson's father was a physician to the Mikasuki-speaking Seminole in Florida. [4] 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 ...
Mr. Cypress was a member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and of the Bear Clan. He was also a US Army veteran and college graduate with an English master's degree and post-graduate work in History. [15] Mr. Billy L. Cypress passed away in 2004, and the next director was Tina M. Osceola who was in that position until June 2011.
Ahfachkee School, also known as Ahfachkee Day School, is a tribal K–12 school in unincorporated Hendry County, Florida, on the Big Cypress Reservation, with a Clewiston postal address. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). [3] As of 2007 about 80% of the funding comes from the Seminole tribe and 20% comes from the BIE. [4]