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{{Infobox person
| name = John Chupco
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| image = JohnChupco.jpg
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| birth_date = c. 1821
| birth_place = [[Spanish Florida]] or [[Florida Territory]]
| citizenship = Seminole
| death_date = {{Death date|1881|02|17}}
| death_place = [[Seminole Nation of Oklahoma]]
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| occupation = chief, sergeant, farmer, rancher
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| organization = Hvteyievlke Band
| height = {{height|m=2.0066}}<ref name=ohs/>
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'''John Chupco''' (ca. 1821–1881) was a leader of the ''Hvteyievlke'', or Newcomer, Band of the [[Seminole]] during the time of their forced relocation to [[Indian Territory]].<ref name=ohs>May, Jon D. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CH063.html "Chupco, John (ca. 1821–1881)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910163024/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CH063.html |date=2014-09-10 }} ''Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' Retrieved 29 Jan 2012.</ref> They were the last group to move from Florida to Indian Territory.

From 1861 to 1866, Chupco served as chief of the Seminole who supported the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]; they removed to Kansas for safety. There was great bitterness when the tribe divided over their loyalties during the war, with many supporting the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. Afterward Chupco and his band returned to Indian Territory, working to rebuild the tribe.

==Early life and education==
John Chupco was born into a Seminole family in [[Florida]]. He grew up in traditional ways.

==Career==
By the time of the [[Seminole]] forced relocation, Chupco was chief of the Hvteyievlke Band, which he led from Florida to Indian Territory under [[Indian Removal]].

In 1861 when the [[American Civil War]] began, Chupco served as town chief. He refused to sign a treaty between the Seminole and the [[Confederate States of America]].<ref name=ohs/> The Seminole leadership and members split over their alliances in the war, as did the [[Cherokee]].

Chupco's tribal town followed [[Opothleyahola]], the [[Muscogee Creek]] leader loyal to the Union, and they relocated to [[Kansas]] for safety. There Chupco enlisted in the [[Union Army]] and ultimately became a first sergeant in Company F, First Regiment, [[Indian Home Guard (American Civil War)|Indian Home Guard]].<ref name=ohs/> From 1861 to 1866, Chupco served as chief of the Seminole who supported the Union.

After the war, he served as a [[Reconstruction Treaties#Southern Treaty Commission Delegations|Southern Treaty Commission Delegate]]. [[John Jumper (Seminole chief)|John Jumper]] led the Seminoles who had been allied with the Confederacy.<ref name=ohs/> Because of that group's alliance with the Confederacy, the United States insisted that the Seminole tribe had to sign a new treaty after the war. The split between these Seminole groups lasted until 1872, at which time the majority of the tribe elected Jumper as chief.

During [[Reconstruction Era of the United States|Reconstruction]], Chupco encouraged his tribe to rebuild their nation. In 1869, he joined the [[Presbyterian Church]] congregation in [[Wewoka, Oklahoma]]. He became a farmer and rancher. He resisted the creation of [[Oklahoma Territory]], as he was concerned that opening up the area to European-American settlement would damage the future of the Seminole.<ref name=ohs/>

==Death==
John Chupco died on February 17, 1881, in the Seminole Nation.<ref name=ohs/>

==See also==
*[[Four Mothers Society]]

==Notes==
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==References==
*[http://www.seminolenation-indianterritory.org/hvteyievike_band.htm "Hvteyievike Band."] Accessed 08/29/06.
*[http://www.seminolenation-indianterritory.org/leaders.htm "Seminole Nation Leaders."] Accessed 12/06/06.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060902123530/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/sem0910.htm US Treaty with the Seminole 1866]

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