SW0139 Seminole Maroons Hold Reunion to Tell the Full History of Seminole Wars AND Seminole Peace

The Seminole Maroon diaspora returns to Jupiter, Florida in January for a family reunion January 11 to 15. To bring them together, the Florida Black Historical Research Project, Inc accepted a federal grant – “Telling the Full History”. Attendees hail from within Florida, but also from Oklahoma, Texas, Mexico, The Bahamas, and Trinidad. They will take a day-long bus tour of South Florida sites that reference and/or honor Seminole Maroon history and listen to a day of presentations featuring history and life of Seminole Maroons in the Western Hemisphere. They will also screen a film, The story of the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts of Texas. Attendees will hear oral histories of Seminole Maroon history and autobiographical and personal stories of descendants. They will cap off their visit with a spiritual remembrance, featuring sacred presentations by various religious faiths to honor the fallen on both sides—the U.S. military and the Seminole-Seminole Maroon warriors and family members. One can learn more by visiting this website: https://flblackhistoricalresearchproject.org/ Joining us to fill in the details for this, yes, historic assembly are organizers Wallis and Gene Tinnie. Dr. Wallis Hamm Tinnie is President of Florida Black Historical Research Project, Inc., an organization founded by her cousin, the late Isa Hamm Bryant. Isa, a Seminole Maroon descendant, was one of the driving forces behind the reclamation of Loxahatchee River Park as a battlefield site. Dr. Tinnie is the granddaughter of the late Seminole descendant Florence Ealer Jones Hamm. Florence left her native home in the village of Mikasuki on the edge of Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. Tinnie has worked diligently for the last 15 years to continue the work of honoring the sacred site of her ancestors in and around Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park. Gene Tinnie is a retired educator as well. Gene, a Fulbright scholar, is an activist in historical preservation and cultural affairs. He has an academic background in foreign languages, linguistics, and literature. He is founder and co-director of the Dos Amigos/Fair Rosamond Middle Passage Ship Replication Project. Among the many boards on which he sits is the historic Loxahatchee Seminole Maroon Battlefield in Palm Beach County.        Dr. Wallis Tinnie and her husband Gene with Seminole Nation Chief Lewis Johnson and his security aide in 2022 at the Convocation of Seminole War Historians at Loxahatchee River Battlefield State Park.                  The Mission of the Florida Black Historical Research Project Inc is to research, collect, and disseminate knowledge of significant contributions Blacks have made in the State of Florida.    Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Fla.  Subscribe automatically to the Seminole Wars through your favorite podcast catcher and "like" us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube!