Seminole Tony Tommie Posing with Miss Miami

Permanent Link:

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Material Information

Title:

Seminole Tony Tommie Posing with Miss Miami

Series Title:

Claude Matlack Photograph Collection

Creator:

Matlack, Claude Carson ( Photographer )

Publication Date:

1927-01-29

Physical Location:

Filed by series and number in the Matlack collection.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Seminole Indians
Beauty contestants

Genre:

Photographs

Spatial Coverage:

Seminole Tribe of Florida

Notes

Abstract:

Tony Tommie and Miss Miami (Sarah Jane Helliker) at Forward to the Soil ceremony. He is wearing a Seminole longshirt and a Plains Indian eagle feather bonnet. Forward to the Soil, held on January 29, 1927, was an audacious 'land give-away ceremony' involving some 30 hired Seminoles. As the event was considered a potential threat to their sovereignty, The Seminole traditional council of elders was prompted to alert Washington and denounced Creek Seminole Tony Tommie (Panther clan) (in the war bonnet) for his active role in the event. -- Patsy West, in The Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes of Southern Florida (Arcadia, 2002), p. 68. ( en )

General Note:

From the Claude Matlack Photograph Collection at HistoryMiami. Collection No. HMA0362.

Record Information

Source Institution:

HistoryMiami Museum

Holding Location:

HistoryMiami Museum

Rights Management:

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Resource Identifier:

Matlack 113-30 ( HistoryMiami )
FI22091871

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Aggregations:

HistoryMiami Museum
Claude Matlack Photograph Collection