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Popular beliefs about the Seminole Indians relegate them to a short one or two centuries in Florida, but the reality is much more complex "" and much more fascinating. In research that has never before been accomplished "" or even attempted, the author has traced nearly four centuries of the lives and adventures of one Indian leader, whom the English dubbed the "Emperor Brim," and his Panther Clan lineage, all the way to their present-day equity in Florida and the lower Southeast, as citizens of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Dr. Patricia Riles Wickman has used her intimate knowledge of the people and their story, gained over two decades of living and working with them, to connect the stories and highlight their involvement with the land that the Europeans called "Florida."
About the author
Dr. Patricia Riles Wickman is a native of St. Augustine, Florida, and author of four works on the history of the people called Seminoles. She is the former Senior Historian for the State of Florida and former Director of the Department of Anthropology and Genealogy for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, a Federally Recognized American Indian Tribe. She lived and worked with the Seminoles for over a decade and a half, in Florida and Oklahoma, and continues her researches, with the help of the Seminole people, to the present day. Her works include: Osceola's Legacy (Rev. Ed.); The Tree That Bends: Discourse, Power, and the Survival of the Maskoki People; and Warriors Without War: Seminole Leadership in the Late Twentieth Century.
