Título: Black Seminoles
Seção: Indian Territory/Oklahoma
Background: The Black Seminoles are black Indians associated with the Seminole people in Florida and Oklahoma. They are the descendants of free blacks and of escaped slaves (called maroons) who allied with Seminole groups in Spanish Florida. Historically, the Black Seminoles lived mostly in distinct bands near the Native American Seminole. Some were held as slaves of particular Seminole leaders; but they had more freedom than did slaves held by whites in the South and by other Native American tribes, including the right to bear arms.

Conteúdo: Throughout the period, several hundred Black Seminoles remained in the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). Because most of the Seminole and the other Five Civilized Tribes supported the Confederacy during the American Civil War, in 1866 the US required new peace treaties with them. The US required the tribes emancipate any slaves and extend to the freedmen full citizenship rights in the tribes if they chose to stay in Indian Territory. In the late nineteenth century, Seminole Freedmen thrived in towns near the Seminole communities on the reservation. Most had not been living as slaves to the Indians before the war. They lived --as their descendants still do-- in and around Wewoka, Oklahoma, the community founded in 1849 by John Horse as a black settlement. Today it is the capital of the federally recognized Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.  Following the Civil War, some Freedmen's leaders in Indian Territory practiced polygyny, as did ethnic African leaders in other diaspora communities. In 1900 there were 1,000 Freedmen listed in the population of the Seminole Nation in Indian Territory, about one-third of the total. By the time of the Dawes Rolls, there were numerous female-headed households registered. The Freedmen's towns were made up of large, closely connected families.  After allotment, "[f]reedmen, unlike their [Indian] peers on the blood roll, were permitted to sell their land without clearing the transaction through the Indian Bureau. That made the poorly educated 

user: what is indian territory?

assistant: Throughout the period, several hundred Black Seminoles remained in the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).

user: how many years was this their territory?

assistant: Since 1954, the Freedmen have been included in the constitution of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. They have two bands, each representing more than one town

user: what are the two bands?

assistant: the Cesar Bruner band covers towns south of Little River; the Dosar Barkus covers the several towns located north of the river.

user: does the article name any of the towns, specifically?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: The US required the tribes emancipate any slaves and extend to the freedmen full citizenship rights in the tribes if they chose to stay in Indian Territory.

user: and did alot of the people free the slaves, after all?

assistant: Most had not been living as slaves to the Indians before the war. They lived --as their descendants still do-- in and around Wewoka, Oklahoma,

user: what else is there to know about this culture and where they lived?

assistant: In 1900 there were 1,000 Freedmen listed in the population of the Seminole Nation in Indian Territory,