2012 2 5 T H - 2 7 T H DECEMBER

WE WENT FOR A CANOE RIDE

GARY GOT THE CANOES OUT CROW WITH ATTITUDE YELLOW BLADDER WART

CHRISTMAS

Santana was our State Park Ranger Guide

MANGROVES ARE PLANTS THAT MAKE ISLANDS. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DESALINATE WATER AND PROVIDE HURRICANE PROTECTION. MANGROVES TRAP NUTRIENTS, CREATING CALM WATER WAYS, SHED LEAVES THAT CREATE SOIL, AND PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR SMALL FISH.

THE PICTURE ABOVE THE BABY ALLIGATOR IS OF A CROCODILE OF ABOUT 18 FEET IN LENGTH.

The beginning of the day

The End

This Reservation is beautiful, and well maintained. These First Nation People are self sufficient. Only Seminoles, or

people married to a Seminole, are allowed to live on the Reservation. They thrive and have great respect for themselves.

We learned of this museum from Gale and Malcolm and this turned out to be on our travel route .

Malcolm and Gale sculpted the heads of all of these natives. Each is an actual living member of the tribe.

Even though this is a small museum it is extremely well thought out, beautiful and functional. It also has a Ceremonial

learning area and a nature board walk that shows the environment they learned to live in.

Seminole Indian Reservation

THIS MUSEUM TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE SEMINOLE INDIANS. AND HOW THEY EVADED US TROOPS. THESE

NATIVES WERE NEVER COMPLETELY DEFEATED AND NEVER SIGNED A

TREATY WITH THE US.

CEREMONIAL CENTER NATURE WALK

AH-TAH-THI-K I 26TH

WE LEARNED ABOUT SURVIVAL, WORK,

PLAY, AND WORSHIP.

THE PANTHER CLAN IS THE LARGEST CLAN EXISTING TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE FLORIDA PANTHER HAS BEEN ON THE ENDANGER

SPECIES LIST SINCE 1958. THERE ARE LESS THAN 100

LEFT.

THE CLANS

THE NATURE BOARD WALK

BILLIE’S SWAMP SAFARI

1. THE GRASS HUT IS CALLED

A CHICKEE, IT THE NATIVE

DWELLING OF THE SEMINOLE INDIANS

2. A BIG GATOR

3. THE SPUR THIGH TORTOISE

4. COMMUNAL CEREMONIAL CENTER

5. RED SHOULDERED HAWK

6. ROSEATE SPOONBILL ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE