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title: "Do you know Betty Mae Tiger Jumper? - Thirsty (for Knowledge) Thursday"
slug: do-you-know-betty-mae-tiger-jumper-thirsty-for-knowledge-thursday
date: 2017-03-16
author: "Guest User"
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section: news-notes
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# Do you know Betty Mae Tiger Jumper? - Thirsty (for Knowledge) Thursday

Mar 16

Written By [Guest User](/news-notes?author=6839f4dcc52c4707a9ee7c66)

Another one for the kids (and the kids at heart) from Nick Jr.'s "History & Heritage" series.

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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