Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2015.44.380 |
Object Name |
Newspaper |
Date |
February 6, 1992 |
Scope & Content |
"The Seminole Tribune: The Native's Voice"; Special Issue; February 6, 1992; The Official Newspaper of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Articles, subjects and images include: Chitto Tustenuggee's (Snake Warrior's) Island: After 160 Years, Seminole Settlement threatened by development by Patsy West; image of William Steele at the excavation site; reported to be at the time the earliest documented Seminole site in the eastern Everglades, c.1828; Abiaka/ Sam Jones living in Everglades by 1928 according to historian John Lee Williams; U.S. military penetrated the Everglades by 1838 attacking Pine Island, but did not advance to Snake Warrior's island (Guava Key) until 1841; image of Doctor Tiger; aerial image of camp from 1929 in the lower Everglades taken from the historic blimp ride; council lodge (choo-co-thluc-co - big house) on the island Seminole Legends live on in Betty Mae's videotape; the Corn Lady; Museum site, James E. Billie's old camp site used as the production site; images of Betty Mae Critic loves "The Corn Lady" |