Seminole Nation Case Study

How were some of the members of the Seminole Nation able to avoid removal? These sources allow you to further to investigate this story of American Indian removal.

The Seminole Nation thrived (were very successful) in the environment of central Florida. The U.S. government found it difficult to remove all members of the Seminole Nation from these lands.

Be the Witness

What story do these photographs tell you about Seminole homelands?

  1. Based on the two images, write five adjectives to describe the environment where the Seminole people lived.
  2. If you had to move through this environment, how would you prefer to do it?
  3. Challenge Question
  4. What can you predict about why the U.S. government had difficulty trying to remove the Seminole Nation from this environment?
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Shingle Creek

Shingle Creek, 2012. Kissimmee, Florida. Photo © VisionsbyAtlee/iStockphoto. (20363133)

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Seminole Dwelling

Clay MacCauley (1843–1925). Seminole Dwelling, 1887. From "The Seminole Indians of Florida," by Clay MacCauley, in the Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883–84. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887) page 501.

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