March 30 2018 Seminole Tribune

BC cattle steer into Brooke Simpson relives time Heritage’s Stubbs sisters the past on “The Voice” win state title COMMUNITY v 7A Arts & Entertainment v 4B SPORTS v 1C Volume XLII • Number 3 March 30, 2018 National Folk Museum 7,000-year-old of Korea researches burial site found Seminole dolls in Manasota Key BY LI COHEN Duggins said. Copy Editor Paul Backhouse, director of the Ah-Tah- Thi-Ki Museum, found out about the site about six months ago. He said that nobody BY LI COHEN About two years ago, a diver looking for Copy Editor expected such historical artifacts to turn up in shark teeth bit off a little more than he could the Gulf of Mexico and he, along with many chew in Manasota Key. About a quarter-mile others, were surprised by the discovery. HOLLYWOOD — An honored Native off the key, local diver Joshua Frank found a “We have not had a situation where American tradition is moving beyond the human jaw. there’s organic material present in underwater horizon of the U.S. On March 14, a team of After eventually realizing that he had context in the Gulf of Mexico,” Backhouse researchers from the National Folk Museum a skeletal centerpiece sitting on his kitchen said. “Having 7,000-year-old organic material of Korea visited the Hollywood Reservation table, Frank notified the Florida Bureau of surviving in salt water is very surprising and to learn about the history and culture Archaeological Research. From analyzing that surprise turned to concern because our surrounding Seminole dolls. the mandible, Underwater Archaeology job is to make sure those sites are respected The museum, based in Gyeongbokgung Supervisor Ryan Duggins found that the and protected as best as we can.” Palace in South Korea, usually houses piece was definitely not from someone Neither Backhouse nor Duggins have any artifacts from Korea. The team of living modern-day, doubt that the remains researchers, including Lead Curator Moon and with that, he and are that of Florida Hee Koo, Assistant Curator Hyun Ah Lee his team went back to “... our job is to Natives. Their main and photographer Eun Jin Kim, however, the original site, where concern for the time decided to move their scope internationally they made a surprising being is intentional or and, since 2013, have been conducting discovery. make sure those unintentional damage research on the relationship between culture, The site, about 21 to the site. materials and people. The first materials they feet underwater, held sites are respected “We can’t do researched were denim pants and salt, and much more than an old much about Mother in the future they plan to research kitchens. jaw. The team found and protected as Nature and erosion,” Now, however, they are looking to uncover an arm bone, carved Duggins said, adding the cultures surrounding doll artisans, doll wooden stakes, skull that Venice, where collectors, doll makers, puppet theaters, toy fragments and much best as we can.” Manasota Key is stores and family doll heirlooms. Li Cohen more. Much to Frank’s located, is known In an email to The Tribune, Koo explained Dana Oh, a representative of the Korean American Association of South Florida and translator for the and Duggins’ surprise, - Paul Backhouse, as the fossil hunting that a doll is a common characteristic of team of researchers from Korea, listens to Mable Osceola Doctor explain how the Tribe uses palmetto this area closely Director of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki capital. “It would be peoples’ perceptions and differences between fibers to create Seminole dolls. resembled a Native really unfortunate cultures. He and his team believe that keeping American burial site. Museum & the Seminole Tribe if an unsuspecting track of cultural dolls is a way to document dolls more traditionally, with simple facial more pronounced facial features, such as Because of of Florida’s Tribal Historic shark tooth hunter societal issues and changes over time. Along features and traditional hairstyles. defined eyebrows, large eyes and plump lips. this resemblance, Preservation Office started digging in this with the Seminole Tribe, the team has also Hall, on the other hand, only recently “I’m from a younger generation and I Duggins and his team resting place. That’s visited Japan, Czech Republic, Germany, learned how to make dolls from people in the have a different way of seeing things,” she immediately began our big concern and India and France. They plan to visit Mexico culture department, along with the help of explained to the researchers. “When I make working in line with the Native American the big hurdle we’re going to have – how do and Los Angeles in the coming months. Doctor and her grandmother Minnie Doctor. clothes, it’s inspired by pictures I see of older Graves Protection and Repatriation Act we keep