Patsy West

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0ea085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Available Exhibitions</B></I><I><B> </B></I></FONT><B>   </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="default.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Available Exhibitions"><B>home</B></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="seminole_a_cultural_memory.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seminole">Return to the </A></div> <div> <A HREF="seminole_a_cultural_memory.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seminole">Seminole Exhibition</A></div> <div> <A HREF="seminole_a_cultural_memory.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seminole">Page </A> </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Patsy West</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="curator"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#C0DCC0" FACE="Arial" ><I>Curator of the Exhibition</I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="662" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 194 WIDTH="65"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="194" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="65" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#663333 WIDTH="554"><bR> <div> Patsy West is the Founder and Director of the Seminole / Miccosukee Photographic Archives, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. </div> <bR> <div>  The Photographic Archive is a  private research archive established in 1972 with over 10,000 photographs from 1852 to the present. The Archive also maintains postcard, clipping, newspaper, document, and ethnographic collections.  Research / fieldwork between 1972 and 2008 have included oral history interviews, photo identification project, teaching and education, museum work and exhibitions, attendance and assistance at family and tribal events.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="6" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="799" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 54 WIDTH="194"><div> <B>CURATOR OF THE EXHIBITION</B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC9980 WIDTH="578"><div> <B>Patsy West, Ethnohistorian</B></div> <div> <B>Ft. Lauderdale, Florida</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="578"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="578" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 159 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PROFESSIONAL  AWARDS</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC9980 WIDTH="578"><bR> <div> Recipient of the Byron F. Snyder Award, Fort Lauderdale Historical Society for “Significant Contributions to the Seminole and Miccosukee Indians,” 1991.</div> <bR> <div> “Partner in Preservation Award” The Archaeological and Historical Conservancy, 1992 for preservation efforts resulting in the purchase of major Seminole/Miccosukee historic sites of Pine Island (1989) and Snake Warrior's Island (1992). </div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC9980 HEIGHT= 210 WIDTH="194"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>HISTORIC PRESERVATION &  ACTIVISM</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="578"><bR> <bR> <div> Project Historian: Seminole and Miccosukee Tribal support, lobbying efforts Tallahassee; resulted in the preservation of Pine Island an early 19<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> century Mikasuki ceremonial and habitation complex, 1989</div> <bR> <div> Historian: Archaeological and Historic Conservancy, 1987, Survey of the Snake Creek Island Camps 1828-1900. Robert S. Carr, Director. Resulted in the preservation of Snake Warrior's Island, a prominent habitation island, Broward County.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1329 WIDTH="194"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS / CONSULTANT</B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC9980 WIDTH="578"><bR> <div> Director, Seminole/Miccosukee Photographic Archive, Ft. Lauderdale. Private, established in 1972; contains over 10,000 photographs from 1852 to present.</div> <bR> <div> Research Consultant: Research and installation of permanent Seminole/Miccosukee Exhibition on Arts and Crafts, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami.</div> <bR> <div> Exhibit Consultant, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, Seminole Tribe of Florida, “Osceola Remembered” 2006-2007.  </div> <bR> <div> Guest Curator, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach. “The Art of the Seminole and Miccosukee Indians from the Collection of Ethnohistorian Patsy West,” 2007-2009.