Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1988

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Kersey, Harry A.

Abstract

The Seminole people have a very unique history. They are descended from the Creek nation and formed two distinct language groups. Along with these language differences, the Seminoles were divided about whether to isolate or assimilate with the new, strange settlers that invaded their homeland. The Seminoles were given opportunities to determine their future within the United States in the 1900s, but divisions continued and expanded into a question of acculturation or retaining a tribal identity. In 1957, when the Seminoles formed their first tribal government, they were very reliant on the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs economically, and therefore were led politically somewhat by that department. With the tribal administration of Howard Tommie from 1971-1979, a new "middle ground" emerged, a synthesis combining American ways and the unique qualities that belong to only a Seminole.

Extent

118 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1988.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT14431

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