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The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida, and now residing in that state and in Oklahoma. They were part of the Five Civilized Tribes—together with the Chicasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee, so named because they had integrated numerous cultural and technological practices of their European American neighbors. However, the majority were forcibly removed to Oklahoma, herded westward along the Trail of Tears. Those who survived reorganized and established themselves in their new home.

The term nuclear family refers to the family group consisting of parents and children, as opposed to the extended family which includes all those with kinship ties. Throughout history, families have been central to human society, the basic social unit for the expression of love between man and woman and the creation and raising of children.