INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Emerson Center Florida Humanities Series, in partnership with the Florida Humanities Council and sponsored in part by Marine Bank & Trust, continues on Thursday, Feb. 13, with Van V. Samuels from the Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation presenting “The Unconquered Seminole People and Their Traditions.”
Outreach specialist Samuels delivers lectures and workshops about Seminole Tribal culture and history for the Tribal and non-Tribal communities.
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum (affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution) is nestled in the heart of the Everglades on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation and is home to more than 30,000 unique artifacts, archival items and experiences.
Here, one can learn about the Seminole people and their rich cultural and historical ties to the Southeast and Florida, as they have made Big Cypress their home.
Committed to nurturing and sharing tribal customs and traditions, Samuels will bring artifacts and stories about the unconquered people of Florida. Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki means “a place to learn.”
The Florida Humanities Series is presented by The Emerson Center at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Vero Beach.
Two more acclaimed speakers and performers will be presented free at the Center now through April 2014, with all presentations relating to Florida history and issues. Admission to each is complimentary and all performances will begin at 7 p.m.
Other performances in the Humanities Series will include: March 6-“Sea Cows, Seaweed and Spanish Moss: How Floridians Coped when Times were Hard”; and concluding the series on April 3 is “St. Augustine’s Unseen Heritage: The Archaeology of Early Colonial Life in America’s Oldest European Community.”
Funding for these programs is provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of the Florida Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The capacity of the Emerson Center is more than 800; free admission will be offered on a first-come first-served basis.
The Emerson Center is handicap accessible and is conveniently located at 1590 27th Avenue, on the SE corner of 16th Street and 27th Avenue in Vero Beach. For more information, contact (772) 778-5249.
