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  1. Hype for the Future 169I: City of Sanford, Florida

    Overview The City of Sanford is a city in and the county seat of Seminole County, Florida, to the north-northeast of the City of Orlando in Orange County and Kissimmee in Osceola County.

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  2. Hype for the Future 169I: City of Sanford, Florida

    Overview The City of Sanford is a city in and the county seat of Seminole County, Florida, to the north-northeast of the City of Orlando in Orange County and Kissimmee in Osceola County.

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  3. Hype for the Future 169I: City of Sanford, Florida

    Overview The City of Sanford is a city in and the county seat of Seminole County, Florida, to the north-northeast of the City of Orlando in Orange County and Kissimmee in Osceola County.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  4. Hype for the Future 169I: City of Sanford, Florida

    Overview The City of Sanford is a city in and the county seat of Seminole County, Florida, to the north-northeast of the City of Orlando in Orange County and Kissimmee in Osceola County.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  5. Hype for the Future 169I: City of Sanford, Florida

    Overview The City of Sanford is a city in and the county seat of Seminole County, Florida, to the north-northeast of the City of Orlando in Orange County and Kissimmee in Osceola County.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  6. Hype for the Future 152M: Wiregrass Georgia

    Introduction Within the State of Georgia, the Wiregrass region refers to the southwestern corner of the State notable for wiregrass ecology, with a string of mid-sized communities which also extend into nearby portions of Alabama and Florida. Today, the communities are largely associated with United States Route 84, including Donalsonville, Bainbridge, Cairo, Thomasville, and Valdosta within the area. Amenities Within the Wiregrass region of the State of Georgia, the City of Donalsonville […]

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  7. Hype for the Future 148S: Reservations in Northern Oklahoma

    Introduction In the northeastern portion of the State of Oklahoma, north of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations, are tribal reservations associated with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Cherokee Nation, the Seminole Nation, and the Osage Nation. Each nation is associated with a different tribe of Native Americans, the Osage of whom were not included in the historical definition of the “Five Civilized Tribes.” Counties The counties associated with the Cherokee in the State of Oklahoma are […]

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  8. New lecture video "Black Georgians, Spanish Florida, and the Seminole" freely available at the Georgia Archives YouTube page; you can access this from the Archives' homepage.

    From the beginning of the Revolutionary War to the eve of the First Seminole War in 1817, hundreds of people of color in Georgia and, to a lesser extent, South Carolina crossed the borders and boundaries separating the Lowcountry from Spanish coastal Florida and from the Seminole. This counter-narrative in American history is a potent reminder of the strength of Black resistance in the post-Revolutionary South and of this community’s ability to shape the balance of power in a contested region.

    Dr. Paul Pressly is the author of ""A Southern Underground Railroad: Black Georgians, Spanish Florida, and Indian Country" from the University of Georgia Press.

    #SpanishFlorida #Seminole #BlackHistory #Georgia #Florida #AmericanHistory #PeopleOfColor #UndergroundRailroad
    @histodons

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  9. #NativeAmericaCalling: Language teachers celebrate success on #IndigenousPeoplesDay

    Monday, October 13, 2025

    "After an intensive two-year adult immersion program, the number of fluent #SpokaneSalish language speakers nearly doubled.

    "The success represents the work of the #SpokaneLanguageHouse, a non-profit that is funded and supported by the #Spokane Tribe in #WashingtonState. Now, some of the immersion program graduates will be hired on as full-time language teaching staff as the tribe expands its language revitalization efforts.

    "Meanwhile, the #YuchiTribe in #Oklahoma has established the #YuchiLanguageProject. As part of the work, the tribe developed a unique partnership with an #AustralianAboriginal nation to exchange ideas for revitalizing both of their endangered languages.

    "Tune into Native America Calling to hear about these two recent Native language success stories.

    "Also, hear about a five-part talk show, '#RematriatedVoices', centered on #Haudenosaunee culture and principles. The first episode airs on Indigenous Peoples Day on New York #PBS affiliate #WCNY.

    "Guests on Native America Calling
    #SulustuBarryMoses (Spokane Tribe of Indians), program manager for adult fluency training and executive director of the Spokane Language House

    "#RichardGrounds (Yuchi and #Seminole), executive director of the Yuchi Language Project

    "#MichelleSchenandoah (#Oneida), founder and executive lead of Rematriation"

    Listen: indianz.com/News/2025/10/13/na

    #IndigenousPeoples #LanguageExchange #LanguagePreservation #CulturalPreservation

  10. HT @UsagiTsukino

    #Indigenous and Green Groups Protest #ICE’s “#AlligatorAlcatraz” in the #Everglades

    Florida’s attorney general announced that construction of the jail in the #BigCypressNationalPreserve had begun.

    By Stephen Prager, June 30, 2025

    "Florida’s government has said the site will have no environmental impact. Last week, Uthmeier described the area as a barren swampland. He said the site 'presents an efficient, low-cost opportunity to build a temporary detention facility because you don’t need to invest that much in the perimeter. People get out, there’s not much waiting for ’em other than alligators and pythons,' he said in the video. 'Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.'

    "But local #indigenous leaders have said that’s not true. Saturday’s protest was led by #NativeAmerican groups, who say that the site will destroy their sacred homelands. According to The Associated Press, #BigCypress is home to 15 traditional #Miccosukee and #Seminole villages, as well as ceremonial and burial grounds and other gathering sites.

    " 'Rather than Miccosukee homelands being an uninhabited wasteland for alligators and pythons, as some have suggested, the Big Cypress is the Tribe’s traditional homelands. The landscape has protected the Miccosukee and Seminole people for generations,' Miccosukee Chairman Talbert Cypress wrote in a statement on social media last week.

