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Bill Osceola
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. The rodeo earned enough money to pay for tribal representatives to lobby against termination and formally organize as a tribe. Early life Bill Osceola was born 30 June 1919 in the Everglades in Broward County, Florida to Jimmy and Mary Motlow-Osceola. His native language was Mikasuki language, Miccosukee, a Muskogean language, Muskogean or Creek language. He had no formal education and did not know how to read or write, though he was good with numbers and had an excellent memory. Florida's segregated education laws prohibited the Seminole from attending public schools until the 1960s. He was raised on the Tamiami Trail and moved to the Dania Reservation in 1943. In 1943, a young pastor, Stanley Smith, arrived on the Dania Reser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Osceola
Billy Osceola, (July 4, 1920 – August 1, 1974) was the first elected chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. He became an ordained minister and was extremely influential in shifting the Seminole Tribe of Florida from traditional spiritual practices to the Baptist faith. He was the first elected chairman of the tribe after their 1957 reorganization. Early life Billy Osceola was born 4 July 1920 in the Everglades to Jimmy and Nancy Osceola. He grew up in the area that would become the Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation, Brighton Reservation. His mother died soon after he was born and his father returned to his clan who lived near Big Cypress Indian Reservation, Big Cypress, but the children remained in Brighton with their grandmother. Billy's native tongue was the Muscogee language (though his father spoke Mikasuki language, Mikasuki) and Billy did not learn to speak English until he started school in 1938 at the age of 18. Homes were not permanent, but rather camps of chickee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miccosukee
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is a federally recognized Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Florida. They were part of the Seminole nation until the mid-20th century, when they organized as an independent tribe, receiving federal recognition in 1962. The Miccosukee speak the Mikasuki language, which is mutually intelligible with the Hitchiti language, is considered its dialect, and is also spoken by many Florida Seminole. Historically, the Miccosukee trace their origins to the Lower Chiaha, one of the tribes of the Creek Confederacy in present-day Georgia. Under pressure from European encroachment in their territory, they migrated to northern Florida in the early 18th century, where they became part of the developing Seminole nation.Pritzker, p. 390. By the late 18th century, the British recorded the name Miccosukee or Mikasuki as designating a Hitchiti-speaking group centered on the village of Miccosukee in the Florida Panhandle. Like other Seminole groups, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seminole Tribe Of Florida Politicians
The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, as well as independent groups. The Seminole people emerged in a process of ethnogenesis from various Native American groups who settled in Spanish Florida beginning in the early 1700s, most significantly northern Muscogee Creeks from what is now Georgia and Alabama. The word "Seminole" is derived from the Muscogee word ''simanó-li''. This may have been adapted from the Spanish word ''cimarrón'', meaning "runaway" or "wild one". Seminole culture is largely derived from that of the Creek; the most important ceremony is the Green Corn Dance; other notable traditions include use of the black drink and ritual tobacco. As the Seminole adapted to Florida environs, they developed local traditions, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
