Representatives of the Trail Indians, with Attorney Morton Silver, Take a Train to Washington with the Buckskin Declaration, 1954
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Title
Representatives of the Trail Indians, with Attorney Morton Silver, Take a Train to Washington with the Buckskin Declaration, 1954
Description
The Miccosukee representatives formally presented their Council’s Buckskin Declaration to President Dwight D. Eisenhower during the 1954 trip to Washington DC for the termination hearings. It proclaimed their separation from the Seminole Tribe and requested assistance in preserving their autonomy.
From left to right: Jimmie Billie, spokesman Buffalo Tiger, George Osceola, and attorney Morton Silver.
From left to right: Jimmie Billie, spokesman Buffalo Tiger, George Osceola, and attorney Morton Silver.
Creator
Jane Wood Reno
Source
Seminoles holding document for President Eisenhower, 1954. HistoryMiami, 1975-066-9.
Publisher
HistoryMiami
Date
March, 1954
Rights
HistoryMiami
Format
Photograph
- Date Added
- February 14, 2015
- Collection
- Photographs
- Citation
- Jane Wood Reno, “Representatives of the Trail Indians, with Attorney Morton Silver, Take a Train to Washington with the Buckskin Declaration, 1954,” Creating Tribes in Florida: How Autonomous Camps Became the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes , accessed May 5, 2024, https://seminolemiccosukeepolitics.omeka.net/items/show/23.