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The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, it is one of three federally recognized Seminole entities. It received that status in 1957. Today, it has six Indian reservations in Florida.
January 9, 2017. Deputy. Mitchell Cypress. Preceded by. James E. Billie. Marcellus William Osceola Jr. (born in 1972) is the current and 7th Tribal Council Chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Osceola won a special election in 2016 to replace James Billie, who was ousted following a recall petition [1] and was re-elected to a full term in ...
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is headquartered in Wewoka within Seminole County, Oklahoma. Of 18,800 enrolled tribal citizens, 13,533 live in Oklahoma. The tribe began to revive its government in 1936 under the Indian Reorganization Act. While its reservation was originally larger, today the tribal reservation and jurisdictional area covers ...
1971–1979: Howard Tommie, political leader and two-term chairman of Seminole Tribal Council who initiated programs in the 1970s, including accepting the U.S. land claim settlement; successfully negotiated with the State of Florida for water rights for the Seminole reservations, and establishment of tax-free smoke shops and high-stakes bingo ...
Museum officials envision a total overhaul of the closed Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains halls — akin to the five-year, $19 million renovation of its Northwest Coast Hall, completed in 2022 ...
Florida might have banned drag shows in public places, but Broward County will put their queens on display for the nation to see. Broward County signed off Tuesday on a $790,000 plan to have a ...
Chief Joe Dan Osceola (December 20, 1936 – June 9, 2019 [1]) was the chief and ambassador of the Native American Seminole tribe. [2] [3] He was the appointed Seminole Tribal Ambassador, who held the position of the youngest Chief and Tribal President, elected in Seminole history. Chief Joe Dan Osceola was the great-great-great-grandson of ...
May 21—Fair on the Square, which has grown bigger and better each year, is scheduled from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 25, in the heart of downtown Rusk. The fair, organized by the Rusk ...