</div> <bR> <div> Exhibit Consultant, Lender, Museum of Florida History, Tallahassee, “Seminole People of Florida: Survival and Success” November 2007-July 2008.</div> <bR> <div> Consultant, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, Seminole Tribe of Florida 1990-2000. Artifact and graphic identification, exhibit preparation and research, including the examination and installation of art.</div> <bR> <div> Florida Humanities Scholar, Presenter, Seminar Leader, Moderator. Workshops on Seminole/Miccosukee culture, including arts. 2002-2008.</div> <bR> <div> Consultant: Seminole/Miccosukee Art, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute (2000)</div> <bR> <div> Newspaper Column, “Reflections” Series, Seminole Tribune Newspaper, Seminole Tribe of Florida, 1985-2001. [Articles on Seminole/Miccosukee Arts. (See Publications List)]. </div> <bR> <div> Speakers Bureau Humanist, Florida Humanities Council, 1992-1993 </div> <bR> <div> Seminole History Instructor, Ahfachkee School, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Chairman's </div> <div> Office, 1992-1997</div> <bR> <div> Co-Guest Curator, “Patchwork and Palmettos: Seminole/Miccosukee Folk Art since 1820” Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society, 1990. Until 2007, this was the most comprehensive Seminole/Miccosukee Art exhibition ever mounted. Norm Feder, Dean of American Indian Art, served on the grant from Florida Humanities (with David M. Blackard).</div> <bR> <div> Symposium Coordinator, “Patchwork And Palmettos: Seminole/Miccosukee Folk Art since 1820” Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society 1990. This Symposium exists as the only forum discussing Seminole/Miccosukee Arts. Participants included: Dr. William C. Sturtevant, Curator of North American Ethnography, Smithsonian Institution; Patsy West, Director, Seminole/Miccosukee Photographic Archive, Symposium Coordinator, Panel Moderator; David M. Blackard, Exhibition co-curator, Author Catalogue; O.B. Osceola, Seminole businessman; Edith M. Boehmer, Director Seminole Arts and Crafts Guild 1938-1960. </div> <bR> <div> Cultural Interpreter, Seminole Family Camp, Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, FL, FL Department of State 1988, 1989. [project included hourly discussions of the artists' works that were being produced on site during the Festival].</div> <bR> <div> Consultant, Florida Cultural Resources Group (with David M. Blackard): Research, </div> <div> Artifact, and Graphic Identification for Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, Seminole Tribe of Florida, 1990.  </div> <bR> <div> Cultural Interpreter, Seminole Family Camp, Florida Folk Festival, White springs </div> <div> 1988,1989</div> <bR> <div> Appointed Faculty Member, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, 1985</div> <bR> <div> Research Consultant, “The Seminoles Nobody Knows” Museum of Florida History, 1983</div> <bR> <div> Research Consultant, research and installation of a permanent Seminole Indian   </div> <div> Exhibition (with David M. Blackard), Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 1982-1984</div> <bR> <div> Script Consultant, Peter Barton Productions, Documentary Film, Seminole Tribe of </div> <div> Florida, 1982</div> <bR> <div> Museum Curator, Broward County Historical Commission, 1979</div> <bR> <div> Museum Curator, Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society, 1978-1979</div> <bR> <div> Museum Curator, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, 1972-1978</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC9980 HEIGHT= 1926 WIDTH="194"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PUBLICATIONS</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PUBLICATIONS</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PUBLICATIONS</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="578"><div> <I>The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Casino Gaming</I> (Revised and Expanded Edition) (2008).  Seminole/Miccosukee Art has been an integral part of the author's ethnohistorical work with the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee. Her resesrch has discussed technique as well as important economic studies.  The book includes three chapters discussing and analyzing Florida Seminole and Miccosukee “art” and its vital tribal economic role.</div> <bR> <div> “From Hard Times to Hard Rocks: 100 years of Seminole and Miccosukee Economics” and “Tiger Tiger Rocks!” <I>Forum Magazine</I>, “Florida's Indians: Their Journey from Backwoods to Big Time” Florida Humanities Council, Spring 2007.