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File:Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Seminole patchwork shawl made by Susie Cypress from Big Cypress Indian Reservation, ca. 1980s. Big Cypress National Preserve is adjacent to the reservation. The American rock band Phish held their millennium concert at the reservation from December 30, 1999, to January 1, 2000. With 85,000 people in attendance, it was ...
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki is a museum of Seminole culture and history, located on the Big Cypress Reservation in Hendry County, Florida. The museum is owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The museum itself was named in a Seminole language phrase: Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki, which means "a place to learn, a place to remember". [1]
The Seminole Tribe currently has six reservations: [31] Big Cypress Reservation, the largest territory, including 81.972 sq mi (212.306 km²) [43] Brighton Reservation, 57.090 sq mi (147.862 km²) Hollywood Reservation, 497 acres (2.01 km 2) [48] Immokalee Reservation, in Immokalee, Collier County, 594.45 acres (2.4057 km 2)
Big Cypress National Preserve differs from Everglades National Park in that, when it was established by law in 1974, the Miccosukee, Seminole and Traditional people were provided with permanent rights to occupy and use the land in traditional ways; in addition, they have first rights to develop income-producing businesses related to the ...
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is headquartered in Hollywood, Florida. They control several reservations: Big Cypress, Brighton Reservation, Fort Pierce Reservation, Hollywood Reservation, Immokalee Reservation, and Tampa Reservation. [56]
Ahfachkee School, also known as Ahfachkee Day School, is a tribal K–12 school in unincorporated Hendry County, Florida, on the Big Cypress Reservation, with a Clewiston postal address. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). [3] As of 2007 about 80% of the funding comes from the Seminole tribe and 20% comes from the BIE. [4]
A bronze statue of Abiaka which includes Abiaka alongside various animals that symbolize the animal clans of the Seminole tribe is located at the Seminole Big Cypress Reservation. This group statue monument is one of the largest bronze statues in the southeastern U.S. A rock outcrop area on Mars was named "Seminole" by NASA.
Managed by the Seminole Tribe of Florida at the Big Cypress Indian Reservation, artifacts, culture, and life of the Seminole in the swamps of Florida Air Force Armament Museum: Eglin Air Force Base: Okaloosa Northwest Aerospace Air Force planes, bombs, missiles, rockets, and other military weapons Air Force Space and Missile Museum: Cape ...