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Buffalo Tiger--a young, English-speaking Miccosukee Tribal Member--was a prominent spokesman for his tribe. He, along with other rising leaders, led a determined campaign to secure separate federal recognition for his community. This included the…

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…

When the Miccosukee Tribe was finally able to secure an official reservation along the Tamiami Trail in the early 1980s, it served as a confirmation of their existence as a separate tribe and political entity, validating their long struggle to gain…

The influence that Florida Indian leaders, such as Chief Tallahassee, held in their local villages was sometimes misconstrued by white officials to suggest more political control over all South Florida Indians than they actually had. The independent…

During the height of the Great Depression in the 1930s, the CCC employed Native workers to improve reservations and surrounding lands through public works projects listed on the Achievement Record. Tribal members were more accepting of economic…

Ingraham Billie was an early leader in the push to maintain the Miccosukee General Council as a separate governing body from the Seminole Reservation Indian Tribal Council. However, disagreements with the new generation of Miccosukee leadership led…

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…

By dedicating the bust of warrior/leader Osceola, the Seminoles honored the memory of their ancestor for guiding the tribe through a perilous chapter of its history.

The bust was sent to the Indian Hall of Fame in Anadarko, Oklahoma. The men on…

Concerned about steady encroachment––especially from the National Park Service as the U.S. prepared to create the new Everglades National Park––the Indian delegation living on the Tamiami Trail wanted assurances that they would not be moved from…

The Miccosukee Tribe Chairman, Buffalo Tiger, (center) presents House Speaker E.C. Rowell of Sumter County with a leader's jacket from the Miccosukee. Both Florida tribes interacted with federal and staff officials throughout the 20th century. Their…