| Ethel Santiago teaching Margaret Cypress sweetgrass basket making | Ethel Santiago teaching Margaret Cypress sweetgrass basket making | Still Image | Basket maker
Apprentices
Fieldwork
Teaching of folklore
Basket making
Sweetgrass baskets
Native Americans
Seminole Indians
Ethnicity, Seminole
Material culture
Plants | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ethel Santiago teaching Margaret Cypress sweetgrass basket making
- Date
- 1984-02
- Description
- Three proof sheets with 78 black and white images (plus negatives). Santiago and Cypress were among the first participants in the Florida Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program in 1983-1984. As a master folk artist, Santiago taught Cypress how to make sweetgrass baskets. Images include them gathering sweetgrass, weaving baskets, and of Owen transcribing tapes at the reservation. Traditionally, Seminoles baskets were shallow and woven from palmetto fronds. Circa 1930, sweetgrass baskets, inspired perhaps by African American arts, were designed to represent 'authentic' Seminole culture for the tourist trade. Over time, they became traditional. 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 held each year until 2003.
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| 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
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| 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
| 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 | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Grass baskets at the Immokalee Seminole Reservation
- Date
- 1983-02
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. Traditionally, Seminoles baskets were shallow woven from palmetto fronds. Circa 1930, sweetgrass baskets, inspired perhaps by African American arts, were designed to represent 'authentic' Seminole culture for the tourist trade. Over time, they became traditional. Images were taken as part of the Seminole Slide and Tape Project at Immokalee Reservation, located in Everglades, Florida. Slides are numbered 1-18 (missing slides 8, 12, 15). The Immokalee reservation was created in the 1930s, and is one of five Seminole reservations in Florida. 1-18: Prize winning grass baskets created by Ethel Santiago.
- 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
| Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation | Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation | Still Image | Fieldwork
Architecture
Construction + architecture
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Building
Structures
Indian reservations
Needleworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation
- Date
- 1983-08-09
- Description
- Twenty-seven color slides. Images are of houses, constrcution, landscape and business at the Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation. 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_t84-123 | Interview with Agnes Cypress | Sound | Healer
Fieldwork
Interviews
Sound recordings
Oral histories
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Indian reservations
Mikasuki language
Alternative medicine
Medicine
Natural medicine | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Agnes Cypress
- Date
- 1984-03-27
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Agnes was the daughter of Seminole Susie Billie, a medicine woman. She discusses medicine; medical treatment on reservations; learning traditional medicine; Green Corn Dance; role of women in medicine; dreams; burial practices; various cures; hair styles; Mikasuki language; and crafts. 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
| 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
| a_s1576_t84-130 | Interview with Ethel Santiago on Seminole healing and stories | Sound | Healer
Storytellers
Fieldwork
Documentary videos
Interviews
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Indian reservations
Native Americans
Alternative medicine
Medicine & culture
Demonstrations
Natural medicine
Healers
Herbs
Flora
Plants
Fire
Religious rites
Beliefs and cultures
Animal tales
Trickster tales
Storytelling
Fables | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Ethel Santiago on Seminole healing and stories
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- Four reel to reels. Santiago discusses healing, medicine, gathering herbs, types of medicinal herbs used, healing training, gender roles, proper bahvior for Seminole women, trickster stories (rabbit stories), fire origin stories, the Green Corn Dance, and uses of fire. 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
| a_s1576_t82-050 | Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago | Sound | Fieldwork
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Basket making
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recordings
Sweetgrass baskets
Oral histories
Life histories
Family history
Palmetto weaving
Plants
Toys
Dolls
Clothing and dress
Storytelling
Tales
Basket maker
Needleworkers
Dollmakers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago
- Date
- 1981-11-18
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Santiago discusses 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. She also discusses doll making, patchwork, and Seminole clothing. Finally, she tells a folk tale about rabbits. 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 C83-35 and C83-36. 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
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