Brighton Reservation is an

Indian reservation An American Indian reservation is an area of land land tenure, held and governed by a List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States#Description, U.S. federal government-recognized Native American tribal nation, whose gov ...

of the

Seminole Tribe of Florida The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a List of federally recognized tribes, federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, it is ...

, located in northeast Glades County near the northwest shore of

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. It is one of six reservations held in trust by the federal government for this tribe. The reservation has a land area of approximately 146 square kilometers or 36,000 acres and a 2000 census resident population of 566 persons. Some residents of the reservation speak the

Muscogee language The Muscogee language (also Muskogee , ), previously referred to by its exonym, Creek, is spoken by Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole people, primarily in the US states of Oklahoma and Florida. Muscogee was historically spoken by various constitue ...

(or Creek), which is different from the

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of other Seminoles and the

Miccosukee The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians ( /ˌmɪkəˈsuki/, MIH-kə-SOO-kee) is a federally recognized Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, it is one of ...

tribe. Fewer than 200 people on the reservation speak Muscogee, which is the largest number of speakers in Florida and outside of Oklahoma. Filter search with ''mus'' in ISO 639-3 code box. The Muscogee language is considered "definitely endangered" by UNESCO. The Florida guide referred to a "Seminole Village" in 1939, south of the town of Brighton, on a 35,660-acre reservation: To serve the Seminole cattle business, "The Red Barn" was built in 1941 with help from the

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damaged the roof, which was replaced in 2005. The Seminole Tribe of Florida operates the Brighton Seminole Casino here, a 27,000-square-foot casino with 375-slot and gaming machines, a seven-table poker room, and high-stake bingo seats, with full-service restaurant and lounge. The reservation also is used for part of the tribe's cattle operations, the 12th-largest in the country.

Other reservations

The other five

reservations are: *

Big Cypress Reservation 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 c ...

, the largest territory, including 81.972 sq mi (212.306 km), in Broward and Hendry CountiesPritzker 392 * Hollywood Reservation (formerly called the Dania Reservation), acres,Daniel Chang, "Seminole Tribe to Close Park Near Hollywood"
''Miami Herald'', 14 September 2012 Broward County * Immokalee Reservation, Collier County * Fort Pierce Reservation, a site in St. Lucie County, taken into trust for the tribe in 1995 by the

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Tampa Reservation The Tampa Reservation is one of six Seminole Indian reservations governed by the federally recognized tribe, federally recognized Seminole Tribe of Florida. It is located in Hillsborough County, Florida. Economic development The Seminole Hard Ro ...

, located in Hillsborough County

Notes

References

*Mahon, John K.; Brent R. Weisman (1996). "Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Peoples". In Gannon, Michael (Ed.). ''The New History of Florida'', pages 183–206. University Press of Florida. . * Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. .

External links

Seminole Tribe of Florida
official website
Brighton Reservation, Florida
United States Census Bureau
Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation Cemetery
Glades County, Florida, US GenWeb __NOTOC__ {{authority control American Indian reservations in Florida Geography of Glades County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Glades County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida Seminole Tribe of Florida