Sovereign
MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION
Chickeechobee, Everglades, Florida Peninsula
(International Recognition – Republic of Cuba July 26, 1959)
SR 23B Ochopee, Florida
34141

EXECUTIVE – COUNCIL
HOWARD OSCEOLA
CO-CHAIRMAN

BILL McKINLEY OSCEOLA
CO-CHAIRMAN

APRIL 20, 2003

MORTON H. SILVER (FOOSH-HOTKEE)
ATTORNEY FOR MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION
SCOTT SILVER (HANEE-YAHOLEE)
P.O. BOX 591410 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BR.
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33159

GENTLEMEN:

IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION BY OUR WEBSITE MANAGER (Hanee-Hat-Yaholee), THAT MANY VIEWERS OF OUR WEBSITE AT http://www.miccosukeeseminolenation.com/ HAVE VOICED THE MISTAKEN BELIEF THAT THE MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION DERIVES REVENUE FROM A HIGHLY PUBLICIZED GAMBLING OPERATION AT THE EDGE OF OUR FLORIDA EVERGLADES, THAT IMPROPERLY USES AND ADVERTISES THE NAME “MICCOSUKEE”.

WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST MADE IT CLEAR TO THE WORLD THAT THE MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION HAS NOT EVER PARTICIPATED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE OWNERSHIP, OPERATION OR REVENUES OF BINGO OR ANY OTHER GAMBLING CASINO, IN FLORIDA, OR AT ANYWHERE ELSE, NOR AUTHORIZED SUCH GAMBLING OPERATION TO BE DONE IN THE NAME OF THE MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION; BY INDIANS MASQUERADING AS MICCOSUKEES OR ANYONE ELSE.

ACCORDINGLY, AS MANAGING EDITOR OF THE SEMINOLE INDIAN NEWS, YOU ARE AUTHORIZED AND REQUESTED TO CORRECT THESE MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND COMMUNICATE THE ABOVE ON OUR WEBSITE AS SOON AND OFTEN AS POSSIBLE AND YOU ARE LIKEWISE AUTHORIZED TO CORRECT THE SAME WHENEVER, WHEREVER AND HOWEVER ELSE YOU DEEM IT APPROPRIATE; INCLUDING PUBLIC NOTIFICATION THAT THE MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION HAS NOT NOW, NOR HAS IT EVER AUTHORIZED ANY INDIANS (WHO OPERATE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE U.S. BIA, OR OTHERWISE) WHO MASQUERADE AS MICCOSUKEES OR AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION, AS WELL AS THEIR LAWYERS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES, TO (1) EVER REPRESENT OR SPEAK FOR OUR MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION – – PARTICULARLY IN VENEZUELA, CUBA OR ANY OTHER NATION OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE UNITED NATIONS, IF THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE LEADING UP TO, NOR (2) TO TAKE ANY ACTION THAT IN ANY WAY AFFECTS THE TITLE TO THE LAND OR THE NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION (WHICH, AS WE TOLD PRESIDENT REAGAN ON JULY 15, 1981, ARE GUARANTEED TO THE MICCOSUKEE SEMINOLE NATION BY INTERNATIONAL TREATY).

OFFICE OF THE CO-CHAIRMAN

By: (by his sgn.)
Bill McKinley Osceola
HANEENAHAT-COCHEE
Co-Chairman