Sweetgrass basket gets dramatic makeover at museum

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

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

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

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,