| a_s1576_t81-089 | Linda Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project | Sound | Fieldwork
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Florida history
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recordings
Mikasuki language
Oral histories
Life histories
Beliefs and cultures
Patchwork
Clothing and dress | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Linda Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project
- Date
- 1981-09-01
- Description
- One reel to reel. (Copied onto C81-60.) The first nine minutes of the recording are traffic and swamp ambience. Bowers discusses Seminole crafts; Seminole languages; life with the Oklahoma Seminoles; the role of women in the culture; the future of the Seminole people; traditional clothing; and patchwork. 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
| Mary Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project | Mary Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project | sound | Dollmakers
Field recordings
Oral histories
Interviews
Oral narratives
Native Americans
Seminole Indians
Dollmaking
Miccosukee Indians
Crafts
Mikasuki language | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Mary Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project
- Date
- 1980-05-10
- Description
- Two reel-to-reel tapes. T80-47 has been spliced with T80-48. Billie discusses the history of Seminole dollmaking; marketing the dolls to tourists; learning the craft from her grandmother; patchwork; sweetgrass baskets; and other crafts sold to tourists. Her daughter, Claudia John, interprets from the Mikasuki language.
- Collection
| a_s1640_20_tape04 | Recording of Agnes Cypress and Susie Billie identifying medicinal herbs | Sound | Interviews
Sound recordings
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Healers
Health
Herbs
Plants
Flora
Medicine
Natural medicine
Alternative medicine
Healer
Herbalists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Recording of Agnes Cypress and Susie Billie identifying medicinal herbs
- Date
- 1985-03-28
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recording of Billie and Cypress identifying medicinal herbs and discussing their uses. For images of the identifications, see S 1577, v. 31. 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year until 2003.
- Collection
| a_s1576_05_c81-021 | Seminole Palmetto Dolls slide-tape presentation | Sound | Education
Interviews
Indigenous peoples
Seminole Indians
Crafts
Field recordings
Dollmaking
Miccosukee Indians
Palmetto
Toys
Native Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Seminole Palmetto Dolls slide-tape presentation
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One audio cassette. An educational slide-tape presentation about Seminole doll making. The program was created from earlier fieldwork images and audio recordings. Copied onto T80-96. Duplicate copies can be found in S 1576, box 39, tapes 16-17.
- Collection
| a_s1640_20_tape01 | Susie Billie interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program | Sound | Interviews
Field recordings
Indigenous peoples
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Complementary and alternative medicine
Traditional knowledge
Folk medicine
Herbs
Naming ceremonies
Clans
Medicinal plants
Healers
Mikasuki language
Herbalists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Susie Billie interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
- Date
- 1985-01-18
- Description
- One audio cassette. Jeanette Cypress translates for Billie. Billie discusses Seminole healing practices, including gathering herbs, preparing cures, gender and medicine, physical and spritutal healing, payment methods, medicine songs, and gathering herbs. She also discusses Seminole naming practices and clans. Billie served as a master artist to apprentice Agnes Cypress.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t82-049 | Tommie Jumper interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project | Sound | Field recordings
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Basket making
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recordings
Basketry
Oral histories
Life histories
Family history
Palmetto weaving
Plants
Beliefs and cultures
Basket maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Tommie Jumper interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project
- Date
- 1981-11-17
- Description
- One reel to reel. Jumper (with Judy Bill Osceola interpreting) discusses (through Osceola) basket making - - including when and how she learned the craft; patterns and designs; the choice of colors and materials (usually pine needles and/or palmetto fronds); teaching the young; selling baskets; and the process. 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. Copied onto audiocassette C83-34. 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_10_c83-094 | Palmetto and Sweetgrass: Seminole Basketry Traditions (Seminole Slide/Tape program) | Sound | Basket maker
Teaching of folklore
Slideshows
Slides (Photography)
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Basket making
Basket work
Basketry
Sweetgrass baskets
Indian reservations
Palmetto weaving | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Palmetto and Sweetgrass: Seminole Basketry Traditions (Seminole Slide/Tape program)
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. (Duplicates can be found in S 1576, box 39, tapes 8-15.) The recordings are documentary programs on the origins and historical significance of Seminole sewing and dress, for women, men, and children. Reservation life, the Green Corn Dance, tourism are also discussed. A transcript of the slideshow can be found in S 1577, Box 1.
- Collection
| a_s1640_20_tape02 | Recording of Agnes Cypress and Susie Billie identifying medicinal herbs | Sound | Healer
Herbalists
Interviews
Sound recordings
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Alternative medicine
Medicine
Nature
Natural medicine
Herbs
Naming practices
Health
Plants
Healers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of Agnes Cypress and Susie Billie identifying medicinal herbs
- Date
- 1985-03-16
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recording of Billie and Cypress identifying medicinal herbs and discussing their uses. For images of the identifications, see S 1577, v. 31. 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year until 2003.
- Collection
| a_s1576_39_tape18 | Seminole Designs (slide and tape program) | Sound | Dollmakers
Needleworkers
Education
Interviews
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Folklife
Native Americans
Fieldwork (educational method)
Dollmaking
Decorative arts
Teaching of folklore
Demonstrations
Patchwork
Design
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Seminole Designs (slide and tape program)
- Date
- 1982
- Description
- One audio cassette (plus three duplicate copies.) An educational audio and slide program about Seminole designs. The program was created from earlier fieldwork images and audio recordings. In the late 1970s, the FFP under the direction of Bulger created six audio and slide programs about Florida folklife for use by schools, libraries, and other organizations.
- Collection
| Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation | Aerial images 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 |
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