Betty Mae Tiger Jumper
(1923-2011)
Chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, nurse and editor
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Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, also known as Potackee (April 27, 1923 – January 14, 2011) (Seminole) was the first and so far the only female chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. A nurse, she co-founded the tribe's first newspaper in 1956, the Seminole News, later replaced by The Seminole Tribune, for which she served as editor, winning a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native American Journalists Association. In 2001 she published her memoir, entitled A Seminole Legend.
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27 April 1923 Indiantown, Florida
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14 January 2011 (aged 87)
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