EVENT- Seminole Tribe of Florida “Hard Rock” Exhibit/Road Trip-June 3-9, 2013
This month I was fortunate enough to exhibit at The Seminole Tribe of Florida Native Learning Center’s 5th Annual Summer Conference. This event was housed at the Seminole owned Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. I was very impressed with the Seminole people and their propensity for business, not to speak of their extreme generosity! Conference attendees were educated and fed free for 3 days!
The NLC provided sessions that were led by expert instructors who’s focus was on Strengthening Tribal Communities for the Future. One of those instructors was my friend and fellow Tuscarora, Ramona Moore Big Eagle who did a workshop on using storytelling in grant writing. Other topics included a wide range of cultural, economic, historic and community issues. I gave a talk on the inspiration and influences behind my art as it relates to Native American southeastern art and culture.
I took a solo road trip to get down there with my van packed full of “product.” This was my first trip to Florida, not to speak of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and was very memorable for me…so I decided to share a little Road Trip Journal Album below (leave a comment if you feel so inclined):
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- Rubix Cube Packing Job
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- Racks Upon Racks
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- Don’t Forget the Hand Truck
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- Somewhere in S.Carolina…Hey, Palm Trees!
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- Steady Following a Couple of Antique Car Drivers
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- Look At These Beautiful Bodies of Water
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- OK, There’s Some Seriously Dark Clouds Ahead
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- Here We Go, Heavy Thunder & Lightening. Gotta Hold On Tight!
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- After Several Major Storms I’ve finally Reached Florida, But Wait I’m Still Only Half Way to Miami
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- Can you see the rainbow?
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- A View of the Pool From Our Hard Rock Hotel Window
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- The Native Learning Center Conference Sign at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, All of Which Are Owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida!
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- The NLC Mission. I Think They’re Doing A Pretty Good Job At This
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- Conference Attendees, Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed at 8 AM!
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- Entire Exhibitor Area
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- Seminole Tourism Including “Billie Swamp Safari”
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- They’re Into Alligators Here. So Am I!
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- I Want One
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- American Indian Veterans Memorial Initiative Booth
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- Luckily Carl Hunt Helped Me Unload My Van at 6 am
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- My Total Booth Spread
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- My Booth Side Angle View
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- My Other Booth Side Angle
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- Gold Albums Up To The Ceiling – The Backdrop For My Booth! >>>
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- Guiteyer?
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- OK. Let’s Check Out Some of This Rock Memorabilia…
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- Isn’t That Janis Joplin?
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- Look Slightly Familiar? Le Jacket De Elton John
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- Hendrix Stuff!
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- John Lennon’s Suit
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- I Think My Brother Would Like Seeing This
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- Left Eye’s Sweat Suit
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- Bob Marley’s Guitar!
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- Check It Out…This Goes Way Back (1975)…Two Years Before I saw Him Live in Philly!
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- Kurt Cobain’s Guitar and High School Year Book
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- Wow! James Brown Stuff
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- Hey, I Was Raised on This Classic Soul Stuff. Isaac Haye’s Green Suit…Oh Please Baby Please
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- Dennis Brown, One of My Reggae Favs. Saw Him Live in Paris Once
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- This Better Be Creed’s Guitar For Real!
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- Wait, Look At All These Rock Stars’ Shoes!!
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- Hard Rock Café – Is This Insane Or What?
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- More Insanity
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- Never Ending Insanity
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- Uh-Oh, ‘Bout To Try My Hand At Some Gambling
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- Looking For That Perfect Machine
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- Hard at Work
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- Relaxin’ Into It
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- Think I’ll Stick With Low Risk
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- Low Risk With a Fine Art Theme
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- The Girls
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- Testing Those Buttons
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- Let’s see…
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- I guess she won!…30 cents
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- We’ve Spent Down Our Complementary Tickets…We’re Outta Here!
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- All Gambled Out
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- Recovering From Gambling at the Café
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- Our Last Lunch with Live Concert by “Osceola”!
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- This Boy Band’s Drummer is Only 12 Years Old!
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- This Boy Band “Osceola” Plays Some Mean Hendrix Too!
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- More and More and More Rain-On My Way North to Delray Beach>>>
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- Some Dreary Beach Weather
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- Turtle Nests
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- Lookin’ For Some Galleries…Wow, Get A Load Of ThisTree!
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- Un-real!
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- Monstrous!
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- Crane’s Beach House at Delray Beach…A Nice Little Place
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- My Room at Crane’s Beach House
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- The Breakfast “Chickee”. Stockin’ Up On Some of the Best Orange Juice I Ever Had for the trip home…Goodbye Delray Beach
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- Seminole Goodies
Seminole Goodies. I can’t believe I won the raffle 2 times!…unheard of. This combo says it all. A traditional Seminole doll and a briefcase…the business of southeastern art & culture!
Thanks for having a look!