USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The United States gained possession of Florida in 1821 and coerced the Seminoles into leaving their lands in the Florida panhandle for a large Indian reservation in the center of the peninsula per the Treaty of Moultrie Creek.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Seminoles of Florida call themselves the “Unconquered People, ” descendants of just 300 Indians who managed to elude capture by the U.S. army in the 19th century. Today, more than 2, 000 live on six reservations in the state-located in Hollywood, Big Cypress, Brighton, Immokalee, Ft. Pierce, and Tampa.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are more than a dozen original Native American tribes in Florida-Pensacola, Apalachee, Guale, Timucua, Potano, Ocale, Tocobaga, Mayaimi, Ais, Calusa, Jeaga, Tequesta and Matecumbe-each one with distinctive cultures and customs.

Detailed explanation-4: -We Seminole have lived in Florida for thousands of years. Our ancestors were the first people to come to Florida. Our ancestors were connected by family and culture to others across North America, from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi river, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.