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Miccosukee
[mik-uh-soo-kee]
Example Sentences
The center has faced multiple legal challenges, including lawsuits from civil rights groups alleging detainees were not given necessary access to the legal system, as well as those from the Miccosukee Tribe and environmental organizations.
Environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe, whose lands border the site, challenged the project, warning it threatened wetlands that supply water to South Florida.
Betty Osceola, a member of the Miccosukee Native American community, lives near the site and recently took part in a protest against the facility.
“There’s too little transparency around how our ancestors are being treated,” says Betty Osceola, a member of the Panther Clan of the Miccosukee Tribe.
President Biden approved federal emergency aid to 45 counties in eastern, central and south Florida, including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, as well as the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes.
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