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Members of the Miccosukee Tribe prepare to deliver buckskin petitions to French, Spanish, and British embassies in the U.S. The Tribe hoped to rely on their acknowledgment of past treaties made with Florida Indians to support their claims to the…

Bill Osceola, a Seminole leader who would become a tribal president, requests reimbursement from the state for monies paid to appoint Florida Indian Agent Maxwell Denton with funds held in trust for the tribe. The Council voiced its disapproval when…

This map, drawn by anthropologist Clay MacCauley, indicates the locations of some of the Florida Indian groups living in South Florida during the late 19th century. He groups them into distinct communities. One interesting observation is that most of…

Beede, who was commissioned by the federal government to investigate the condition of the Florida Indians, explains his difficulties in interacting with the widely spread indigenous camps in Florida. He notes that the Florida Indians seem well…

During the mid to late-1700s, Lower and Upper Creek Indians––as well as small groups of other diverse Indian communities, including those who spoke Miccosukee––gradually migrated south from Georgia and Alabama into the relatively unpopulated regions…

Some Florida Indians expressed concern about state game wardens impeding their right to hunt and fish on what they perceived to be their traditional homelands. Such restrictions were in conflict with the Indians’ traditional uses of land and…

In this letter, Commissioner Glenn Emmons rebuked the Miccosukee Council's letter that made a demand for land from the U.S. government and also presumed to advise federal officials on their obligations. He rebutted the suggestion that the Miccosukee…

During Governor LeRoy Collins’ 1957 trip to the Everglades, he encouraged the Miccosukee Trail Indians and the Seminole Reservation Indians to form one political unit. While the Seminole Tribe made an offer to include the off-reservation Indians in…

General Andrew Jackson led an early campaign through East Florida in 1818. This map details his route. Jackson’s expedition met resistance from Native Floridians during this campaign.

Both Miccosukee Spokesman Buffalo Tiger and the Tribe’s persistent attorney, Morton Silver, continually expressed dissatisfaction with the federal government's wavering position on recognition of the Miccosukee Tribe.