How can Seminole memories & narratives be shared through a translation into embodied space of haptic experiences? while respecting tribal identity
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Oratorium Joy Mullappally
Today the Seminoles of Florida are only a frail remnant of that powerful tribe of Osceola’s day. Their history presents a character, a power and a romance that impels respects and an acknowledgement of their presence.
1817-1818 First Seminole War
1855-1858 Third Seminole War
1830 Indian Removal Act signed into effect
1800
1858 Seminole Wars are declared over
1910-1920s Draining of Everglades and rise of Indian villages
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1997 Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum opens in Big Cypress Rez.
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1970 Nixon supports Native American governance
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1856 U.S. Govt recognizes Seminole as a tribe
1957 U.S. Govt recognizes STOF as a federal tribe
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*1510 First Recorded Contact with the Seminoles
1860-1890s Cultural trade on the edge of Everglades
The methodology involved a deductive study of available oral histories and interviews with tribal members to better understand the means of perception. The hypothesis being that these perceptions are largely haptic and nonocularcentric in nature.