people with good intentions from During their visit to the Hollywood “It’s a real sense of pride of where I women, but as a younger person I’m also (NAGPRA), which ensures that any accidentally damaging the site and how do Reservation, the research team sat with come from. … The women I’ve always influenced by a lot more modern things too, discoveries of Native American cultural we keep people with bad intentions from Hollywood residents Mable Osceola Doctor known and who look like this [the dolls] are like things I see on the internet. I like to mesh items are protected and returned to lineal intentionally damaging the site.” and Stephanie Hall. From the perspective of very strong, very beautiful. It’s keeping our that with things from the past.” descendants and tribes. The Bureau is For the time being, the jaw Frank two very different generations, Doctor and traditions alive,” Hall said. “When people Though some features were different, currently working with the Seminole Tribe’s discovered and other artifacts found by the Hall shared how they started making dolls look at it, I want it to make them happy and both styles featured the traditional patchwork, Tribal Historic Preservation Office to Bureau are in the hands of Heather Walsh- and the portrayal of their culture within their to make them smile and to see the beauty in which Doctor explained is very different from determine the outcome of this discovery and Haney, a forensic anthropologist and associate doll-making styles. the Seminole woman.” the very first Seminole dolls originally hand- is also consulting with the Miccosukees. professor of forensic studies at Florida Doctor, who grew up living in a chickee Although she learned how to make the carved from Cypress tree bark. As Doctor “I’m hopeful we’re going to be able to Gulf Coast University. She is in charge of in the Everglades, said she watched her mom dolls from elder women – by stretching explained to Koo and his team, intricate continue to work closely with them about stabilizing the materials and allowing them make traditional Seminole dolls her entire and sewing palmetto fibers together – she patchwork was not originally a traditional the development of a long-term management to slowly dry and desalinate in a secure lab. life, but it wasn’t until she started working has taken a more modern approach to doll item for the Tribe. protection plan so that we can think about Doing so will prevent any degradation of at the Hollywood culture department that she customization. Hall’s dolls have long pony this site, not just for the next six weeks or six started making them regularly. She makes tails, high buns, different-colored hair and months, but something that will make sure F See SEMINOLE DOLLS on page 5A it will remain protected for 6 or 60 years,” F See MANASOTA KEY on page 4A Seminole shootout hits its mark in Immokalee BY BEVERLY BIDNEY Reporter IMMOKALEE — About 2,000 history buffs, tourists, school children and boy scouts from all over the state showed up in Immokalee March 2 and 3 to learn a little bit about Seminole history by watching a reenactment of the Seminole Wars. The Seminole Shootout Battle Reenactment, which began in Big Cypress in the 1990s, ended its two-year hiatus with the first shootout ever held in Immokalee. In addition to the warfare, the two-day event included a 5-Star Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Rodeo, a concert by Grammy Award nominee Manny Diquez, alligator wrestling, a friendship dance led by medicine man Bobby Henry, crafts and food vendors. “I’m glad they got it started again, it’s an event that needs to be done,” said Moses Jumper Jr., who participated in the shootout. “The great Sam Jones, Abiaka, roamed this area.” History was on display in the field across from Immokalee’s John Jimmie Memorial Beverly Bidney Beverly Bidney Rodeo. The shootout took visitors back in time as it showcased the Tribe’s culture and This reenactor played the part of a Seminole warrior at the Seminole Shootout Battle Reenactment on U.S. Army reenactors shoot a cannon armed with blanks for the crowd at the shootout. March 3 in Immokalee. featured authentic looking period camps populated with about 40 reenactors who played Seminoles and U.S. Army soldiers. than 30 years. He was in charge of safety and happened. If you don’t know the history, few hundred survived. The Tribe today is During the wars, the Seminoles used The reenactors and their families wore coordinating the other reenactors. Many have you’re going to repeat it sooner or later.” descended from those warriors. guerilla warfare effectively against the uniforms and clothing that looked like it came been participating in these battles for decades The three Seminole Wars – from “We want the visitors to know we’re soldiers.

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