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Book SynopsisBorn in a small village in the Everglades in 1920, Buffalo Tiger grew up immersed in the traditional customs and language of the Miccosukees. As the modern world encroached on the Miccosukees and the Everglades shrank around them, he became an energetic and outspoken leader of the community. This is the biography of a tireless leader.
Trade Review“An excellent example of the ideal blending of Native viewpoint with Western academic literary demands.”—
Choice“This book will make its way into the bookstores and into the syllabi of American Indian history courses. It also serves as a wonderful addition to the paucity of literature on Native people in Florida during the twentieth century. Readers will definitely enjoy learning about the life and times of Buffalo Tiger, and hopefully this collaborative effort will broaden our understanding of Native struggles for sovereignty and self-determination in an age of colonialism, ethnic strife, and environmental devastation.”—Jeffrey P. Shepard,
Studies in American Indian Literatures“An important book that is both suitable as a teaching resource and provocative enough to spur further research.”—Nicolas Rosenthal, H-Net Reviews
“This delightful autobiography opens a window into Miccosukee culture.”—
Native Peoples MagazineTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsSeries Editors' IntroductionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Miccosukee Childhood2. My Beliefs3. Learning the White Man's Ways4. The Struggle for Recognition5. The Miccosukee Tribe6. Our Heritage, Our Life, Our FutureAfterword / The Importance of a LifeAppendix / Constructing a Life HistoryNotes Index
