USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Along the lower Atlantic Coast was the home of many small tribes: the Tequestas of Biscayne Bay, the Ais and the Jeagas up the coast, the Keys Indians, and the Mayaimi who built large mounded villages near Lake Okeechobee. Like the Calusa, these tribes were fishermen and hunters rather than farmers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, as well as independent groups.