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Gallery: Miccosukee

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	The flag of the Miccosukee Tribe.
	Display of native canoe.
	Dugout canoe.
	Dugout canoe.
	Dugout canoe.
	Chickee. The chickee (from the Seminole word for "house") was developed during the early 1800s when the Seminoles were pursued by U.S. troops. The palmetto thatched roof on a frame of cypress logs met the Seminole's need for a fast, disposable shelter while on the run.
	Supply of logs at a Miccosukee home.
	Chickee.
	Chickee.
	Chickee. Hand operated sewing machines have been used in Native American camps in south Florida since the late nineteenth century.
	Chickee.
	Chickee.
	View of the dense Everglades foliage near a Miccosukee camp.

 

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