Miccosukee Indian School

Last updated

Miccosukee Indian School is a K-12 tribal school in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, with a Miami postal address. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). [1] It is located along the Tamiami Trail. [2]

Contents

It serves the Miccosukee Indian Reservation of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, federally recognized since 1962.

History

Circa 1963 the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) established the school. The Miccosukee tribe took control of the school circa 1971, making it the first school which the BIA contracted with but did not own. The school established a board with seven people, as per the Indian Self-Determination Act. The tribe had not signed any treaties with the federal government at that point, so it was able to have more of a say in how the school board was developed. [3]

In 1984 the Florida Senate offered the school $60,000 to assist the school in helping its students prepare for admission to Florida universities if they chose. [2] For instance, the school began to offer instruction on computers and on foreign languages. [4]

Its current campus was scheduled to open in 1999, with a cost of $9 million generated from casino revenues. [5]

Curriculum

In 1984 the school had no computer instruction. Its language courses were limited to English and Miccosukee, with no other foreign language instruction. In 1984 the school sought to implement reforms to meet Florida's new course recommendations for university readiness, although it is not required to follow Florida law on education. [2]

Student discipline

The board in 1971 ruled that members of the tribe were not obligated to attend the school. School absenteeism was noted as an issue in 1983. [3]

Athletics

The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) expelled the school after the students failed to appear for a scheduled game. Reportedly the van driver left his duties after a dispute with his wife, who was one of the athletes. The school community was not interested in staying in the league, and did not rejoin for a period.

In 1981 the school hired Ron Miller as an athletic coach from Liberty City, Miami, allowing it to develop team sports. That year the principal, Jacques Wilson, stated that after students initially reacted negatively to Miller, an African American, he gained their respect. The school by 1983 rejoined the FHSAA under Miller. [3]

Student body

In 1983 the school, had about 30 students, serving grades 7-12. [2] In 1998 it had 106 students. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunny Isles Beach, Florida</span> City in Florida

Sunny Isles Beach is a city located on a barrier island in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida, and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Intracoastal Waterway on the west. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 22,342.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation</span> Seminole Indian Reservation in Florida, United States

Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, located in northeast Glades County near the northwest shore of Lake Okeechobee. It is one of six reservations held in trust by the federal government for this tribe. The reservation has a land area of approximately 146 square kilometers or 36,000 acres and a 2000 census resident population of 566 persons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gulliver Preparatory School</span> Private school in Florida, United States

Gulliver Preparatory School or simply Gulliver Prep, is a private co-educational school. Its management offices are in Kendall, a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Its four campuses are across the county.

Felix Varela Senior High School is a public high school located at 15255 SW 96th St. in The Hammocks, unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

Miami Sunset Senior High School is a secondary school of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system. The principal is John C. Lux.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miccosukee</span> Native American tribe in Florida who speak the Mikasuki language

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is a federally recognized Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Florida. Prior to the Miccosukee Tribe gaining federal recognition in 1962, the U.S. federal government and many others often viewed the Miccosukee as a part of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Miccosukee speak Miccosukee, often identified by non-native anthropologists as the Mikasuki language. The Miccosukee language is generally mutually intelligible with the Hitchiti language, and most of the Florida Seminoles living in Florida also speak the Miccosukee language.

The Mikasuki, Hitchiti-Mikasuki, or Hitchiti language is a language or a pair of dialects or closely related languages that belong to the Muskogean languages family. As of 2014, Mikasuki was spoken by around 290 people in southern Florida. Along with the Cow Creek Seminole dialect of Muscogee, it is also known as Seminole. It is spoken by members of the Miccosukee tribe and of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The extinct Hitchiti was a mutually intelligible dialect of or the ancestor of Mikasuki.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miccosukee Indian Reservation</span>

The Miccosukee Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Miccosukee tribe of Native Americans. It is divided into three sections in two counties of southern Florida, United States. Their total land area is 128.256 sq mi (332.18 km2). The Miccosukee Reservation have members living on and off the reservation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation</span>

The Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation is a non-contiguous section of the Navajo Nation lying in parts of west-central Cibola and southern McKinley counties in New Mexico, United States, just east and southeast of the Zuni Indian Reservation. It has a land area of 230.675 sq mi (597.445 km²), over 95 percent of which is designated as off-reservation trust land. According to the 2000 census, the resident population is 2,167 persons. The Ramah Reservation's land area is less than one percent of the Navajo Nation's total area.

Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) is a school district based in Gallup, New Mexico which serves students from Gallup and surrounding areas of McKinley County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bureau of Indian Education</span> United States government agency

The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), headquartered in the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C., and formerly known as the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP), is a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior under the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. It is responsible for the line direction and management of all BIE education functions, including the formation of policies and procedures, the supervision of all program activities, and the approval of the expenditure of funds appropriated for BIE education functions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Havasupai Elementary School</span> Bureau of Indian Education school in Arizona, U.S.

Havasupai Elementary School (HES) is a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-operated K–6 school in Supai, Arizona. It serves the Havasupai Indian Reservation.

Circle of Nations Wahpeton Indian School, formerly Wahpeton Indian School, is a tribally-controlled grade 4-8 school in Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Pine Hill Schools is a K-12 tribal school system operated by the Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. (RNSB), in association with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), in Pine Hill, New Mexico.

Ahfachkee School, also known as Ahfachkee Day School, is a tribal K-12 school in unincorporated Hendry County, Florida, on the Big Cypress Reservation, with a Clewiston postal address. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).

Nay Ah Shing School, also known as Mille Lacs Band K-12 Schools, is a K-12 tribal school system headquartered in unincorporated Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, with an Onamia postal address. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). It is on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation.

Miami Hoshuko is a supplementary Japanese school in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It holds classes in the First Baptist Church of Coral Park in Westchester, and it has its office in Doral.

T'siya Day School, previously spelled Zia Day School, is a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-operated school in Zia Pueblo, New Mexico. It covers elementary school grades.

Isleta Elementary School is a Bureau of Indian Education-operated elementary school in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico.

Te Tsu Geh Oweenge School, also known as Te Tsu Geh Oweenge Community School, Te Tsu Geh Oweenge Day School, Tesuque Pueblo Day School, and Tesuque Day School, is a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-affiliated tribal school, located in Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico. It has elementary school grades.

References

  1. ↑ "Miccosukee Indian School". Bureau of Indian Education . Retrieved 2021-08-03. U.S. Hwy 41, Mile Marker 70, Miami, FL, 33144
  2. 1 2 3 4 Silva, Mark (1984-05-19). "Indians seek aid in school". Miami Herald . Miami, Florida. p. 1B. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 Plaschke, Bill (1983-05-15). "Learning a lesson in life". Fort Lauderdale News . Fort Lauderdale, Florida. pp. 1D, 12D. - Clipping of first and of the second page on Newspapers.com
  4. ↑ Silva, Mark (1984-06-03). "FIU, Metrorail to benefit from new budget". Miami Herald . Miami, Florida. p. 4B. - Clipping from Newspapers.com
  5. 1 2 Nazareno, Analisa (1998-11-26). "Miccosukee feast passes on traditions". Miami Herald . Miami, Florida. p. 2C. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.

25°45′37″N80°47′43″W / 25.7603°N 80.7953°W / 25.7603; -80.7953

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.