>>
>> GORGEOUS, STUNNING, ONE OF THE MOST BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
PLACES TO VISIT IN OUR HOME BUT
THE ISLAND ALSO HAS A DARK AND
UGLY PAST FOR THE SEMINOLE
TRIBE OF FLORIDA EXPECT4@
EXPLORING THE ISLAND WITH THOSE
DETERMINED TO SAVE ITS HISTORY
FOR GENERATIONS TO CO4@ME.4@
>> PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT4@ T
FOR GENERATIONS TO CO4@ME.4@ >> PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT4@ T@
EXPERIENCE OF THE FERRY RIDE4@.
SPENDING THE DAY IN THIS
TROPICAL PARADISE IT FEELS
EXOTIC MYSTERIOUS 4@EVEN. IT'S
BEAUTIFUL ISLAND 4@FOR SURE 4@B
INSTEAD OF A DAY OF PLEASURE
EXPLORING LED ME TO A SEA OF
PAIN4@. TO TRAILS WHERE SEMINAL
TEARS STILL FALL4@ BUT AS SURE
THE TREES STAND TALL SO DOES
THE FIGHT OF THOSE WHO HAVE
ALWAYS CALLED THIS LAND HOME.4@
>> WE CALL OURSELVES THE
UNCONQUERED SEMI TRIED OF
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THEY
TRIED TO HOLD OUR ANCESTORS AND
REMOVE US FROM FLORIDA.
THEY SUCCEEDED WITH A FEW BUT 4@
THE MAJORITY OF US WERE STILL
HERE .
HERE .
HERE . >>> HEAD OF THE SEMINOLE TRIBE @
AND HE CAME THREE HOURS ALL THE
WAY FROM HIS RESERVATION IN
FLORIDA 4@TO SHARE HIS HISTORY4
OTHERS WORKING TO PRESERVE THE
HISTORY HERE CAME AS WELL 4@.
>>> AS THE EUROPEANS STARTED
COMING OVER, THEY WANTED TO
TAKE THE LAND AND THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO HANG OUT THEY COULDN'T
GET A LOAN .
>>> SO 4@IT MADE IT WORSE .
>>> YOU GET A LITTLE TASTE OF
THE HISTORY ON THE RIGHT OVER4@
BUT I WANTED TO MORE.
>> THE SEMINAL STORY4@4@
UNFORTUNATELY IT HAPPENED HERE
AFTER THE 4@AMERICANS CAME
THROUGH, THE WARS BEGAN IN 1800S
AND IT'S A PERIOD OF CO4@NSTANT
THROUGH, THE WARS BEGAN IN 1800S AND IT'S A PERIOD OF CO4@NSTANT@
STRUGGLE FOR THE TRIBE .
>>> THEY WERE FIGHTING TO KEEP
LAND THAT HAD ALWAYS BEEN
THERE'S .
THERE'S .
THERE'S . >>> PEOPLE LOOK AT THE TRAIL OF
TEARS BUT A LOT OF TH4@EM DON'T
KNOW THAT THEY WERE TAKEN BY
FLORIDA BY BO AND4@ THIS WAS A
SIGNIFICANT STOPPING POINT FOR
THAT .
THAT .
THAT . >>> THEY WERE KEPT IN PRISON
AND UNDER WATCH BY MEN WITH GUN@
.
.
. >>>
. >>> IN
. >>> IN 1857 THAT'S WHEN THE
FIRST PRISONERS WERE BROUGHT
OUT HERE WITH NEWSPAPER RECORDS
FOR THE STOCKADE TO BE BUILT.
OVER THE NEXT YEAR HUNDREDS OF @
SEMINOLE WERE BROUGHT OUT AND
HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL IN THE
STOCKADE AND IN CAMP BEFORE
FINALLY BEING TAKEN4@ OUT TO
INDIAN COUNTRY IN OKLAHOMA.4@
THIS REFERRED TO A TRANCE FOR
OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP AND
CHECKS EVERY 4@BOX FOR
CONCENTRATION CAMP.
CONCENTRATION CAMP. IT FULLY QUALIFIED IS ONE4@4@ W
TRY TO PRETEND THAT KIND OF
THING NEVER HAPPENED HERE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF HISTORY
THAT PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T WANT TO
LOOK AT.
LOOK AT.
LOOK AT. FOR THE TRIBE THIS HAPPENED
HERE, THIS DID HAPPEN HERE AND4
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT NOW THAT
THIS KIND OF THING COULD NEVER
HAPPEN IN AM4@ERICA 4@ARE HAPPE
HERE, IT HAS.
>>4@ THEY ARE TELLING THE STORY
TRYING TO HIDE AND PUSH IT AWAY
AND PUSH IT UNDER THE RUG BUT
WE ARE HERE TO TRY TO VOICE AND
TELL THE STORY AND SHARE TO
MAKE SURE THE GENERAL
POPULATION KNOWS OUR STORY AND
KNOWS WHY WE ARE BEING CONQUERED
AND JUST 4@KNOW4@ THAT THERE IS
FIGHT THAT WE HAD IN US AND
STILL HAVE AN US TO THIS VERY
DAY 4@.
DAY 4@.
DAY 4@. >>> THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE
HISTORY ARE DESTINED TO REPEAT
IT4@ .
IT4@ .
IT4@ . >>> I HAVE TAKEN THE FERRY RIDE
OVER TO EGMONT KEY, I NEVER
KNEW THE STORY ABOUT IT BUT 4@I
SURE I'M HAPPY THEY COULD BRING
THAT TO US .
>>> SHE DID A 4@GREAT JOB .
>>> RESERVING THE HISTORY OF 4@
EGMONT KEY IS NOT JUST
IMPORTANT TO TH4@E SEMINOLE TRI
THERE ALSO WORKING ON A DIGITAL
HERITAGE PRODUCT TO DOCUMENT
WITH 3-D SCANS EXPECT THIS IS 4@
CRITICAL BECAUSE ISLAND IS
ERODING AND