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The Miccosukee Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Miccosukee
Miccosukee

The Miccosukee are a Native Americans in the United States tribe living in Florida. They are descendants of the Lower Chiaha, a Creek people tribe and have had centuries of relations with the Seminole but maintain a separate identity today, largely on linguistic grounds....
 tribe of Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
s. It is divided into three sections in two counties of southern Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
, USA. Their total land area is 332.183 kmē (128.256 sq mi). There was no resident population on reservation territory as of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.

The largest section by far is known as the Alligator Alley Reservation, which is located at the extreme western part of Broward County
Broward County, Florida

Broward County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population is 1,623,018; this makes it the second most populated county in the state....
, at its county line
Border

Borders define geography boundaries of political geography or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or Subnational entity. They may foster the setting up of buffer zones....
 with Collier County
Collier County, Florida

Collier County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 251,377. The United States Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the county is 314,649 ....
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The Miccosukee Indian Reservation is the homeland of the Miccosukee
Miccosukee

The Miccosukee are a Native Americans in the United States tribe living in Florida. They are descendants of the Lower Chiaha, a Creek people tribe and have had centuries of relations with the Seminole but maintain a separate identity today, largely on linguistic grounds....
 tribe of Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
s. It is divided into three sections in two counties of southern Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
, USA. Their total land area is 332.183 kmē (128.256 sq mi). There was no resident population on reservation territory as of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.

The largest section by far is known as the Alligator Alley Reservation, which is located at the extreme western part of Broward County
Broward County, Florida

Broward County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population is 1,623,018; this makes it the second most populated county in the state....
, at its county line
Border

Borders define geography boundaries of political geography or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or Subnational entity. They may foster the setting up of buffer zones....
 with Collier County
Collier County, Florida

Collier County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 251,377. The United States Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the county is 314,649 ....
. It has a land area of 329.076 kmē (127.057 sq mi).

The second largest section is the Tamiami Trail Reservation, which is located west of Miami
Miami, Florida

Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....
, on the Tamiami Trail
Tamiami Trail

The Tamiami Trail is the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa, Florida to U.S. Route 1 in Miami, Florida....
 (U.S Highway 41, or Southwest 8th Street), at the point where the Tamiami Canal
Tamiami Canal

The Tamiami Canal or C-4 Canal, is located in southern Florida in the United States. It flows in a west to east direction from the western part of the state in the Everglades past the Miami International Airport to a salinity control center near the Miami River ....
 turns to the northwest, in western Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County, Florida

Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the county population was 2,387,170 in 2007, making it the most populous county in Florida and the List of the most populous counties in the United States....
. Although this section is much smaller than the Alligator Alley section, it is the center of most tribal operations. It has a land area of 2.884 kmē (712.64 acre
Acre

The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems....
s).

The smallest section is the Krome Avenue Reservation, located east of the Tamiami Trail section and closer to the city of Miami. It is also on the Tamiami Trail, on the northwest corner of its intersection with Krome Avenue
State Road 997 (Florida)

State Road 997, also known as Krome Avenue and Southwest 177 Avenue is a 36.7-mile north-south state highway in western Miami-Dade County, Florida....
 (Southwest 177th Avenue), just west of the community of Tamiami
Tamiami, Florida

Tamiami is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 54,788 at the United States Census 2000....
. This section has a land area of only 0.2227 kmē (55.04 acres). The Miccosukee Resort & Casino is on this site.