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JULY 10, 1955
MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION
DECLARATION OF
UNITED NATIONS
ACTION
At 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 Billie Doctor, July 23, 1955
Affidavit of
Buffalo Tiger, July 27, 1955
Affidavit of Frederick R. Von Langen
(of Musa Isle)
Affidavit of
Francis Fink, October 21, 1955
Affidavit of
"Buffalo
Tiger"
July 27, 1955
SUPPLEMENTAL AFFIDAVIT
(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.
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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.
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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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