</div> <bR> <div> <I>The Influence of Edith M. Boehmer's Seminole Craft Cooperative and Deaconess Harriet M. Bedell's Glade Cross Mission on Seminole and Miccosukee Arts and Crafts-   </I>Unpublished Manuscript. [Prepared for McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina] </div> <bR> <div> “Glade Cross Mission: An Influence on Florida Seminole Arts and Crafts, <I>American</I></div> <div> <I>Indian Art Magazine</I> 9:4 (Autumn 1984) 58-67. [This article targeted the craft cooperative that promoted “named” patchwork designs. It identified Deaconess Harriet M. Bedell of the Glade Cross Mission as the individual who created and promoted “names” for specific designs to promote sales.]</div> <bR> <div> <I>The Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes of Southern Florida</I>, Images of America Series, Arcadia Publishers, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> “Betty Mae Tiger Jumper,” In <I>Making Waves: Female Activism in Twentieth-Century Florida, </I>Jack E. Davis and Kari Frederickson Editors, University Press of Florida, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> “Florida's Native Attraction,” <I>Forum</I>, the magazine of the Florida Humanities Council, (Spring) 2001.</div> <bR> <div> “Reflections” historical series for the <I>Seminole Tribune Newspaper</I>, Seminole Communications, Seminole Tribe of Florida, 1985-2001, 199 articles published. </div> <bR> <div> <I>A Seminole Legend: The Life of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper,</I> University Press of Florida (co- authored with Jumper) (2001)</div> <bR> <div> “The Florida Seminoles in World War II,”<I> Forum</I>, the magazine Florida Humanities Council (Winter)1999.</div> <bR> <div> <I>The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Ecotourism 1917-1997</I>. University Press of Florida, 1998; </div> <bR> <div> “i.laponki.: The Florida Seminoles in the 1930s,” reprinted in SIRS Database, 1996.</div> <bR> <div> Seminole Totem Poles? <I>New River News</I> 1992; reprint: Florida Historical Society, 1993.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Seminole Tribune Newspaper</I>, Seminole Tribe of Florida: “Reflections” </div> <div> “Introduced Crafts” (#20)</div> <div> “The Singer Sewing Machine” (#23)</div> <div> “Craft Co-op and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Shop” (#28)</div> <div> “Florida Folkarts Apprenticeship Program” (#50)</div> <div> “Seminole Dollmaking” (#51)</div> <div> “Man on Horseback Doll” (#111)</div> <div> “The Jumper/Tommie Canoe” (#128)</div> <div>  “The Old Plain Shirt” (#129)</div> <div> “Cheap Souvenirs, Valuable Records” (#131)</div> <div> “For the Sake of Fashion” (#145)</div> <div> “The Grass at their Doors: Sweetgrass Baskets” (#148)</div> <div> “Seminole Pottery” (#167)</div> <div> “Labor Saving Device: The Seminole Heddle” (#169)</div> <bR> <div> “The Cow Creek Seminoles of St. Lucie and Surrounding Counties in Florida, prepared for the Seminole Tribe of Florida,” Real Estate Office (historical documentation provided for Federal acceptance of the St. Lucie County Seminole Reservation)</div> <bR> <div> “i.laponki: The Florida Seminoles in the 1930's,” <I>Native Peoples Magazine</I>, The National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 9:3 (Spring 1993) 26-32 (invited contribution)</div> <bR> <div> <I>Imag(in)ing the Seminole photographs and their use since 1880. </I>Southeastern Museum of Photography, Daytona, (with Alison Devine Nordstrom) 1993.</div> <bR> <div> “Constructing the Florida Seminoles on Film,” In Images of the South: Constructing A Regional Culture on film and Video, 86-102, Proceedings of the Southern Anthropological Society (26), University of Georgia Press, Karl G. Heider, editor, 1993.</div> <bR> <div> “A Chronology of Seminole Cattle Raising Since 1740,” in Proceedings of the Florida Cattle Frontier Symposium, Brenda J. Elliott and Joe Knetsch Editors, Kissimmee, 1995. [Research for this paper was sponsored by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc.]</div> <bR> <div> “Miami's muck-land promotion threatened Seminole sovereignty.” <I>South Florida History Magazine</I>, Historical Association of Southern Florida, Miami, 19:1 (Winter 1992) 16-26.</div> <bR> <div> <I>A Survey of Historical Data Concerning the Mikasuki Seminole John Hicks, Tukose Mathla and His Settlements. </I>Prepared for James E. Billie, Chairman, Seminole Tribe of Florida, 1992.</div> <bR> <div> “The Seminole Old Tiger Tail and the Period of Isolation,” <I>The Florida Anthropologist,</I> 45:4 (December 1992) 363-369.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Seminole Heritage Archaeological and Historical Survey, Phase 1: Northern Big Cypress</I>. (With Robert S. Carr) The Archaeological and Historical Conservation, Inc., Technical Report #20 (September 1990), sponsored by the Seminole Tribe of Florida.