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}} Bill Osceola (30 June 1919 – 16 April 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. ==Early life== Bill Osceola was born 30 June 1919 in the Everglades in Broward County, Florida to Jimmy and Mary Motlow-Osceola. His native language was Miccosukee, a Muskogean or Creek language. He had no formal education and did not know how to read or write,〔 though he was good with numbers〔 and had an excellent memory.〔 Florida's segregated education laws prohibited the Seminole from attending public schools until the 1960s. He was raised on the Tamiami Trail and moved to the Dania Reservation in 1943.〔 In 1943, a young pastor, Stanley Smith, arrived on the Dania Reservation to assist the Southern Baptist Church leadership. Smith was dynamic and inspired many local Seminole to join the congregation. In 1946, a group of five Seminole youths, including Osceola's cousin, Billy Osceola〔Kersey (1996), p 64〕 who became the first tribal chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.semtribe.com/History/TimelineText.aspx )〕 attended Florida Bible Institute in Lakeland, Florida and returned as lay ministers causing a schism between the Southern Baptists and Smith's followers.〔 Osceola became ordained as a deacon in 1945 and a minister in 1950. When Smith's group split from the Southern Baptists, Osceola established the Mekusukey Independent Baptist Church in Hollywood,〔 and later that same year established a church at Big Cypress.〔 Later, he established mission churches on the Brighton Reservation〔 and at Tamiami Trail.〔 Bill and Billy often shared pastoral duties, though they were from different Baptist organizations and both Independent and Southern Baptists had congregations on all three Seminole reservations—Dania, Big Cypress and Brighton.〔 To earn a living, Bill raised cattle (around 300 head) on the Big Cypress Reservation〔 and was a heavy equipment operator. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Osceola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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