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Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Date: 1989-01
Description: Fifty-one color slides. The traditional stick ball game, played by many Southeastern indigenous peoples, dates back to Precolumbian times. The game consists of a small ball made of deer hide which is struck with sticks (similar to LaCrosse in Europe) to strike a pole -- or an object on top of the pole. The game often is embued with religious and political meanings. Similar images can be found in S 1577, v. 48 and v 50. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Seminole children playing traditional stickball

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Description: Five color slides. The traditional stick ball game, played by many Southeastern indigenous peoples, dates back to Precolumbian times. The game consists of a small ball made of deer hide which is struck with sticks (similar to LaCrosse in Europe) to strike a pole -- or an object on top of the pole. The game often is embued with religious and political meanings. Similar images can be found in S 1577, v. 49 and v 48. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Date: 1989-01
Description: Twenty-eight color slides. The traditional stick ball game, played by many Southeastern indigenous peoples, dates back to Precolumbian times. The game consists of a small ball made of deer hide which is struck with sticks (similar to LaCrosse in Europe) to strike a pole -- or an object on top of the pole. The game often is embued with religious and political meanings. Similar images can be found in S 1577, v. 49 and v 50. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Date: 1989-01
Description: Eighteen color slides. Images of chickees - traditional Seminole house structures -- at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. Chickees resemble a free-standing, covered porch, made of wood, usually cypress. Similar images can be found in S 1577, v.48. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Date: 1989-01
Description: Sixteen color slides. Images of chickees - traditional Seminole house structures -- at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. Chickees resemble a free-standing, covered porch, made of wood, usually cypress. Similar images can be found in S 1577, v.50, S89-377 - S89-384. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Second Nancy Billie interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Date: 1988-12
Description: One audio cassette recording. Billie discusses Seminole culture, family relations and responsibilities, foodways, and clothing. The recording was conducted in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Second Nancy Billie interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Second Lottie Shore interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Date: 1988-12
Description: One audio cassette recording. Billie serves as the translator. The interview was recorded at the Brighton Reservation in Okeechobee, Florida. Shore discusses religion, the Green Corn Dance, beadwork, clothing, sewing, and family history. The recording was conducted in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Second Lottie Shore interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Scenes of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Date: 1989-01
Description: Seven color slides. 36: Reservation sign; 37-38: Aerial shots; 157: Old building; 172-174: Reservation office building. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Scenes of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Scenes from Alice Billie and Rosie Billie family camp

Date: 1989-01
Description: Fifty-four color slides. Scenes from sisters Alice and Rosie Billie's camp compound in Ochopee. 413-419: Seminole child bathing (Addie Billie great-grandson); 420-423: cattle grazing; 424-440: dinner cooking over an open fire; 441-442: family compound; 443: Agness Cypress with pestle; 444-459:Rosie and Alice Billie; 469-471: Susie Billie pounding corn with mortar and pestle; 472-477: Sweet grass drying for basket making; 478: Alice Billie using her metal corn grinder. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Scenes from Alice Billie and Rosie Billie family camp

Rough edits for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary

Date: 1987-11
Description: Six video recordings. (Beta; 20 minutes each) Early edit tapes for the documentary "Every Island Has Its Own Song," a Florida Folklife Program-produced documentary on tsabouna (Greek bagpipe) maker-player Nikitas Tsimouris and the Greek community of Tarpon Springs. Includes interviews with Tsimouris and his family, performance on the tsabouna, local sponge boats, an Epiphany Day celebration, and the Tsimoruis family at home. The tapes have gaps for narration, insert shots, and other post-production elements. For the completed documentary, see FV-112. For the original fieldwork videos, see FV-1 through FV-17 in S 1615.
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Rough edits for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary

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Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation	Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation	Still Image	Seminole Indians Native Americans Mikasuki Indians Indian reservations Dwellings Chickee Structures Architecture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
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a_s1595_02_tape02	Second Lottie Shore interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History	Sound	Seminole Indians Indigenous peoples Field recordings Oral narratives Folk beliefs Ethnic clothing Beadwork Christianity	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Scenes of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation	Scenes of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation	Still Image	Seminole Indians Native Americans Mikasuki Indians Indian reservations Architecture Community culture Dwellings Houses Aerial photographs	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Scenes from Alice Billie and Rosie Billie family camp	Scenes from Alice Billie and Rosie Billie family camp	Still Image	Seminole Indians Mikasuki Indians Native Americans Cattle Indian reservations Dwellings Houses Women Children Sweetgrass baskets Chickee Food preparation Corn Pestles Architecture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Rough edits for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary	Rough edits for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary	Moving Image	Artisans Musical instrument maker Video recording Documentary videos Fieldwork Interviewing on television Demonstrations Craft Music performance Interviews Emigration and immigration Personal experience narratives Oral histories Instrument manufacture Tsabouna Bagpipe music Bagpipes Arts, Greek Greek Americans Songs, Greek Calendar rites New Year rites Epiphany Catholics Bagpipers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg

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Seminole children playing traditional stickball

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Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Second Nancy Billie interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Second Nancy Billie interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Second Lottie Shore interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Second Lottie Shore interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Scenes of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Scenes of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Scenes from Alice Billie and Rosie Billie family camp

Scenes from Alice Billie and Rosie Billie family camp

Rough edits for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary

Rough edits for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary

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Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole children playing traditional stickball

Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole chickees at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation

Second Nancy Billie interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Second Nancy Billie interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Second Lottie Shore interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Second Lottie Shore interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History

Scenes of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Scenes of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Scenes from Alice Billie and Rosie Billie family camp

Scenes from Alice Billie and Rosie Billie family camp

Rough edits for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary

Rough edits for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary