| Four Corners of the Earth | Four Corners of the Earth | Moving Image | Video recording
Documentary videos
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Indian reservations
Fieldwork (educational method)
Interviews
Interviewing on television
Oral narratives
Oral communication | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Four Corners of the Earth
- Date
- 1983
- Description
- One video recording. (3/4 tape; 27:40 minutes) Jeannette Cypress narrated. Produced by Bulger and directed by Mike Dunn. 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 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. Images can be found in S 1577, volume 23. The video can also be viewed online on the Folkstreams web page at http://www.folkstreams.net/film,139
- Collection
| Seminole Video Project raw footage | Seminole Video Project raw footage | Moving Image | Fieldwork
Documentary videos
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Indian reservations
Specialty stores
Stores, retail
Economic practices
Material culture
Games
Bingo
Cigarette vendors
Cigarettes | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Seminole Video Project raw footage
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- One video cassette (3/4" tape). Scenes of bingo hall and a cigarette shop. 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. Images can be found in S 1577, volume 23.
- Collection
| Seminole Video Project: Dr. Hilton | Seminole Video Project: Dr. Hilton | Moving Image | Physicians
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Documentary videos
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Indian reservations
Medicine
Medicine & culture
Basket work
Basketry
Dolls
Clothing
Sewing
Patchwork | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Seminole Video Project: Dr. Hilton
- Date
- 1984-03
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape) Includes antiago on sewing, patchwork, clothing, dolls, baskets, Immokalee, and Dr. Hilton on medicine, Ingram Billie, Burt Frazier, Suzie Billie, Buffalo Jim. 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. Images can be found in S 1577, volume 23.
- Collection
| Seminole Video Project: Ethel Santiago | Seminole Video Project: Ethel Santiago | Moving Image | Artisans
Basket maker
Fieldwork
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole cookery
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Documentary videos
Interviews
Basketry
Basket making
Basket work
Patchwork
Dollmaking
Beadwork
Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Seminole Video Project: Ethel Santiago
- Date
- 1983-12
- Description
- One video recording (3/4" tape). Demonstration of Seminole crafts, including beadwork, basketry, cooking, and patchwork. 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. Images can be found in S 1577, volume 23.
- Collection
| Seminole Video Project: Ethel Santiago | Seminole Video Project: Ethel Santiago | Moving Image | Fieldwork
Documentary videos
Interviews
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Indian reservations
Craft
Singers
Musicians
Guitarist | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Seminole Video Project: Ethel Santiago
- Date
- 1984-03
- Description
- One video cassette (3/4" tape). Santiago discusses reservation life. 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. Images can be found in S 1577, volume 23.
- Collection
| a_s1622_04_tape11 | Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Life histories
Occupational folklore
Agricultural implements
Family farms
Farm life
Farming
Sales
Watermelons
Vegetables
Plants | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
- Date
- 1987-11-23
- Description
- One audiocassette. Curry was a farmer since the 1940s. He discusses getting started in farming: clearing fields; developing his process, and deciding on crops. He also discusses his crops: watermelons, cucumbers, tomatoes; special needs for each; changes to the environment; main issue: water control; debt; financing; small farmers; plastic farming; and cattle raising (his other business).
- Collection
| a_s1576_05_c81-028 | Copy of Gator Tales by Lonnie Jolson | Sound | Sound recordings
Singer-songwriter music
Country music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Copy of Gator Tales by Lonnie Jolson
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- One audio cassette. Because this was a commercial, copyrighted recording, no copies can be made from it. It can only be listened to in the research room.
- Collection
| a_s1622_03_tape05 | Disatre performance at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Annual Carnival | Sound | Bands (Music)
Music ensembles
Field recordings
Mexican Americans
Music -- Performance
Performing arts
Religious festivals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1708_04_tape30 | Interview with commerical fisher Ernest Hamilton | Sound | Fieldwork
Oral histories
Life histories
Sound recordings
Interviews
Crabbing
Crabs
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Crabbers
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with commerical fisher Ernest Hamilton
- Date
- 1987-02-10
- Description
- One audio cassette. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk arts project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t84-127 | Interview with Ethel Santiago on Seminole cooking and food | Sound | Fieldwork
Documentary videos
Interviews
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Indian reservations
Native Americans
Food preparation
Cooking and dining
Demonstrations
Seminole cookery
Corn
Bread
Fireplaces
Fire
Religious rites
Cypress
Oak
Pots
Storytelling
Clans
Cookware
Cookery (Corn)
Boiling (Cookery)
Beliefs and cultures
Cooks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Ethel Santiago on Seminole cooking and food
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- Three reel to reels. Santiago discuss and demonstrates Seminole cooking. She discusses fry bread, sofkee, clan systems, proper creation and maintenance of log fireplaces (use cypress and oak), boiling, proper welcoming of guests, role of men and women and children in food preparation, cooking training, use of corn, cooking in different weather, use of fire, and stories/beliefs connected with cooking. 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. Images from the project can be found in S 1577, v. 23, slides S83-2994 - S83-3020.
- Collection
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