Seminole Nation

[The Seminole Nation represents the peoples of Creek origin who settled in what is now Florida prior to European contact.] During the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842, and the Third Seminole War, 1855-1858, most of the Seminole were deported from Florida--"removed" in the terminology of the period--to Indian Territory, where their descendants are the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma .... In 1962 some Florida Seminoles formally adopted the name Miccosukee to apply to their own newly separate tribal organization; the majority remained known as Seminoles, some but not all of them formally organized in 1957 as the Seminole Tribe.) page 434 (In May 1842 the federal administration told the army to end the war in Florida, allowing the Seminole to remain "temporarily" south of the Peace River. No treaty was held with those who remained in Florida .... The Seminole were not unified; no leader or set of serveral leaders had the authority to surrender all, despite the assumptions of the United States government.

found: Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting 1834:title page (treaty between the United States of America and the Seminole Nation of Indians was made and concluded at Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas River, on the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three)

found: Handbook of North American Indians, 1978- :volume 14, page 429 (Florida Seminole and Miccosukee. Their origin was among the Creek to the north of Florida. During the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842, and the Third Seminole War, 1855-1858, most of the Seminole were deported from Florida--"removed" in the terminology of the period--to Indian Territory, where their descendants are the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma .... In 1962 some Florida Seminoles formally adopted the name Miccosukee to apply to their own newly separate tribal organization; the majority remained known as Seminoles, some but not all of them formally organized in 1957 as the Seminole Tribe.) page 434 (In May 1842 the federal administration told the army to end the war in Florida, allowing the Seminole to remain "temporarily" south of the Peace River. No treaty was held with those who remained in Florida .... The Seminole were not unified; no leader or set of serveral leaders had the authority to surrender all, despite the assumptions of the United States government.)

[The Seminole Nation represents the peoples of Creek origin who settled in what is now Florida prior to European contact.] During the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842, and the Third Seminole War, 1855-1858, most of the Seminole were deported from Florida--"removed" in the terminology of the period--to Indian Territory, where their descendants are the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma .... In 1962 some Florida Seminoles formally adopted the name Miccosukee to apply to their own newly separate tribal organization; the majority remained known as Seminoles, some but not all of them formally organized in 1957 as the Seminole Tribe.) page 434 (In May 1842 the federal administration told the army to end the war in Florida, allowing the Seminole to remain "temporarily" south of the Peace River. No treaty was held with those who remained in Florida .... The Seminole were not unified; no leader or set of serveral leaders had the authority to surrender all, despite the assumptions of the United States government.

[Access point valid for use on records by or about the nation prior to removal of the majority of its members to Indian Territory in the early 1840's.]