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Brighton Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, located in northeast Glades County near the northwest shore of Lake Okeechobee. It is one of six reservations held in trust by the federal government for this tribe.
The Big Cypress Reservation is one of the six Indian reservations of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It is located in southeastern Hendry County and northwestern Broward County, in southern Florida, United States. Its location is on the Atlantic coastal plain. This reservation lies south of Lake Okeechobee and just north of Alligator Alley.
The Cow Creek Seminole eventually received 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of reservation land in the 1930s, beginning with Brighton Reservation. At first, few Seminoles had any interest in relocating to reservations, preferring their traditional lifestyle to a more sedentary reservation life.
There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [1] Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.
The current name, Okeechobee, is derived from the Hitchiti word meaning "big water". [2] The Mayaimis have no linguistic or cultural relationship with the Miami people of the Great Lakes region. [1] The city of Miami is named after the Miami River, which derived its name from Lake Mayaimi. [2]
An aerial views of the St. Lucie Inlet on Feb. 26, 2024 shows the dark water from Lake Okeechobee discharges entering the South Fork 9 miles upstream.
County Road 833 (CR 833) is a 53-mile-long (85 km) county road near the Florida Everglades.Located in Broward and Hendry counties, it connects Miccosukee Indian Reservation and the Big Cypress Indian Reservation with agricultural land south of Lake Okeechobee.
The Red Barn is a historic barn located on the Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation in Glades County, Florida. It was built in 1941 with help from the Civilian Conservation Corps to serve the Seminole cattle business. It has a dirt floor and rests on a concrete block foundation. Its roof was replaced with a metal one after Hurricane Wilma in 2005.