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The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum presents important new exhibit: “Seeing Red: A Community’s Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives” BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION, Fla. (April 25, 2023) – The Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum has announced a critical new exhibit, “SEEING RED: A Community’s Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives” opening May 5th. This exhibit is a reflection of the Seminole Tribe’s response to the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives crisis. This moving experience will be a marriage of art, educational resources, and personal stories that evoke emotion and reaction to a major injustice. The exhibit was conceptualized by Lorelei Tommie and co-curated by Tommie, and collaboration with Durante Blais-Billie. For centuries, Indigenous people have experienced violence, murder, and gone missing at an alarmingly disproportionate rate. “This affects EVERY Native community, ours included,” stated Tommie. “This has been going on for far too long and is pushed under the rug.” The exhibit will be featured in the Nook Gallery and stretch out into the Sculpture Garden of the Museum. The immersive outdoor experience will include a decorated path of red clothing, donated by community members, leading to a living memorial mound, erected with community donations, in honor of victims and survivors. For more information about the exhibit, please visit: https://www.ahtahthiki.com/seeing-red/ In honor of National Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women’s Day, a special candlelit vigil will be held in the evening of May 5th. The vigil is open to the public. About Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum opened in 1997 and is owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Situated in the Everglades on a 66-acre cypress dome on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, the museum offers more than 5,000 square feet of gallery space. Exhibits feature rare artifacts and lifelike dioramas that depict Seminole life at the turn of the century. In 2009, the Museum became the first tribally governed museum to be accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. For more information, visit www.ahtahthiki.com and follow the museum on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is located at 34725 W. Boundary Road, Clewiston, Florida.
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum presents important new exhibit: “Seeing Red: A Community’s Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives”
BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION, Fla. (April 25, 2023) – The Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum has announced a critical new exhibit, “SEEING RED: A Community’s Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives” opening May 5th. This exhibit is a reflection of the Seminole Tribe’s response to the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives crisis. This moving experience will be a marriage of art, educational resources, and personal stories that evoke emotion and reaction to a major injustice. The exhibit was conceptualized by Lorelei Tommie and co-curated by Tommie, and collaboration with Durante Blais-Billie.
For centuries, Indigenous people have experienced violence, murder, and gone missing at an alarmingly disproportionate rate. “This affects EVERY Native community, ours included,” stated Tommie. “This has been going on for far too long and is pushed under the rug.”
The exhibit will be featured in the Nook Gallery and stretch out into the Sculpture Garden of the Museum. The immersive outdoor experience will include a decorated path of red clothing, donated by community members, leading to a living memorial mound, erected with community donations, in honor of victims and survivors. For more information about the exhibit, please visit: https://www.ahtahthiki.com/seeing-red/
In honor of National Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women’s Day, a special candlelit vigil will be held in the evening of May 5th. The vigil is open to the public.
About Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum opened in 1997 and is owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Situated in the Everglades on a 66-acre cypress dome on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, the museum offers more than 5,000 square feet of gallery space. Exhibits feature rare artifacts and lifelike dioramas that depict Seminole life at the turn of the century. In 2009, the Museum became the first tribally governed museum to be accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. For more information, visit www.ahtahthiki.com and follow the museum on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is located at 34725 W. Boundary Road, Clewiston, Florida.