The answer is Florida. The Seminoles are an indigenous tribe of North America of the Muscogui linguistic family. Formerly they resided in northern Florida.
On October 6, 1823, about 70 Seminole leaders discussed with the governor of Florida the project of moving to Oklahoma. Thus, in 1832 the treaty of Fort Gibson was signed.
Even so, by the Treaty of Payne's Landing of 1832, they were ordered to leave Florida and move west of the Mississippi River, although this point did not affect those who did not have black blood. For that reason, an important part of the tribe rebelled under the command of Asi Yoholo, also known as Osceola.
The transfer began on December 1, 1835, but on the 28th Osceola massacred a column of 107 soldiers commanded by Major Dade and killed Charley Emathla, Seminole chief supporter of the move to Oklahoma. He also murdered William Thomson, an Indian agent in Fort King. Thus began a bloody war that did not end until 1842; it ended with the death of 1,500 soldiers and the loss of 10 million dollars. Other prominent Seminole leaders were Jumper, Alligator and Micanopy; In the war, some 3,000 warriors faced 20,000 soldiers. In October of 1837, Osceola was taken prisoner during a truce that was not respected by General Thomas Jesup. With him were also captured Micanopy and 11 more warriors in San Agustín; The arrest occurred when they were going to request the release of King Philip. Osceola died on January 20, 1838 at Fort Moutrie (Charleston, North Carolina).
His successor, Coacoochee (Wild Cat), continued the fight until 1841, the year in which he surrendered. Finally, in 1842 most of the Seminoles (between 3,800 Indians and 5,000, according to the sources) were transferred to Indian territory and their descendants joined the five civilized tribes. There they formed 25 villas led by a tustanugee. In 1856 they were assigned a new reservation for disturbances with the Creeks, which provoked protests. In 1850, a group led by Coacoochee headed for Eagle Pass (in Texas), crossing to Coahuila, where their descendants still live.
They had new conflicts in 1923 with the discovery of oil in their territory and the opening of the extraction fields. Chiefs Alice B. Davis and George Jones refused to sell the tribal land to the oilmen. Until 1969, they did not get the right to rebuild the Constitution of the Seminole nation of Oklahoma, which allowed them to choose a Semi-national council of 28 members (two for each of the 14 clans); in 1970 they obtained the right to elect their own chiefs and to build schools.
Another less numerous group remained in the Florida Everglades, were forgotten and increased considerably.
