Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation

Hollywood Reservation
Total population
(481 (1990)^[1])
Regions with significant populations
United States ( Florida)
Languages
English, Miccosukee, Muscogee
Religion
Christianity, traditional tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
Other Seminole people, Miccosukee

Hollywood Reservation, formerly known as the Dania Reservation, is one of six Seminole Indian reservations governed by the federally recognized Seminole Tribe of Florida, located near Hollywood, Florida. The reservation is bordered by the communities of Hollywood and Davie, in Broward County. The reservation is 497 acres (2.01 km²) in size.^[1]^[2]

Reservations

Big Cypress Reservation, the largest territory, including 81.972 sq mi (212.306 km²), in Broward and Hendry Counties^[1]
Brighton Reservation, 57,090 sq mi (147,862 km²), Glades County^[1]
Tampa Reservation, located in Hillsborough County
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.

Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1.

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

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