PERDIDO BAY TRIBE

SOUTHEASTERN LOWER MUSCOGEE CREEK INDIANS, INC.

 

Native Paths Muscogee Creek Cultural Heritage and Resource Projects

 


     

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Vision of Alcasalica    Native Paths

The Story of Jones Swamp Preserve and PBT's Role

 

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  March - April 2010 News and Events

     Upcoming Events:

              March 19th - National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - Recognition Event -

                    Florida State Capital Courtyard - Tallahassee - 11AM - 1PM

March 19, 20, 21 - Perry Powwow & Health Related Gathering, Perry, FL (Bearmobile

                   will be there on Saturday) Bobby and Sandy DuBose, head dancers.

March 26 & 27 -  Native American Village - Festival on the Green - University of West Florida,

April 24th - Florida Lighthouse Day - Pensacola Lighthouse

 

Sometimes, Early Spring Saturdays are just Play Days:

 

 

 

   January - February 2010 News and Events

      

PBT's Bearheart and Cedar Bear Invited to Participate in StoryCorps

StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening. Since 2003, over 50,000 everyday people have interviewed family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on CD  and preserved at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind

 

When the StoryCorps folks came to Pensacola in February, Robert Johns Cedar Bear was invited to interview his dad, Chief Bobby Johns Bearheart. The two were honored to accept this opportunity to share a part of their lives. Their story will be available soon on the StoryCorps website: http://storycorps.org/listen  Watch for it!

 

February 19 -The Bearmobile & Crew spent a great day at Bear Lake with the Baker School 5th Graders . . .

 

  

 

 

 

Now here's the Rest of the Story . . .

Driving back to Pensacola, the Bearmobile had a FLAT TIRE . . . right in front of a place where a lady was giving horse riding lessons. There were children and adults there, of course, and the crippled Bearmobile quickly got everyone's attention. So what did Robert, Pat and Sandra do after the tire was changed?

 

Why, they gave the people an impromptu tour of the museum and a lesson in Indian history, culture and hospitality, right there on the side of the road!

It was a very good day, despite a flat tire!

 

 

February 26 - Colonial Day at Fort Conde - Mobile, AL

 

  

 

           Hot off the Presses:

Strong Fox: How Fox Came to Help a Village Grow Stronger

Strong Fox is a children's book, written and published by PBT members Stan Cartwright and Edna Dixon. Reminiscent of the old stories told to Creek Indian Children long ago, the story is sure to entertain while teaching a valuable lesson in self esteem.

A portion of all proceeds will be donated to PBT in support of our outreach programs.

 

Order Strong Fox for the children you love and extra copies to donate to your local school or library

 

http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=67578

 

 

 

Pat Easterwood represents PBT at

Shawl Circle Women's Conference, Tallahassee, FL

Pat Easterwood (4th from left) represented PBT at the first Shawl Circle Training Conference in Tallahassee. She is excited about putting together a class in the Pensacola area to share the information she learned about HIV-AIDS, Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer with more Native American women.

 

 

February Events:

                February 19th. Baker School 5th Grade Field Trip - Bear Lake  

                Friday, February 26th. Colonial Day at Fort Conde - Museum of Mobile 9AM to 1PM

               

 

 

 

 

       

  Be sure to visit Perdido Bay Tribe at Facebook.com

 

     

The Vision of ALCASALICA Guides our Path

As the Dream Becomes Reality 

Ongoing Story of A Work in Progress

 Native Paths Cultural Heritage and Resource Center

in the

Jones Swamp Nature Preserve

 

 

   December 2009, Escambia County Installs Pavilion . . .

   

 

 

 

 

 

    Developing a Wildlife Sanctuary

        4-H Friends Plant a Butterfly Garden 2009

 

 

 

 

  

Cub Scouts from the Creative Learning Center

 Install Owl boxes at Native Paths assisted by friends from the

 Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida - 2009

 

          

 

 

    

 

   

 

    

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

     The Museum Gallery & Studio

    

 

                      

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

   Kitchen Beautiful                                         Future Multi-Media Room

 

     Sewing & Crafts workroom                      Future Library - Current storage

  

   

Native Paths - A Place for Gathering, Learning and Sharing

 

Visitors learn the art of Pine Needle Basketry

 

Women of PBT Gather to Enjoy a Christmas Luncheon

 

Youngsters learning in Bearheart's Workroom 

 

Visitors from Nicaragua

Delegation of Nicaraguan elected officials invited to the United States

 under the auspices of the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program

 

Chief Ken Johnson - Florida Tribe of Cherokee Indians

 

 FL NRCS Josh McElhaney, Andrew Williams, Chief Bearheart, Ann Bowens, John Harper

 

Jefrina, a Cree Indian from Canada, talks with

Chief Bearheart about her proud heritage

 

Story of the Jones Swamp Preserve & PBT's Role

A serenely peaceful site at the edge of the vast expanse of Jones Swamp in Southwest Pensacola was offered to PBT in 2007 by Escambia County and accepted with gratitude.  In the past months, there have been obstacles to overcome, but working closely with all involved, we have made steady progress toward opening the long-sought 'place of our own.'

