Seminole Indian Young Women with Unidentified Man and Bernice Stirling

Name/Title

Seminole Indian Young Women with Unidentified Man and Bernice Stirling

Entry/Object ID

5-8477

Tags

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Seminoles, Women's History

Description

Four Seminole Indian young women standing with a woman (floral print dress) and man (crouching in front). L to R: Agnes Parker, Denoe Charle, Betty Mae Jumper, Waneta Billie, Bernice Stirling.

Collection

Historic Photograph Collection, Women's History

Cataloged By

TLB

Category

photographs

Made/Created

Notes

Film Size: 35mm Negative No.: 5-8477, 5-35536

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Native peoples

Search Terms

Seminoles, Native Americans

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

71.1.298, 5-35536

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Aug 8, 2007

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Seminoles

Person or Organization

Stirling, Bernice

Person or Organization

Parker, Agnes

Person or Organization

Charle, Denoe

Person or Organization

Jumper, Betty Mae Tiger

Person or Organization

Billie, Wanetta

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper 1923-2011 Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was born to a Seminole mother and a white father in Indiantown (east of Lake Okeechobee near Jupiter). After an attempted attack on herself and family, they moved south to the government reservation in Hollywood. Betty Mae attended school in North Carolina and Oklahoma, becoming the first Seminole to graduate from high school. Later, she became a nurse. Armed with modern medicine and the ability to speak English, as well as Creek and Miccosukee, Betty Mae traveled to many remote Florida reservations to offer her medical skills and knowledge. Today, the health care clinic on the Hollywood reservation bears her name. Photograph Courtesy of Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Libraries By 1957, after the tribe reorganized and was formally recognized by the United States Government, Betty Mae became the first vice chairwoman. Ten years later, urged on by tribal women, she squared off against three men for the seat of Seminole Tribal Chairman. Betty Mae won, becoming the Seminole’s first elected female Indian Chief from 1967 to 1971. Betty Mae accomplished much for her tribe. She united the Choctaw, Cherokee, and Miccosukee tribes together under a Declaration of Unity. She also campaigned to financially salvage the nearly bankrupt tribe. The idea was to lease lands to outsiders along State Road 7. By the time Betty Mae was done, the tribe had gone from $35 to a $500,000 surplus.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 23, 2008

Updated By

eandrews@historyfortlauderdale.org

Update Date

November 15, 2023