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JULY 10, 1955
MICCOSUKEE
SEMINOLE
NATION
DECLARATION OF
UNITED
NATIONS
ACTION
At The Jimmie
Tiger's Village
Headquarters
Affirmed by
General Councilman
George
Osceola, Ingraham
Billie, Sam Jones Micco,
Frank Charlie, Tom
Buster, Willie
Jim, Jack Clay, John
Pool, Tiger Tiger, John
Fewell, Jimmie
Tiger, Frank
Jimmie, Frank Willie,
Oscar Hoe, Jimmie
Billie, Jimmie Henry,
Which specifically
required the agreement
of Legal Counsel,
Morton H.
Silver,
to take its
disputes with the United
States to the
United Nations
if the
Miccosukee
Seminole Nation
felt it was
necessary.
As interpreted
by
Billie Doctor,
Buffalo Tiger, and
witnessed by Frederick
R. Von Langen
(of Musa
Isle), Morton H. Silver,
and Francis Fink
(see affidavits
below)
Affidavit of
"Buffalo
Tiger"
July 27,
1955
SUPPLEMENTAL AFFIDAVIT
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(Retyped for
clarity)
STATE
OF FLORIDA)
) SS.
COUNTY OF
DADE )
Before
me, the
undersigned
authority, a
Notary
Public of
the State of
Florida In
the United
States of
America,
personally
appeared
BUFFALO
TIGER,
a Seminole
Indian and
citizen of
the
aforesaid
Miccosukee
Seminole
Nation,
and a
resident of
Dade County,
Florida, to
me well
known, who
under oath
deposes and
says as
follows:
1. That
Affiant made
an affidavit
which is
attached to
a
Supplemental
Agreement
between the
Miccosukee
Seminole
Nation
(Florida)
and Morton
H. Silver,
Attorney at
Law, which
Agreement
was
negotiated
and executed
between July
3rd and July
10th of
1955; that
Affiant In
order not to
disturb the
aforesaid
Agreement to
which his
said
original
Affidavit is
attached,
makes this
Supplemental
Affidavit in
order to
clarify the
original
Affidavit
and add some
material
facts
surrounding
the
aforesaid
negotiations.
2. That
Affiant was
assisted on
July 3rd and
July 10th,
1955 by
Billie
Doctor in
his capacity
as
Interpreter
and official
spokesman
for the
General
Council of
the
Miccosukee
Seminole
Nation
(Florida) at
the meetings
held at
Jimmie
Tiger's
Village
approximately
thirty miles
West of the
City Limits
of Miami,
Florida.
3. That
at the
meeting on
July 3rd,
1955, as
aforesaid,
the General
Council,
after
considerable
discussion
concerning
the said
Supplemental
Agreement,
told Affiant
to tell
Morton H.
Silver that
they wished
to consider
the said
Agreement
for an
additional
week; that
there was
present at
the
aforesaid
July 3rd
meeting one
Frederick R.
Von Langen;
that there
was also
present at
the
aforesaid
July 3rd
meeting Sam
Jones Micco
and Oscar
Hoe,
Representatives
of the
Second
Medicine
Council,
both of whom
had made
special
trips from
the Fort
Pierce area
to be
present, who
had to
return again
to Jimmie
Tigers
Village for
the July
10th meeting
hereinafter
mentioned. |
p. 2
4. That
on July 10, 1955 the
aforesaid General
Council met once again
at the aforesaid Village
with Morton H. Silver
and there was also
present the aforesaid
Frederick R. Von Langen,
a white man, who was
employed by the Musa
Isle Indian Village in
Miami, Florida; that the
aforesaid Supplemental
Agreement was read to me
(Affiant) and explained
by both Morton H. Silver
and said Frederick R.
Von Langen; that Affiant
explained and
Interpreted the said
Supplemental Agreement
to the said General
Council; that after
several hours of
discussion among the
said General Council,
the said General Council
told Affiant to tell
Morton H. Silver that
they had been
considering the
provision of said
Agreement.................................................
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and that they would sign
the said Agreement
provided Morton H.
Silver and his
associates would agree
to carry their fight to
the United Nations if
necessary and that
Morton H. Silver add
that provision to the
said Agreement.
5. That the aforesaid
Agreement consists of
two pages, not including
the original Affidavit,
and contains sixteen
signatures of the said
General Council.
________________
BUFFALO TIGER
I
HEREBY CERTIFY that I,
ELEANOR S. SHARP, a
Notary Public of the
State of Florida, at
Large, have read the
above and foregoing
Supplemental Affidavit
to BUFFALO TIGER,
who is known to me
personally, and he
advised me that he
understood the same and
that the facts set forth
therein are true and
correct, and that he
executed the same for
the purposes therein
expressed.
AS
WITNESS my hand and
Notarial Seal in the
City of Miami, Dade
County, Florida, on this
27th day of July 1955.
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