THESE FOLKS ARE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U. S. STATE OF FLORIDA. HISTORICALLY THEY LIVED IN TENNESSEE VALLEY OF GEORGIA. LATER THEY MIGRATED TO ALABAMA AND THEN TO FLORIDA. THEY SPEAK THE MIKASUKI LANGUAGE. THEY BECAME PART OF SEMINOLES AFTER MOVING TO FLORIDA AND SPOKE THEIR SAME LANGUAGE. IN THEIR VILLAGE IN FLORIDA THEY USE MICCOSUKKE. DURING THE SEMINOLE WAR (1817 -1858) MANY MOVED BEYOND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IN 1920'S SEMINOLES ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY NEAR THE EVERGLADES. THE MICCOSUKEE TRIBE IN FLORIDA RECEIVED FEDERAL RECOGNITION BY 1962. IN THE 1950'S THEY SEPARATED FROM THE SEMINOLES. TODAY THEY HAVE SEVERAL RESERVATIONS IN FLORIDA. PONCE DE LEON MAY HAVE MET THEM HE SAID THEY LIVED IN HOLLOWED MOUNDS AND WERE FULLY COVERED BY MUD AND REFUSE. THEY OPERATE A RESORT IN MIAMI.
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