Oral history as narrative, cultural reflexivity Community News by Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum - January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 By Alexander Banks, oral history coordinator BIG CYPRESS — A few months ago I attended a symposium hosted by the Oral History Association (OHA). The topic at hand was how to empower the voices of minority and underrepresented communities in historical narratives, particularly in the field of oral history. Much of
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki offers vast oral history archives Community News by Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum - March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 By Alex Banks, oral history coordinator at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Billy Walker demonstrates alligator wrestling in 2008. A video is part of the museum's oral history archives. (Courtesy Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) BIG CYPRESS — Oral history and the practice of passing down history, legends, and stories has been and continues to be an
Sweetgrass basket gets dramatic makeover at museum Arts & Entertainment Community by Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum - October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 Once treated, the basket can again stand on its own, despite having a slight tilt because of its size. (Photo Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) In a 1969 article, a Naples newspaper shows the elderly Deaconess displaying a piece of patchwork and proudly sitting next to sweetgrass baskets. (Photo Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) By TARA BACKHOUSECollections ManagerandROBIN
Seminole art in Disney World Arts & Entertainment Community by Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum - June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum’s conservator Robin Croskery Howard preparing the boy’s bigshirt for display. (Photo courtesy Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) BIG CYPRESS — The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum continues to share the Seminole story at Disney’s Epcot theme park by loaning objects for the exhibit “Creating Tradition: Innovation and Change in American Indian Art” located in the
The museum’s oral history collection: content and security Community News Top News Top Story by Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum - April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 BIG CYPRESS — Long before European colonizers came to this continent and wrote down their versions of history,Native peoples expertly practiced the oral transmission of history, passing down culture and personal knowledge from one generation to the next. Oral history was the primary method of knowledge sharing used by Native
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum welcomes Durante Blais-Billie as new assistant director Community Top News Top Story by Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum - February 3, 2021February 4, 2021 Durante Blais-Billie is the new assistant director at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. (Courtesy photo) BIG CYPRESS — The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is excited to welcome Durante Blais-Billie, of the Hollywood Reservation, as the new assistant director. The position assists with the day-day operations of the museum, including oversight of educational and outreach programming,
