| Details of chickee construction | Details of chickee construction | Still Image | Fieldwork
Ranches
Chickee
Thatch roofs
Architecture
Structures
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Buildings
Woodwork | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Details of chickee construction
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- Eight black and white prints. Details of a Seminole chickee. Images taken at Scott Ranch, north of Lake Okeechobee -- site of a Green Corn Dance ceremony.
- Collection
| Fieldwork images of the Jumpers' home at Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation | Fieldwork images of the Jumpers' home at Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation | Still Image | Needleworkers
Cooks
Fieldwork
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Seminole cookery
Native Americans
Ball games
Recreation
Leisure
Games
Machine sewing
Patchwork
Sewing machines
Sewing
Needlework
Chickee
Mobile homes
Architecture
Domestic arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Folk singer Don Grooms performing at the 8th Annual American Indian Days (1987) | Folk singer Don Grooms performing at the 8th Annual American Indian Days (1987) | Still Image | Singers
Guitarist
Fieldwork
Indian reservations
Chickee
Guitar
Bass guitars
Folk singers
Native Americans
Singing
Guitarists
Children
Festivals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Folk singer Don Grooms performing at the 8th Annual American Indian Days (1987)
- Date
- 1987-11-22
- Description
- One color print. Grooms, born in Waynesville, North Caroline to a Applachian/Cherokee family, was an associate professor of telecommunications at the University of Florida (1962-1993). He was also news director for WUFT-TV. He was better known, however, for his songwriting and folk festival performances. A part of the Florida Folk scene of the 1960s and 1970s, he regularly performed with McLean, Gamble Rogers, Paul Champion, and Jim Ballew. He died 30 January 1998.
- Collection
| Folklorist Ormond Loomis interviewing Paul Bower | Folklorist Ormond Loomis interviewing Paul Bower | Still Image | Interviewing
Research methods
Fieldwork
Chickee
Seminole Indians
Indian reservations
Native Americans
Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Folklorist Ormond Loomis interviewing Paul Bower
- Date
- 1984-05-26
- Description
- One proof sheet with ten images (plus negatives). Loomis interviews Bower inside a chickee--a traditional Seminole home/dwelling. For an interview with Bower, see S 1576, box 21, reel T81-118/119, from 1981. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year until 2003.
- Collection
| Grass baskets at the Immokalee Seminole Reservation | Grass baskets at the Immokalee Seminole Reservation | Still Image | Basket maker
Seminole Indians
Basket making
Community
Baskets
Sweetgrass baskets
Native Americans
Containers
Contests
Material culture
Grass weaving
Palmetto weaving
Woven goods
Indian reservations
Chickee
Architecture
Community planning | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Grass baskets at the Immokalee Seminole Reservation
- Date
- Description
- Thirteen color slides. Images taken as part of the Seminole Slide and Tape Project at Immokalee Reservation, located in Everglades, Florida. Slides are numbered 21-33. The Immokalee reservation was created in the 1930s, and is one of five Seminole reservations in Florida. 21-23: Construction of a chickee (traditional Seminole home); 24-33: Grass baskets created by Donna Frank. Slide log sheet included.
- Collection
| Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation | Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation | Still Image | Fieldwork
Indian reservations
Seminole Indians
Chickee
Thatch roofs
Architecture
Houses
Structures
Flags
Cookware
Construction + architecture
Native Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation
- Date
- 1983-08-09
- Description
- One proof sheet with 30 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of the chickees, other structures, thatched roofs, and various yards. For more images, see S 1577, volume 23, slides S83-2994 - S83-3020. The Seminole Video Project was a joint project between the Florida Folklife Program and WFSU-TV. Completed in Spring 1984 and financed by a Florida Endowment for the Humanities grant with the support of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the project culminated in a thirty-minute documentary entitled "Four Corners of the Earth" which profiled Ethel Santiago, a Seminole craftswoman and tribal representative. The program addressed such issues as cultural retention within contemporary society; the role of women in Seminole society; traditional Seminole foods, arts, and medicine; and the changing emphasis on clan affiliations. The project covered Seminoles on the Big Cypress and Hollywood Reservations and at Immokalee, Florida. Raw video footage, along with the finished product, can be found in S 1615, V84-16 through V-84-24. Sound recordings of the interviews can be found in S 1576, T84-111 - T84-133 and C84-108 - C84-115.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t81-118 | Interview with Linda and Paul Bowers | Sound | Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Interviews
Oral histories
Patchwork
Festivals
Sewing
Indian reservations
Food habits
Mikasuki language
Chickee
Alligators
Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Linda and Paul Bowers
- Date
- 1981-10-24
- Description
- Two reel to reels. (Copied onto audio cassettes C81-89 and C81-90.) The Bowers discuss sewing machines; patchwork; how they learned to sew traditional Seminole patterns; designs; clothing; life in Big Cypress Seminole Indian reservation; sofke; fry bread; native languages; chickees; the Green Corn Dance; male initiation rites; and cooking/eating alligators. The recordings were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other on traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t82-046 | Interview with Seminole needleworker Lottie Huff | Sound | Needleworkers
Tailors
Fieldwork
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Patchwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recordings
Sewing
Oral histories
Life histories
Family history
Chickee
Clothing and dress
Beliefs and cultures | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Seminole needleworker Lottie Huff
- Date
- 1982-01-29
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Huff discusses (through Hall) patchwork sewing including when and how she learned the craft; patterns and designs; the choice of colors and fabrics; clothing styles; patchwork designs; and sewing machines. She also describes her childhood; her family; chickees; childhood stories; glass beads; the Green Corn Dance; and differences between Creek and Seminole peoples. The recordings were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other on traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
- Collection
| James Billie building a chickee at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival | James Billie building a chickee at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Chickee
Palmetto
Native Americans
Seminole Indians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| James Billie's airboat and camp | James Billie's airboat and camp | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats
Camps
Chickee
Native Americans
Seminole Indians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
James Billie's airboat and camp
- Date
- 1984-11-13
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. Billie's airboat is painted with an image of Billy Bowlegs. Images were created as fieldwork for the apprenticeship program. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
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