• Source: List of chiefs of the Seminoles

This is a list of chiefs of the Seminole, which includes military and civic leaders of the Seminole people, who today are enrolled in the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and Seminole Tribe of Florida.




Leading chiefs (1750–1849)



There were four leading chiefs of the Seminole, a Native American tribe that formed in what was then Spanish Florida in the present-day United States. They were leaders between the time the tribe organized in the mid-18th century until Micanopy and many Seminole were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s following the Second Seminole War.

Cowkeeper, 1750-1783
King Payne, 1783-1812
Bolek, 1812-1819
Micanopy, 1819-1849




Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida


The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida were recognized by the state of Florida in 1957, and gained federal recognition in 1962 as the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.

ca. late 18th c.–1819: Kinache, also Kinhagee (ca. 1750–ca. 1819), the last chief of the Creek of Miccosukee, Florida, who was defeated in battle in 1818 by US forces commanded by General Andrew Jackson. Later Kinhagee's people migrated south, maintaining their local village name Miccosukee as the name of the tribe.
1962–1985: William Buffalo Tiger, also Buffalo Tiger or Heenehatche, (1920–2015), first chief of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, led initiatives for self-determination
1986–2011: Billy Cypress, tribal chairman
2011–2015: Colley Billie, tribal chairman, ousted in 2015
2015–2016: Roy Cypress Jr., interim tribal chairman
2015–present: Billy Cypress,




Seminole Nation of Oklahoma


1819–1849: Micanopy (ca. 1780–ca. 1849)
1849–: John Jumper (ca. 1820–1896), chief of Confederate faction of Seminole
1882–1885: John Jumper, chief
1866–1881: John Chupco (ca. 1821–1881), town chief, leader of Union faction of Seminoles, Hvteyievike Band
1885–1901: John F. Brown (1842–1919), governor, Tiger clan
1905–1919: John F. Brown, governor
1922–1935: Alice Brown Davis (1852–1935), chief
1935–1936: Chili Fish, chief
1936–1946: George Jones, chief
1942–1944: Willie Haney, chief
1944–1946: Jeffie Brown, principal chief
1948–1952: George Harjo (1886–1952), chief, Tvsekayv Haco Band, Bear Clan
1952–1954: Marcy Cully, Nokuse (1910–1954), chief
1955–1950: Phillip Walker, chief
1960–1969: John A. Brown, principal chief
1969–1972: Terry Walker, chief
1972–1973: Floyd Harjo, chief
1973–1977: Edwin Tanyan, chief
1977–1978: Richmond Tiger, chief
1978–1981: Tom Palmer, chief
1979–1985: James Milam, principal chief
1985–1989: Edwin Tanyan, chief
1989–2001: Jerry Haney, principal chief
2003–2005: Kenneth Edwards Chambers, principal chief
2005–2009: Enoch Kelly Haney, principal chief
2009–2017: Leonard Harjo, principal chief
2017–2021: Greg Chilcoat, principal chief, Tusekia Harjo Band and Deer Clan
2021–present: Lewis Johnson




Seminole Tribe of Florida


1957–1966: Billy Osceola, inaugural holder.
1967–1971: Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, first and only chairwoman of the tribe, editor-in-chief of the Seminole Tribune, tribal communications director, and the last matriarch of the Snake clan. Jumper spoke English, Mikasuki, and Muskogee.
1971–1979: Howard Tommie, political leader and two-term chairman of Seminole Tribal Council who initiated programs in the 1970s, including accepting the U.S. land claim settlement; successfully negotiated with the State of Florida for water rights for the Seminole reservations, and establishment of tax-free smoke shops and high-stakes bingo as revenue generators. Tommie speaks English, Mikasuki, and Muskogee.
1979–2003: Jim Billie, suspended in 2001, officially removed in 2003. Billie chaired during an expansion of Indian gaming and time of increased tribal wealth and economic development.
2003–2011: Mitchell Cypress
2011–2016: Jim Billie, re-elected and again removed by Seminole Tribal Council in a unanimous vote (4–0) on account of "various issues with policies and procedures of the Chairman's office."
2016–present: Marcellus Osceola Jr.




References

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• List of chiefs of the Seminoles
• Second Seminole War
• Seminole
• Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
• Black Seminoles
• Abiaka
• Florida State Seminoles football
• Seminole Tribe of Florida
• List of Florida State Seminoles in the NFL draft
• Kansas City Chiefs