Brookfield, Connecticut: The Millbrook Press, 1995. — 64 p. — (Native Americans). — ISBN: 1-56294-530-0. The history and culture of the Seminoles, who established themselves in northern Florida in the 1700s, later moving to the Everglades where many live today. A traditional recipe and game are included.
Benchmark Books, 2000. — 128 p. — (Lifeways). — ISBN: 0-7614-0862-2. Discusses the history, culture, social structure, beliefs, and customs of the Seminole people.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1954. — 156 p. To add to her growing list of tribal profiles (it has included books on the Cherokee, the Crow, the Apache and so on) Sonia Bleeker has written an authoritative and companionable study of the Seminole. At first through the eyes of a Greek boy, Little Owl (who later became the famous chief Osceola) we see the 1808 migration from...
Vero Beach, Florida: Rourke Publications, Inc., 1989. — 31 p. — (Native American People). — ISBN: 0-86625-377-7. Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Seminole Indians.
University Press of Florida, 2015. — 216 p. Before and during the Seminole Wars, the Seminoles typically used chickee huts as hideouts and shelters. But in the twentieth century, the government deemed the abodes "primitive" and "unfit". Rather than move into non-chickee housing, the Seminoles began to modernize and have continued to evolve the thatched roof structures to meet...
Bridgestone Books, 2003. — 48 p. — (American Indian Nations). — ISBN: 0-7368-1358-6. Long before theme parks existed, Florida was a land known for its natural beauty and independent American Indian nation, the Seminole. The Seminole: The First People of Florida describes how this nation has worked to preserve its culture and the tragic way many Seminoles were forced onto land...
Chicago, Illinois: Melmont Publishers, 1963. — 32 p. The name Seminole was first given to groups of Creek Indians who left their homes in what is now Georgia to move farther south. These Indians lost the war to save their land which the white men then took from them. The word Seminole means one who separates from or leaves his tribe. Walking, or traveling by canoe, the runaway...
Chelsea House Publications, 2010. — 123 p. — (The History and Culture of Native Americans). The Florida Seminole are widely known as the only unconquered tribe in the United States. They began as an offshoot of Creek and other Indians who survived the diseases and warfare that took so many lives in the 16th century. In later years, they fought three wars with the United States...
Chelsea House Publishers, 1989. — 112 p. — (Indians of North America). — ISBN: 1-55546-729-6. The Seminole came into being in the 18th century when many Indians of the Southeast fled to Spanish-held Florida to escape encroachment and enslavement by non-Indian settlers. These diverse groups settled in the fertile flood plains of northern Florida, where they lived in peace with...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons in association with Country Beautiful Corporation, Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1973. — 64 p. — (Indian Nations). — SBN: GB-399-60806-0. The people we know as Seminoles have a history that is remarkably parallel to that of the rest of us Americans. Most of our ancestors came from many nations, fleeing conflict and persecution, and settled in a new world...
University of Oklahoma Press, 1984. — 279 p. This source presents an overview of selected aspects of Oklahoma Seminole culture based primarily on information obtained from the author's chief informant and collaborator, Willie Lena. Lena is described as a 'traditional' Oklahoma Seminole and is also responsible for most of the numerous illustrations of Oklahoma Seminole life...
Chelsea Juniors, 1994. — 80 p. — (The Junior Library of American Indians). — ISBN: 0-7910-1672-2. The Seminole Indians originally came from many different tribes in the Southeast that were uprooted by white settlers. They came to Florida from Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and North and South Carolina, with varied languages, traditions, and cultures, but they settled...
Chicago: Children Press, 1985. — 48 p. — (A New True Book). — ISBN: 0-516-01941-4. The First Seminole. Early Seminole Life. Blacks and the Seminole. The First Seminole War. The Second Seminole War. Life in the Swamps. The Third Seminole War. The Seminole in the West. Florida's Seminole. Life Off the Reservation. Seminole Education. Seminole Government. Words You Should Know.
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957. — xvi+397 p. — (The Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol. 47). "We have, at no former period in our history, had to contend with so formidable an enemy. No Seminole proves false to his country, nor has a single instance occurred of a first rate warrior having surrendered," said General Thomas Sidney Jesup, United...
Illustrated by Ronald Himler. — New York: Holiday House, 1994. — 32 p. — (A First Americans Book). — ISBN: 0-8234-1112-5. Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve retells creation story of the Seminole Indians and then describes their early history, daily way of life, ceremonies, disputes with the U.S. government, and the tribe today. The Seminoles once belonged to the Muskogee tribe,...
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