    "#EnvironmentalGroups, meanwhile, have disputed the state’s claims that the site will have no environmental impact. On Friday, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, #FriendsOfTheEverglades, and #Earthjustice sued the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. They argued that the site was being constructed without any of the environmental reviews required by the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.

    " 'The site is more than 96% wetlands, surrounded by Big Cypress National Preserve, and is habitat for the endangered #FloridaPanther and other iconic species. This scheme is not only cruel, it threatens the #Everglades #ecosystem that state and federal taxpayers have spent billions to protect,' said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades.

    "Governor #RonDeSantis used emergency powers to fast track the proposal, which the Center for Biological Diversity says has left no room for #PublicInput or #EnvironmentalReview required by federal law.

    " 'This reckless attack on the Everglades — the lifeblood of Florida — risks polluting sensitive waters and turning more endangered Florida panthers into roadkill. It makes no sense to build what’s essentially a new development in the Everglades for any reason, but this reason is particularly despicable,' said Elise Bennett, Florida and Caribbean director and attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity."

    Read more:
    truthout.org/articles/indigeno

    #ACAB #ICESucks #ICEKidnapping #GatorGitmo #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DeSantisSucks

  11. #NativeAmerican leaders blast construction of #Florida’s ‘#AlligatorAlcatraz’ on land they call sacred

    By KATE PAYNE
    Updated 5:57 PM EDT, June 26, 2025

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — "Florida Republican Gov. #RonDeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over the opposition of Native American leaders who consider the area their sacred #AncestralHomelands.

    "A string of portable generators and dump trucks loaded with fill dirt streamed into the site on Thursday, according to #activist Jessica Namath, who witnessed the activity. The state is plowing ahead with building a compound of heavy-duty tents, trailers and other temporary buildings at the Miami Dade County-owned airfield located in the #BigCypressNationalPreserve, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of downtown Miami.

    "A spokesperson for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which is helping lead the project, did not respond to requests for comment.

    "State officials have characterized the site as an ideal place to hold #migrants saying there’s 'not much' there other than pythons and alligators.

    "#Indigenous leaders dispute that and are condemning the state’s plans to build what’s been dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz' on their homelands. #NativeAmericans can trace their roots to the area back thousands of years.

    "For generations, the sweeping wetlands of what is now South Florida have been home to Native peoples who today make up the #MiccosukeeTribe of Indians of Florida and the #SeminoleTribe of Florida, as well as the #SeminoleNation of Oklahoma.

    " 'Rather than Miccosukee homelands being an uninhabited wasteland for alligators and pythons, as some have suggested, the Big Cypress is the Tribe’s traditional homelands. The landscape has protected the #Miccosukee and Seminole people for generations,' Miccosukee Chairman Talbert Cypress wrote in a statement on social media.

    "There are 15 remaining traditional Miccosukee and #Seminole villages in Big Cypress, as well as ceremonial and burial grounds and other gathering sites, Cypress testified before Congress in 2024.

    " 'We live here. Our ancestors fought and died here. They are buried here,' he said.
    The Big Cypress is part of us, and we are a part of it.'

    "Garrett Stuart, who lives about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from the site, described the crystal clear waters, open prairies and lush tree islands of Big Cypress as teeming with life.

    " 'Hearing the arguments of the frogs in the water, you know? And listen to the grunt of the alligator. You’re hearing the call of that osprey flying by and listening to the crows chatting,' he said. 'It’s all just incredible.'

    "Critics have condemned the #detention facility and what they call the state’s apparent reliance on alligators as a security measure as a cruel spectacle, while DeSantis and other state officials have defended it as part of Florida’s muscular efforts to carry out President Donald Trump’s #ImmigrationCrackdown.

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/florida-all

    #ImmigrationRaids #ICEKidnapping #ProtectTheGlades #NoAlligatorAlcatraz
    #ICEDetentionCenter #ProtectTheSacred #BigCypressNationalPreserve
    #StopAlligatorAlcatraz
    #ICEACAB #StopDetentionCentersEverywhere

  12. I know this area well, having spent some time with the #Seminole peoples when I was a youngster. It is beautiful, deadly, and environmentally sensitive!

    #Protesters line highway in #FloridaEverglades to oppose ‘#AlligatorAlcatraz

    By MAKIYA SEMINERA
    Updated 8:40 PM EDT, June 28, 2025

    "A coalition of groups, ranging from #EnvironmentalActivists to #NativeAmericans advocating for their ancestral homelands, converged outside an airstrip in the Florida #Everglades Saturday to protest the imminent construction of an immigrant detention center.

    "Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. #Highway41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as #TamiamiTrail — as dump trucks hauling materials lumbered into the airfield. Cars passing by honked in support as protesters waved signs calling for the protection of the expansive preserve that is home to a few Native tribes and several #EndangeredAnimal species.

    "Christopher McVoy, an ecologist, said he saw a steady stream of trucks entering the site while he protested for hours. #EnvironmentalDegradation was a big reason why he came out Saturday. But as a South Florida city commissioner, he said concerns over #ImmigrationRaids in his city also fueled his opposition."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/alligator-a

    #ProtectTheGlades #NoAlligatorAlcatraz #ICEDetentionCenter #SeminoleTribe #ProtectTheSacred #MiccosukeeTribe #BigCypressNationalPreserve #StopAlligatorAlcatraz #ICEACAB #StopDetentionCentersEverywhere

  13. On May 23 1838, the forced removal of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw and other Native American nations began - a land theft and displacement known as the Trail of Tears. Approximately 60,000 people were displaced of whom up to 6,000 died on the Trail.

    #History #TrailOfTears #NativeAmericans #Cherokee #MuscogeeNation #Seminole #Chickasaw #Choctaw #OnThisDay