How did the commissioners who scouted Tallahassee in 1823 describe Native American culture? How did Natives survive government plans for Indian Removal? Makers of medicine, tradition keepers, historians, storytellers, dancers, and reenactors from Muscogee, Yamasee, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations share resources for answering these questions.
This project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida.
Bonus Features - Native Presence
“Native Americans in Florida 200 Years Ago” (Ages 9 and Up)
Muskogee Ballgame Photos
For additional information about native presence consider reading, The Great Ball Game by Joseph Bruchac
Eto the Tree told by Misty Penton
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/552566230
Doug Alderson on Native Medicine
https://vimeo.com/946000894/14973e3081
Subtitle: The Vision Keepers by Doug Alderson
http://www.dougalderson.net/the-vision-keepers.html
Wayne Winding Eagle Stories
https://vimeo.com/945993096/54e34cec05
Choctaw Edits: Stomp Dance, Snake Dance, Raccoon Dance https://vimeo.com/876466782/61046f7c53
“Key Aspects of Native Life in Florida Territory: Dance, Matriarchy, and Storytelling” (Ages 11 and Up) and “Indian Removal Policy in Florida 200 Years Ago” (Ages 14 and Up)
Commissioners’ Journals (reproduced by permission of Florida Historical Society):
Full Journal of John Lee Williams | Commissioner to Locate the Seat of Government of the Territory of Florida
Commissioner John Lee Williams’ October 27 Journal Entry
Commissioner John Lee Williams’ October 28 Journal Entry
Commissioner John Lee Williams’ October 29 Journal Entry
John Lee Williams Visits Tallahassee Village, meets Neamathla, describes Indians, Ball Game, Rattlesnake dance, and Cascade at Tallahassee
Full Journal of Dr. W. H. Simmons | Commissioner to Locate the Seat of Government of the Territory of Florida
Commissioner Dr. W. H. Simmons’ October 27 Journal Entry
Commissioner Dr. W. H. Simmons’ October 28 Journal Entry
Jinxed performed by Theater with a Mission
https://vimeo.com/lvlupdigitalmedia/review/938401738/cd89b62566
Subtitle: Jinxed Script by Jerónimo de Cáncer translated by Jason Yancey
Finding Tallahassee Symposium
Subtitle: Panel discussion Misty Penton and Yvholv Feke Seko starting at 12:53 - 17:16
https://vimeo.com/949977638/030b58f2f2
For additional information about Native presence consider reading, Fowltown: Neamathla, Tutalosi Talofa & the first battle of the Seminole Wars by Dale Cox and Rachael Conrad
https://www.amazon.com/Fowltown-Neamathla-Tutalosi-Talofa-Seminole/dp/0692977880
James M. Denham Bio
For additional information about Native presence consider reading, Florida Founder William Pope DuVal by James M. Denham
https://www.amazon.com/Florida-Founder-William-P-DuVal/dp/161117466X
Molly of Denali
https://www.pbs.org/parents/shows/molly
WFSU Local Routes - Theater with a Birthday Mission
https://video.wfsu.org/video/theater-with-a-birthday-mission-zjqnwh/
WFSU Dimensions - Hands-on History at Local Pow Wow
https://wfsu.org/dimensions/viewvideo.php?num=446
WFSU Dimensions - Celebrating the History with the Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe
https://wfsu.org/dimensions/viewvideo.php?num=604
WFSU Ecology Blog - Exploring Muscogee Culture Through Shell Carving
https://blog.wfsu.org/blog-coastal-health/2018/01/exploring-muscogee-culture-shell-carving/
William P. DuVal, the Founding of Tallahassee, and the “First Removal” By James M. Denham (shared by permission of James M. Denham)
Treaty of Moultrie Creek Information
Subtitle: The Treaty of Moultrie Creek - The Florida Historical Society
https://myfloridahistory.org/date-in-history/september-18-1823/treaty-moultrie-creek
Subtitle: The Treaty of Moultrie Creek - The Seminole Tribune
https://seminoletribune.org/the-treaty-of-moultrie-creek/
Subtitle: Treaty of Moultrie Creek, 1823 - Florida Memory
https://www.floridamemory.com/learn/classroom/learning-units/seminoles/sets/1823_moultrie_creek/