Seminole HistoryThe Seminoles of Florida call themselves the "Unconquered People," descendants of just 300 Indians who managed to elude capture by the U.S. army in the 19th century.Today, more than 2,000 live on six reservations in the state - located in Hollywood, Big Cypress, Brighton, ...
The story of the Black Seminoles and their leader, Chief John Horse, which chronicles their struggle for freedom. Beginning in the early 1800s, when groups of fugitive slaves in Florida joined the Seminole Indians, the story traces their fortunes and exploits as they move across country....
Hailed as an iconic conservation success story, the Florida panther has a complex, little-known history.
As Americans expanded their territory in the 19th century, they coveted Spain’s fertile land in Florida and saw the promise of freedom for escaped slaves there as a threat. TheSeminole Warsbegan when American militias first attacked and seized Spanish and Seminole lands in 1812. In 1817, the...
It was fought between the United States and Seminole Indians of Florida. The Location of the Second Seminole War was in south and central Florida. The Second Seminole War resulted in the Seminole Indians being allowed to remain in South Florida, though some were encouraged to move West. In ...
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1842 - Remaining Seminole Indians (from Florida) move to Oklahoma 1845 - Western Panhandle region became US territory with the annexation of Texas 1860s - After the Civil War, because the Indians had sided with the Confederacy, they faced ruin and forfeiture of their lands 1870s - An ...
1917–1930s: Seminole women in Florida develop their unique patchwork appliqué designs 1918: Julian Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo) invents the matte-on-glossy blackware ceramic technique 1920s: The Kwakwaka’wakw Four (Chief George, Charley George, Sr., Willie Seaweed, and George Walkus) collab...
Seminole, North American Indian tribe of Creek origin who speak a Muskogean language. In the last half of the 18th century, migrants from the Creek towns of southern Georgia moved into northern Florida, the former territory of the Apalachee and Timucua.
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