Bill Osceola

Not to be confused with his cousin, Billy Osceola.
Bill Osceola
Seminole Bill Osceola building his new home at the Dania Indian Reservation November 1956, by photographer Johnson.
1st President of the Seminole Tribe of Florida
In office
1957–1967
Personal details
Born(1919-06-30)June 30, 1919
Everglades, Broward County, Florida
DiedApril 16, 1995(1995-04-16) (aged 75)
Hollywood, Florida
Resting placeSeminole Cemetery West
SpouseCharlotte Tommie

Bill Osceola (June 30 1919 – April 16 1995) was the first president of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. When the federal government marked his tribe for termination, Osceola came up with the idea of creating a rodeo as a tourist attraction to raise funds. The rodeo earned enough money to pay for tribal representatives to lobby against termination and formally organize as a tribe.

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