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Did you know that the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida have a proud history that predates Columbus?

Originally part of the Creek Nation in present-day Georgia, a small group of Miccosukee Indians migrated to Florida during the Indian Wars of the 1800s. Rather than surrender and be forced to relocate West of the Mississippi (as was the case for most Native Americans), these 100 Miccosukee hid out in the Everglades, living in “hammock style” camps to both elude capture and adapt to their new “river grass” living environment.

Over the centuries, the Miccosukee would modernize w

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