 

Native Paths Cultural Heritage

& Resource Center

This 1,700 sq. ft. house will serve as  PBT's new administrative headquarters for all present and future projects in service to our community.  Renovations and furnishing are a work in progress, and "Native Paths" will be ready to open soon.

Native Paths will also serve as a temporary mini version of our envisioned Muscogee Creek Cultural Heritage Museum and Learning Center - including a library and media center.

 

 

With funding support from both private and government agencies, the 800-acre Jones Swamp Eco-system, with its rich diversity of wildlife and rare plants, is to become part of the Northwest Florida Greenway that extends eastward to Apalachicola, and will be protected for low-impact recreational use only.

Protection of Jones swamp is part of Florida’s aggressive move to salvage and restore the integrity of its rivers, bays and aquifers.

PBT’s place in the scheme of things will be to serve as low-impact stewards and to manage this portal to the planned hiking trails in the Jones Swamp Preserve.

 

This arrangement with Escambia county will give PBT the opportunity and the facilities to do all we have been striving for in service to Indian Heritage people and to our greater community - and much more.  In addition to our Muscogee Creek Heritage Museum and Learning Center, we also envision such activities as nature day camps for children, classes to teach NA arts and crafts, soil and water projects etc. all within the framework of teaching the attitudes of the ancient Native Americans of the SE toward using and protecting the natural environment. Our new home in Jones Swamp will become a source of pride and service for all Native American peoples of our community.

Our surroundings will provide a place for environmental studies and nature trails planted with indigenous plants that were utilized by Native peoples. Projects such as these will provide opportunities for high school and college students, Scouts and other youth groups.  We will continue to enjoy the support of the NRCS and Three Rivers RC&D in the environmental projects,  and working with other nature oriented organizations, the possibilities are endless.

 

This photo of the dry land area shows a trail leading into the interior of the swamp in which grows the only remaining stands of the white-topped pitcher plant as well as numerous other rare species of wetland plants. The swamp also teems with wildlife of all kinds.

Escambia County officials have indicated some exciting plans for developing Jones Swamp. PBT is proud to be a part of these plans and we look forward to sharing details as they unfold. Please return often for news and updates.

PBT members and friends are working diligently to breathe life into our new

Native Paths Cultural Heritage and Resource Center

     We have seen the vision of ALCASALICA, the ‘Clay Pot Sitting There.’ 

We have heeded the wisdom of the ancients.

We are inspired to give our best to honor our heritage

and rise to the opportunities presented to us.

 

          

 
 

 

 

   

PBT Participation in Pensacola Community

 

 

 450th Celebrate Pensacola - 2009

Chief Bobby Johns Bearheart actively serving on three planning committees

            ● Pensacola History and Archaeology Council - Chairman, Robyn Mainor   

            ● 450th Anniversary Heritage Committee – Chairman, Zoya Phillips               

            ● Admiral Fetterman Maritime Museum                                                                     

Multicultural Program Administrators:                                                    

John L. Hutchinson, General Manager, Public Affairs, Gulf Power

Shardra D. Scott, Assistant to President and CEO, Gulf Power       

                    

            Chief Bearheart serves as a member of the committee for a multicultural

            presence in the Maritime Museum, responsible for Native American exhibits.

 

   

            Perdido Bay Tribe - Member, Panhandle Historical Preservation Alliance

 

 

Natural Resources Conservation Service

      Earth Team Volunteers

One way that we in Perdido Bay Tribe honor the values and traditions of our American Indian heritage is to help promote the fundamental idea of caring for the bountiful blessings of Mother Earth - not just for ourselves, but for the many generations to come. We encourage everyone to help keep our natural environment clean and pure. One very good way to do this is by becoming an Earth Team Volunteer. We invite you to check out this website and learn how you can be an important part of this grassroots movement.

 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/volunteers/index.html 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perdido Bay Tribe of Southeastern Lower Muscogee Creek Indians, Inc. is a member supported, non-profit 501(c)(3) & 509(a)(2) public charity organization dedicated to the preservation of Southeastern Muscogee Creek history and culture through Art, Education and Public Service.

 

We rely solely on donations to support our outreach programs

 

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12533 Polonious Parkway

        Pensacola, FL 32606      

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