The legendary warrior is also the symbol of Florida State University in Tallahassee. “Osceola served as a cultural bridge between the non-Indian world and the Seminoles,” says Fixico.

FLORIDA'S FAMOUS SEMINOLE LEADERS "If suddenly we tear our hearts from our homes, around which they are twined, our heart strings will snap." A proud Seminole Indian warrior prepares to board the ...

Did you know the Seminole Indians refused to conduct trade using paper money? When doing business with white traders, the ...

For Seminole leaders like Haney, what it now comes down to is proof. "If they don't have any Indian blood, or prove it, then they're not looked at as Indians," he says.

Gen. Thomas Sidney Jesup has gone down in history as a scoundrel. Jesup, of course, was commander of the Army of the South in late 1836 when the Seminole Indians were resisting the federal governme… ...

Ask anyone which “Indian” tribe settled in Florida and you will almost always hear the word Seminole. The truth is that the Seminoles are relatively recent inhabitants of the state. Lar… ...

First the logo was removed from the school's T-shirts. Then the feathered headdress was taken off the stationery. In the 4{ years since Judy LeBoeuf has been principal at Seminole Middle School ...

The brainchild of Attorney General James Uthmeier and dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," the prison, Uthmeier said, would be built ...

The Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery three miles off Highway 90 south of Brackettville holds the remains of four Congressional Medal of Honor ... By singlehandedly holding off a band of warriors, ...

Tigertail was born to the Panther Clan in the 1790s. According to Gov. Richard Call, he had lived in the Tallahassee area all his life, and after the First Seminole War (1817-1819) worked in the ...

Days after the Third Seminole War ended in 1858, the Wagner family (early settlers) were frightened to run into Old Tigertail and more than a dozen warriors on the road near Miami.