Miccosukee

plural Miccosukees · alternative Mikasuki

1. A member of a Native American tribe of Florida.

   Some of the Everglades die-hards trace back to the gritty pioneering Gladesmen who settled in the wilderness and survived off the land, much like the Miccosukees and Seminoles before them.

   2016 June 11, Lizette Alvarez, “In a Corner of the Everglades, a Way of Life Ebbs”, in The New York Times

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   During the Seminole Wars of the 1800s, in which U.S. forces fought to expel tribes from Florida, the Miccosukee and their kin, the Seminoles, eluded capture by hiding on tree islands, which are formed by sediment accumulating in roots.

   2024 October 29, Jennifer Reed, “Stepping Into a Hidden World in the Everglades”, in The New York Times

alternative Mikasuki

1. Their language, closely related to Hitchiti.

   Synonyms: Mikasuki