Miccosukee Everglades Educator and Conservasionist
Betty Osceola
Osceola at Lake Okeechobee (2019) by Lisette Morales
Born
Betty Osceola
(1967-08-08) August 8, 1967 (age 56)
Ochopee, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Airboat Captain and Everglades Educator
Known for
Everglades education and clean water advocacy
Website
https://buffalotigerboats.com/
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Betty Osceola (born August 8, 1967) is a Native American Everglades grandmother, environmental activist, educator,[1] anti-fracking[2] and clean water advocate.[3] She is a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida from the Panther Clan.[4] Osceola was born and raised in the Everglades. She spent her upbringing living off the land, hunting and fishing with her father.[5] She is an airboat captain[6] and the operator of Buffalo Tiger Airboat Tours on Tamiami Trail in Miami, Florida.
^"People of the Everglades after Hurricane Irma". News Press. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
^"Video interview with Betty Osceola by Julie Dermansky". Desmog. 15 November 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
^"Photo Essay Poisoning The River of Green Grass". The Intercept. 29 April 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
^"Grandmothers Rising Up for Mother Earth". Natural Awakenings. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
^"Osceola's River of Grass". Path of the Panther. 29 March 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
^"Matty's Airboat Tour of the Everglades". Vice. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
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for founding the hotel chain Holiday Inn in the 1950s. He was born in Osceola, Arkansas, the only child of Kemmons and Ruby "Doll" Wilson. His father...
candidate for this district in 2020 and 2022 Thomas Chalifoux, former Osceola County School Board member John Quiñones, former state representative and...
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Seminole leaders was largely decimated and the primary Seminole war chief, Osceola (Asi Yahola), fell into the hands of the American military commander, General...
season. A 19-foot (5.8 m) tall bronze sculpture by Fritz White depicting Osceola and Renegade. A tradition was immediately put in place whereby at sunset...
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318–319. Holland, Kevin J. (2001). Classic American Railroad Terminals. Osceola, WI: MBI. pp. 66–91. ISBN 9780760308325. OCLC 45908903. "US History Encyclopedia:...
justify. On August 10, 1978, three teenage girls of the Ulrich family of Osceola, Indiana, were killed when the 1973 Pinto they were in was involved in...
Commissioner Andreana Jackson, North Bay Village Commissioner Viviana Janer, Osceola County Commissioner Tonya Davis Johnson, Riviera Beach City Commissioner...
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Neurooncology Institute for Human Genomics Jackson Memorial Hospital Lake Osceola Little Salt Spring Lowe Art Museum Miami Project to Cure Paralysis The...
Phi Alpha fraternity. The 22 founders of Delta Sigma Theta sorority are: Osceola Macarthy Adams Marguerite Young Alexander Winona Cargile Alexander Ethel...
Gilbert Williams, and Michael Miller. The 4 victims were: Lavonne Sailer, Betty Campbell, Carmen Abrams, and Elizabeth Shanks. The crime was committed in...
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