Explore Local Archaeology! Blackwater River State Forest
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Join us for another "Hike with Mike" edition of our Explore Local Archaeology series! This time Mike visits the Blackwater River State Forest in Santa Rosa County, Florida.
The Blackwater River State Forest is the largest state forest in Florida. In this episode we hike down the Juniper Creek Trail and learn about the people who originally occupied these lands, visit the red clay bluffs, and talk about how Native Americans used clay as a resource.
Blackwater River State Forest:
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Perdido Bay Tribe:
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Santa Rosa Creek Tribe:
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Muscogee Nation of Florida:
www.mnoffl.com
Seminole Tribe of Florida:
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Muscogee (Creek) Nation:
www.mcn-nsn.gov
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Great video! Thanks Mike. Hope ya'll can come do another video. I'm an avid hiker and camper and have hiked those same trails and knew about the history of the Native Americans in the area, but didn't know about specific archaeological sites there.
Thanks! Archaeology and history is everywhere, but it's not always easy to see. We're glad this video was useful!
Always a good tour, wish it were longer
Thanks Betty! There is definitely a lot more to the trail, so maybe we will get out there sometime in the future and shoot more for a part 2!
No disrespect meant .. us Muskogee/ Creek Indian descendants are still here. The murderous Jackson failed to remove the majority of us . The ones from our tribe that were removed were from northern and central Georgia and Alabama. If your wondering where the Creeks went then take a look at how tan us locals are in the extreme Deep South. We’re not this color because we lay out side half naked and burn our skin purposely like tourists do when they come here to the beach and pollute our home on vacation . This is one reason true locals aren’t seen at the beach. Majority of us locals are descendants in some way from these unconquerable people. Funny how Yankees call us racist when we’re all part Native because our ancestors got along so well together our families became one. Unlike up north where everyone is ghost white because they didn’t and their ancestors kept there distance from natives and refused to exist together . The policy of Indian removal was a Yankee concept that they adopted from their English ancestors that was not shared by us. I was horrified to find the hatred Yankees have for Natives. I’ve heard them referred to as “SKINS” by Northern people. There were no slaves here this Deep in the South. All of us are Scotsman , French, and Muskogee that are all the same blood now. It was a common practice for Our white descendants to help hide Indian settlements from Murdering Yankees. Our Southern dialect in the panhandle comes from the Muskogee language. Just love how y’all like to teach our history and majority of y’all Yankees and Transplants haven’t the slightest clue of our so called racist history. This is why we don’t share our historical sites and our culture with those of you who come here. We will not let it and our ways destroyed by our unwelcome neighbors who come here and don’t leave because they think our home is a giant beach resort.
If we don’t teach where our sacred historical landmarks are and we do not show you our ways and healing medicine then y’all cannot truly destroy our culture and rewrite history as Northern people have a habit of doing. This is why majority of people who move here will never know where our settlements were on the rivers and woods. For this reason I will never teach any pasty skin outsider these locations and only my tanned skinned brothers will know our ways.
I am descendant from this land , people ,and this is my culture. I come from this mixed bloodline and I am proud . I am one of last True Creek Indian FAYVs left in existence. It’s truly sad that y’all aren’t responsible enough and respectful enough for us to share our culture with.