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This document, written on a cured buckskin, embodied the desire of the Miccosukee speaking Indians living outside the three federal reservations to have a direct political connection with the United States government. They wanted a separate…

As Seminoles gradually relocated onto the reservations, chickees--dwellings made of cypress logs and palmetto fronds--became a common sight on the grounds. The presence of chickees allowed Florida Indians on reservations to maintain aspects of their…

This image documents the increasing contact between ranking individuals of the South Florida Indians and prominent state officials. While this hunting party undoubtedly came to the Everglades for recreational purposes, this contact also had…

This photograph was taken at the time of the formal Everglades National Park dedication. Admiral Leahy is to the right of the President and U.S. Senator Spessard Holland is behind the President and the Admiral.

Toward the middle of the 1900s, the…

During the course of the 1830s and 1840s, the federal government forcibly relocated Southeastern American Indian communities—including large segments of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole Tribes––from their traditional homelands by…

For several decades after the reestablishment of contact with the U.S., Florida Indian subsistence was still tied to hunting and fishing. Although they traded for American goods, which they considered luxuries, this self-sufficiency gave them a…

In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge commemorated the signing of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 with members of the Osage Tribe outside of the White House. The law granted citizenship to all Indians in the United States, encouraging Native American…

In this image, President Nixon is signing the Blue Lake Bill, HR 417, which would return traditional Native American lands to the Taos Pueblo Indians. This and other laws worked to reestablish Native peoples’ control over their traditional…

In 1971, this BIA Office was confronted by a disgruntled crowd who felt that the organization had not sufficiently protected the rights of the local Indian community. In the second half of the 20th century, many Indian groups increasingly demanded…

This telegram to Florida Governor LeRoy Collins from a number of Miccosukee spokesmen expresses their concern that, despite the state government's recognition of their constitution, the state might not act on its promise to pursue the designation of…