Declaration of the "General Council of the Everglades Miccosukee Seminole Nation," April 21, 1957
Dublin Core
Title
Declaration of the "General Council of the Everglades Miccosukee Seminole Nation," April 21, 1957
Description
This statement followed Miccosukee medicine man Ingraham Billie’s opposition to the creation of a tribal constitution and designated reservation. The Miccosukee spokesman Buffalo Tiger and the off-reservation Indians who wished to continue petitioning the United States for recognition were attempting to politically distance themselves from Billie and his supporters.
Creator
The General Council of the Miccosukee
Source
Box 21, George A. Smathers Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Publisher
Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date
April 21, 1957
Rights
Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Format
Memorandum
- Date Added
- February 14, 2015
- Collection
- Documents
- Citation
- The General Council of the Miccosukee, “Declaration of the "General Council of the Everglades Miccosukee Seminole Nation," April 21, 1957,” Creating Tribes in Florida: How Autonomous Camps Became the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes , accessed April 28, 2024, https://seminolemiccosukeepolitics.omeka.net/items/show/35.