Betty Mae Tiger Jumper

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper
2nd Tribal Council Chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida
In office
1967–1971
Preceded byBill Osceola
Succeeded byHoward Tommie
Personal details
Born(1923-04-27)April 27, 1923
Indiantown, Florida
DiedJanuary 14, 2011(2011-01-14) (aged 87)
Resting placeNew Seminole Cemetery
SpouseMoses Jumper

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, also known as Potackee (April 27, 1923 – January 14, 2011) (Seminole), was the first and so far the only female chairperson 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.