No Trespassing Sign for Big Cypress Reservation, ca. 1950s
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Title
No Trespassing Sign for Big Cypress Reservation, ca. 1950s
Description
This sign reads: "Welcome to Big Cypress U.S. Indian Reservation. Positively No Hunting, Fishing, Trespassing. Seminole Indian Tribe. US Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sheriff of Hendry County."
The Seminole Council wanted the aid of the federal and Florida governments to ensure that rights on the Indians’ lands were protected from outsiders.
The Seminole Council wanted the aid of the federal and Florida governments to ensure that rights on the Indians’ lands were protected from outsiders.
Creator
Irvin M. Peithmann
Source
Image Number PE0324, Irvin M Peithmann Collection, gift, State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.
http://floridamemory.com/items/show/164348
http://floridamemory.com/items/show/164348
Publisher
Florida Memory
Date
ca. 1950s
Rights
Florida Memory
Format
Photograph
- Date Added
- February 14, 2015
- Collection
- Photographs
- Citation
- Irvin M. Peithmann, “No Trespassing Sign for Big Cypress Reservation, ca. 1950s,” Creating Tribes in Florida: How Autonomous Camps Became the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes , accessed May 2, 2024, https://seminolemiccosukeepolitics.omeka.net/items/show/33.