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Florida Cattle Ranching | Nicaraguan Caribbean
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Working cow-dog. Okeechobee, January 2008.
Photo by Robert L. Stone.
A yellow cur cow-dog aggressively confronts a cow that has broken from the herd on the Dixie Ranch.
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Justin Gopher with Cracker horse. Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, July 2007.
Photo by Robert L. Stone.
Justin Gopher takes a break during the annual roundup. The small, agile horses descended from stock introduced by the Spanish in the 16th century make exceptional ranch horses. Seminoles and non-Indians have used them for centuries. In 2008, the Florida legislature declared the Florida Cracker Horse the state’s official heritage horse.
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Seminole cattlemen holding branding Irons. Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation, 1941.
Source: Judy Montsdeoca Bronson.
From l eft: Willie Gopher, Sr., Joe Henry Tiger, Jack Smith, Sr., Frank Huff, Sr., Andrew J. Bowers, John Josh, Naha Tiger, Toby Johns, Frank Shore, John Henry Gopher, Lonnie Buck, Charlie Micco, and Harjo Osceola.
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Florida Cattle Ranching:
Five Centuries of Tradition
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High School Rodeo bull riding. Williston, April 2007.
Photo by Robert L. Stone.
Robert Carter of Cross City. Some high school bull riders earn scholarships to compete on college rodeo teams, others go on to compete in professional events.
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September 16, 2010, through
January 23, 2011
Organized by the Florida Folklife Program
Florida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries of Tradition tells the story of one of Florida’s oldest and most important cultural activities. Cattle ranching in North America began when Spanish explorers introduced horses and cattle in the 16th century, and flourished in the hands of the Seminoles, Crackers, and other Floridians. Today, ranching is an essential economic activity that preserves many aspects of the natural landscape, protects water resources, and maintains areas used by wildlife or for recreation.
The exhibition traces cattle ranching from its early beginnings in Colonial Florida through present-day cattle ranching. Some of the topics included in the exhibit are Colonial Florida, Seminole cattle ranching, Cracker cowboys, cow dogs, auctions, oral traditions, rodeos, and material culture. The exhibit includes artifacts, archival photos, artwork by cowboy artists, cowboy poetry, audio and video components, and images by guest photographers Jon Kral, Bob Montanaro, Jimmy Peters, and Carlton Ward, Jr.
Florida Cattle Ranching was produced by the The Florida Folklife Program in the Department of State, with the assistance of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florida Humanities Council, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Florida Cattlemen’s Foundation, Florida Cattlemen’s Association, the Florida Cracker Cattle Association, Susan and Pete Clemons, Lalla Rook Tomkins, Iris Wall, The National Endowment for the Arts, and others.
Estampas del Caribe Nicaragüense
Portraits of the Nicaraguan Caribbean
September 16, 2010,
through January 23, 2011
Journey to the Nicaraguan coast through the lens of award-winning documentary photographers María José Alvarez and Claudia Gordillo. Often described as the forgotten region of the country, Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast is home to a diversity of cultures that include Creoles, Sumos, Miskitos and Garífunas.
On display in this exhibition will be over thirty-five photographs offering an anthropological view of the region, its people and their cultural practices.
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