Seminole patchwork
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Seminole patchwork, referred to by Seminole and Miccosukee women as Taweekaache, is a patchwork style made from piecing colorful strips of fabric in horizontal bands. Seminole patchwork garments are o
Seminole patchwork fringed dance shawl, ca. 1980s, by Susie Cypress (Seminole Tribe of Florida) from the Big Cypress Reservation, Florida
Ruby Jumper Billie, Big Cypress Reservation, Florida
Seminole patchwork in the Museum of the American Indian, ca. 1960
Seminole patchwork jacket worn by Iron Arrow Honor Society members, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Seminole
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The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of
Seminole patchwork
…Seminole patchwork, referred to by Seminole and Miccosukee women as Taweekaache (design in the Mikasuki language), is a patchwork style made from piecing colorful strips of fabric in horizontal…
A Seminole mother and her children from the Brighton Reservation in Florida, 1949
Coeehajo, Chief, 1837, Smithsonian American Art Museum
A sign at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park commemorating hundreds of enslaved African Americans who in the early 1820s escaped from this area with the help of British boat captains to freedom in the Bahamas.
Captain Francis Asbury Hendry (center, standing) poses with a group of Seminole Indians