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Keys Indians – Name given by the Spanish to Indians living in the Florida Keys in the middle of the 18th century, probably consisted of Calusa and refugees from other tribes to the north. Luca – Town near the Withlacoochee River north of Guazoco, passed through by the de Soto expedition.
Pages in category "Native American tribes in Florida" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians (/ˌmɪkəˈsuki/, MIH-kə-SOO-kee) [1] is a federally recognized Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, it is one of three federally recognized Seminole entities. They are Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.
Some Africans escaping slavery from South Carolina and Georgia fled to Florida, lured by Spanish promises of freedom should they convert to Catholicism, and found their way into the tribe. [42] Seminoles originally settled in the northern portion of the territory, but the 1823 Treaty of Moultrie Creek forced them to live on a 5-million-acre ...
Pages in category "American Indian reservations in Florida" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The name "Wyoming" comes from a Delaware Tribe word Mechaweami-ing or "maughwauwa-ma", meaning large plains or extensive meadows, which was the tribe's name for a valley in northern Pennsylvania. The name Wyoming was first proposed for use in the American West by Senator Ashley of Ohio in 1865 in a bill to create a temporary government for ...
In 2018, six more Virginia-based tribes were added to the list, then in 2020 the Little Shell Chippewa were recognized bringing the total to 574. [7] Of these, 231 are located in Alaska. Except for Hawaii, states that have no federally recognized tribes today forcibly removed tribes from their region in the 19th century, [ 8 ] mainly to the ...
Pages in category "Florida placenames of Native American origin" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.