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In 1967 Betty Mae Tiger Jumper became the first female chair, or chief, of the Seminole tribe. At that point, the tribe had just $35 in savings, but thanks to her leadership, the tribe had $500,000 when she left office in 1971. She also brought together several tribes to form an organization that runs health and education programs for its members. I had three goals in my life, Mrs. Jumper says. To finish school, to take nurse's training and come back and work among my people, and to write three books. She has met those goals and many more.
With A Seminole Legend, Betty Mae Jumper joins the ranks of Native American women who are coming forward to tell their life experiences. This collaboration between Jumper and Patsy West, an ethnohistorian who contributes general tribal history, is a rare and authentic account of a pioneering Florida Seminole family. It will take its place in Seminole literature, historical and anthropological studies, Florida history, women's history, and Native American studies.
With A Seminole Legend, Betty Mae Jumper joins the ranks of Native American women who are coming forward to tell their life experiences. This collaboration between Jumper and Patsy West, an ethnohistorian who contributes general tribal history, is a rare and authentic account of a pioneering Florida Seminole family. It will take its place in Seminole literature, historical and anthropological studies, Florida history, women's history, and Native American studies.
An autobiography can provide useful primary source information about a person in the past or the present. In addition, autobiographies can provide in-depth details about a specific community, time period, location, and so forth. The paragraphs below are from A Seminole Legend. This book was written by Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, a famous American Indian leader.
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