Tallahassee Historical Society November 13 Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting on November 13 as we are joined by Miccosukee Deputy General Counsel Edward Ornstein, who will be discussing Miccosukee culture and history!
The Miccosukee are headquartered down in the Everglades because that’s where it was safest for them after Andrew Jackson and the U.S. Army got bogged down—literally—trying to root them out. Most of their close kinsmen, the Seminoles, did end of up in Oklahoma, but not all of them did. Some 100-200 Miccosukee and Seminole remained in the Everglades at the end of the Third Seminole War.
Then, after about 150 years during which they took advantage of northern tourists visiting the Florida reservation and selling them official Seminole and Miccosukee merchandise, they discovered the mother lode: the gaming industry. The Miccosukee/Seminoles don’t have casinos in North Florida; the Miccosukee have a huge one in Miami on the edge of the Everglades and the Seminoles have six in Broward, Collier and Hillsborough counties that have done very well for both tribes.
Learn more about the Miccosukee Tribe's history in Tallahassee and North Florida at our November 13th Meeting! Our food will come from Publix, via the Miccosukee. Don’t forget you have to come to the Mission via White Road and Mission Road, the back way, but also the scenic route.
Reception at 5:30; Program at 6:00.
See the attached map for updated instructions on how to park at Mission San Luis!