</div> <bR> <div> “Seminole Indian Settlements at Pine Island, Broward County, Florida: An Overview,” <I>The Florida Anthropologist</I>, 42:1 (March 1989) 43-56 </div> <bR> <div> “Seminoles in Broward County: The Pine Island Legacy,” <I>New River News, </I>The Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, XXIII: 4 (Fall 1985) 4-10.</div> <bR> <div> “Seminoles: The Positive Image Through Photographs,” <I>The Florida Handbook 1985-1986 (through present)</I>, 370-372, compiled by Allen Morris, Tallahassee.</div> <bR> <div> “Glade Cross Mission: An Influence on Florida Seminole Arts and Crafts,” <I>American Indian Art Magazine </I>9:4 (Autumn 1984) 58-67.</div> <bR> <div> “The Miami Indian Tourist Attractions: A History and Analysis of a Transitional Mikasuki Seminole Environment.” <I>The Florida Anthropologist</I> 34:4 (December 1981) 200-224.</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 212 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PUBLICATION AWARDS</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC9980 WIDTH="578"><div> Native American Press Association Newspaper Contest “Best Local Column.” 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> Place for “Reflections” history column for the Seminole Tribune Newspaper, Seminole Communications (1989).</div> <bR> <div> The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Ecotourism 1917-1997. (UPF 1998). The Florida Historical Society's Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award for Best Book on Florida's Ethnic and Cultural History, May 1999.</div> <bR> <div> The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Ecotourism 1917-1997. (UPF  1998). The American Association for State and Local History Certificate of Commendation, September 2000.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC9980 HEIGHT= 728 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PROFESSIONAL PAPERS</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="578"><div> FAS: Florida Anthropological Society ; FEH: Florida Endowment for the Humanities ; FHC: Florida Humanities Council ; FHS: Florida Historical Society</div> <bR> <div> The Seminole Woman: Observations on a Cultural Entity (FHS), 1982</div> <div> Seminoles on Exhibition (Barry University), 1982</div> <div> The Woman in Seminole Society (FAS), 1983</div> <div> Cory R. Osceola: A Historical Sketch (American Indian Days, Naples), 1983</div> <div> Seminole Totem Poles? New River News 1992; reprint: FHS, 1993</div> <div> Seminoles: The Positive Image (Norton Gallery of Art Symposium “Sun and Shade”), </div> <div> 1983</div> <div> Seminoles and Alligators: An Economic Overview (Historical Association of Southern </div> <div> Florida), 1985</div> <div> Photographing the Florida Seminoles (FAS), 1986</div> <div> The Snake Creek Island Camps 1828-1900 (with Robert S. Carr) Archaeological and </div> <div> Historical Survey, 1987</div> <div> Seminoles in Broward County (Broward County Parks and Recreation Lecture Series), </div> <div> 1988</div> <div> Archaeology in Broward County Leadership Broward, 1988</div> <div> Southern Migrations: North Florida Seminoles in the Everglades (FHS/FEH Symposium), 1989</div> <div> A Commercial History of Seminole/Miccosukee Crafts (Patchwork and Palmettos </div> <div> Symposium), 1990</div> <div> Seminole/Miccosukee Craftswomen (Patchwork and Palmettos Symposium) Panel </div> <div> Discussion, Patchwork and Palmettos Symposium, 1990 (with Minnie Bert, </div> <div> Jennie Billie, Marie Osceola, Mary Johns, Betty Mae Jumper)</div> <div> Photographing the Florida Seminoles 1850-1950 (invited session), Society for Visual </div> <div> Anthropology, American Anthropological Society, New Orleans, 1990</div> <div> Photographing the Florida Seminoles 1850-1950 (invited session) Southern </div> <div> Anthropological Society, Columbia, SC, 1991</div> <div> The Seminoles of Broward County in Historical Perspective (Broward Community </div> <div> College), 1991</div> <div> Seminole/Miccosukee Social Issues, Panel Discussion, American Indian Week Broward </div> <div> Community College, 1991 (with Wanda Bowers, David Jumper, Moses Jumper, Jr., Minnie Bert)</div> <div> A History of Big Cypress, Seminole Tribe of Florida, 1991</div> <div> Old Tiger Tail and the Period of Isolation (FHS), 1992</div> <div> Seminole Warriors in the Twentieth Century: The Seminoles and World War II (FHS), </div> <div> 1993</div> <div> W. Stanley Hanson, White Medicine Man (FHS), 1994</div> <div> Dr. Betty Mae Jumper: Biography of A Seminole Leader (FHS), 1995</div> <div> From Hard Times to Hard Rock. (FHS), 2007</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1014 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>SPEAKER / LECTURES</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC9980 WIDTH="578"><bR> <div> “Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Art” Douglas Society, The Denver Art Museum, 2008. </div> <bR> <div> Speaker 2007-2008: Women's Park, Miami/Dade Parks and Recreation Department </div> <div> “Seminole Women and Their Art” (Oct.07)</div> <bR> <div> “Seminole and Miccosukee Traditional Culture” Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society Donors' Group (Feb 08)</div> <bR> <div> Florida International University Graduate Seminar class/Anthropology Department “The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Casino Gaming” (Feb 2008)</div> <bR> <div> Denver Art Museum, Douglas Society “Seminole and Miccosukee Art” (Mar08)</div> <bR> <div> Florida Atlantic University, Participant, TV Series Interview “Crossing  Cultures :Changing Lives” [Ethnicity: Seminole/Miccosukee, Hawaiian Islanders] (Apr08)</div> <bR> <div> Pioneer Women's Club “Betty Mae Tiger Jumper” (Apr08).  </div> <bR> <div> Speaker, Florida Humanities Grant-sponsored programs/Florida organizations, 2007-2008: </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00006600.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">“Seminole and Miccosukee Traditional Culture:” DuPuis Management Area/Florida Atlantic University (Nov.07); </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00006600.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">North Indian River County Library/Sebastian Historical Society (Feb 08);</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00006600.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Museum of Florida History [in conjunction with exhibition consultant] (Feb 08); </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00006600.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bonita Springs Historical Society (Apr08); Clewiston Museum (Apr08). </div> <bR> <div> Florida Humanities Scholar, Presenter, Seminar Leader </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00006600.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">"The Florida Gathering,"   Tour Lecture/Workshops, Lake Okeechobee, 2002</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00006600.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">“The Florida Gathering,” Tamiami Trail, 2002-2007</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00006600.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">“Everglades Workshops,” Tamiami Trail, 2002, 2003; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00006600.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Florida Center for Teachers, “The View From the Shore,” Orlando, 2004. Osceola    County, 2008. </div> <bR> <div> Seminar Leader: Florida Center for Teachers, American Indian Seminar Series, Ford Foundation, co-sponsored by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, “Meet the Indians: Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee People,” a week-long program for 40 educators: Seminars with noted scholars and native presenters; paneldiscussions; Tours: reservations, cultural, and economic venues, 2007.</div> <bR> <div> “Gallery Talk” Society for the Four Arts, Palm Beach, 2008.</div> <bR> <div> “Seminole Women and Their Art,” Women's Park, Miami/Dade County Parks 2007.</div> <bR> <div> “Patchwork of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee” Davie, Florida Quilters for the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, Seminole Tribe of Florida, 2006.</div> <bR> <div> “A Commercial History of Seminole/Miccosukee Crafts” Presented at the Patchwork and Palmettos Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, 1990.</div> <bR> <div> “Seminole/Miccosukee Craftswomen,” Panel Discussion: Patchwork and Palmettos Symposium, (with Minnie Bert, Jennie Billie, Marie Osceola, Mary Johns, Betty Mae Jumper), 1990.</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC9980 HEIGHT= 364 WIDTH="194"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS & MEMBERSHIPS</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> The Florida Historical Society, Board of Directors 1986-1989, 1992-1994</div> <div> The Florida Historical Confederation, Chairman 1982-1983, Executive Committee </div> <div> Member 1983-1986</div> <div> Broward County, Broward Cultural Affairs Council, Alternate Panelist, Peer Review </div> <div> Committee, 1993</div> <div> Review Board, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Division of Natural Resources, </div> <div> 1999-2003, Appointed by Katherine Harris, Secretary of State</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The Seminole Wars Historic Foundation, Inc. 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