The village

The Miccosukee Indians migrated to Florida before it belonged to the United States. In any case, their homeland, which runs along the Tamiami Trail or Calle Ocho, from Naples to Krome Avenue (about a two and a half hour trip from Miami), is not considered part of the U.S. The Miccosukee do not pay the U.S.’ exorbitant taxes, and they follow their own laws, and if by chance an accident occurs on their properties, the Micco figure it out among themselves including judging the defendants in their own way, according to evidence gathered by their own police department, according to their own tribal logic. And yet, the Micco listen to Linkin Park, are fans of football’s Miami Dolphins and have their own fire department.

During the Indian Wars of the 1800s most of them were confined to the West, which did not stop at least one hundred Miccos from rebelling and settling in swampy areas, giving life to the more than 600 direct descendants that inhabit the village today.

Curious Note: It is said that a group of Miccosukee, headed by Buffalo Tiger, spoke in 1959 with Fidel Castro, in the hope that the federal government of the United States recognize them as an independent nation. On January 11, 1962, the federal government acknowledged the Constitution of the Tribe and officially became the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.