Council Oak Tree Site on the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation
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Title
Council Oak Tree Site on the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation
Subject
Race Relations
Florida State University
Seminoles
Native peoples
Description
As explained by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, "A special generation of Seminole leaders - children of that last generation to hide in the swamps - began to meet regularly beneath a huge oak tree on the Hollywood reservation. By 1957, after numerous community meetings, a constitution was forged establishing a two-tiered government (Tribal Council and Board of Directors) with elected representation from each reservation community. That same year, the U.S. Congress officially recognized the unconquered Seminole Tribe Florida; the Tribe immediately began wading into the mainstream of the federal Indian system." https://www.semtribe.com/stof/history/the-council-oak
Creator
Source
Original Digital source at commons.wikimedia.org
Date
2014-08-23
Rights
These materials were gathered together as part of an effort between FSU's History Department and FSU's Libraries to assemble materials related to the history of race relations in Tallahassee. The user is responsible for investigating any copyright restrictions on further use of these materials outside this digital collection.
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Identifier
HRRT_1355
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Collection
Citation
Pietro, “Council Oak Tree Site on the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation,” A Community History of Race Relations: Tallahassee & Florida State University , accessed May 18, 2024, https://historyracerelationstlh.omeka.net/items/show/689.
Item Relations
| Item: The Constitution and Charter Committee, 1957 | dcterms:relation | This Item |