Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper

Chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, nurse and editor

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1923

Place of Birth: Indiantown, Florida, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jan-2011

Profession: nurse, tribal chief, editor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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. Tiger was the first Florida Seminole to learn to read and write English, and the first to graduate from high school and a nursing program.
In addition to serving as editor of the newspaper, she was Communications Director for the tribe.