Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Entrance to reservation

Seminole Casino in Brighton

Brighton Seminole Indian 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 reservation has a land area of approximately 146 Square kilometers or 36,000 acres. ^[1] and a 2000 census resident population of 566 persons.

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.^[2] The reservation also is used for part of the tribe's cattle operations, the 12th-largest in the country.

Language

Some residents of the Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation speak the Muscogee language, rather than the Mikasuki language spoken by other Seminoles as well as the Miccosukee tribe.^[3]

Reservations

The other five Seminole Tribe of Florida reservations are:

Big Cypress Reservation, the largest territory, including 81.972 sq mi (212.306 km²), in Broward and Hendry Counties^[4]
Hollywood Reservation (formerly called the Dania Reservation), 497 acres (2.01 km²) acres,^[5] Broward County^[4]
Immokalee Reservation, Collier County
Fort Pierce Reservation, a 50 acres (0.20 km²) site in St. Lucie County, taken into trust for the tribe in 1995 by the United States Department of the Interior
Tampa Reservation, located in Hillsborough County

Notes

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
↑ "Seminole Gaming", The Seminole Tribe of Florida Official Website
↑ Mahon, pp. 201–202.
1 2 Pritzker 392
↑ Daniel Chang, "Seminole Tribe to Close Park Near Hollywood", Miami Herald, 14 September 2012

References

Mahon, John K.; Brent R. Weisman (1996). "Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Peoples". In Gannon, Michael (Ed.). The New History of Florida, pp. 183–206. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1415-8.
Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1.

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

Seminole
Federally recognized tribes	Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Seminole Tribe of Florida
Reservations	Big Cypress Brighton Fort Pierce Hollywood Immokalee Miccosukee Tampa
Languages	Afro-Seminole Creole Mikasuki language Muscogee language
Culture	Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Alligator wrestling Black Seminoles Chickee Fastachee Four Mothers Society Green Corn Ceremony Seminole music Stomp dance
History	Indigenous people of the Everglades region Seminole Wars Trail of Tears Green Corn Rebellion
Politics and law	List of chiefs Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States Seminole Nation v. United States

Municipalities and communities of Glades County, Florida, United States
County seat: Moore Haven
City	Moore Haven
CDP	Buckhead Ridge
Indian reservation	Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation
Unincorporated communities	Citrus Center Lakeport Monkey Box Muce Ortona Palmdale

Coordinates: 27°04′46″N 81°04′11″W / 27.07944°N 81.06972°W / 27.07944; -81.06972

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