On October 9th, 2023, the City of Miami celebrated their first ever Miccosukee Day – honoring the Tribe’s rich cultural heritage and contributions. With this event, also taking place on the nationally celebrated holiday of Indigenous Peoples' Day, we hope to carry that new tradition across the Everglades to celebrate the opening of a new […]
In this companion lecture to Sharing the Path, Museum Manager Thomas Lockyear will explore the ways in which partnerships with our region’s indigenous people have shaped our understanding of and relationship with what has been described as “one of the harshest environments on earth” — both historically and in present day.Mr. Lockyear will also discuss […]
In observance of Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate the rich cultures of the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes and their continuing stewardship of the biologically diverse and environmentally sensitive region known as the Everglades. In this talk given by renowned environmental educator and member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Betty Osceola, guests will learn […]
On December 6th, 1947, President Harry Truman arrived at the Everglades City airport and addressed an audience assembled on bleachers borrowed from the Ringling Brothers Circus in Sarasota. The occasion was the dedication of Everglades National Park.While the enabling legislation to create the Park had been enacted in 1924 under Franklin Roosevelt, it had taken […]