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.
Big Cypress Seminole ReservationAirboat tours at the reconstructed Seminole encampment at the Billie Swamp Safari, an eco-heritage park the tribe developed on the Big Cypress Reservation in the Florida Everglades.(more) 2 of 2 Florida history and culture: From Juan Ponce de León to Ray Charles...
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So on July 21, 1957, tribal members voted in favor of a Seminole Constitution which established the federally recognized Seminole Tribe of Florida.In 1970, the Indian Claims Commission award the Seminole (of both Oklahoma and Florida, collectively) $12,347,500 for the land taken from them by...
The Seminole people belong to the North American tribe that speaks Muskogean language. They are known as the only Native American tribe that did not sign any peace treaty and was involved in two of the most costly civil war in the United States, the Seminole Wars. Early History In the 18th...
Preparations began at once for what was afterward known in history as the First Seminole War. From Project Gutenberg A Seminole medicine man came and gave the sick man Indian remedies. From Project Gutenberg Like all Seminole girls, she wore a waist of bright colors, a skirt of calico of ma...
of various primarily Creek groups who moved into northern Florida during the 1700s and 1800s, later inhabiting the Everglades region as well, with present-day populations in Oklahoma and southern Florida. The Seminole Wars ended in the removal of the majority of the Seminoles to Indian Territory...
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Seminole History,dos.myflorida.com History,miccosukee.com The Long War,semtribe.com Seminoles,nps.gov European Exploration and Colonization,dos.myflorida.com Florida Frontiers “Florida in the American Revolution,”myfloridahistory.org Florida: As a British Colony,fcit.usf.edu ...
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