Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942

Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942

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Item Title

[Song about the departure of Seminole Indians from Florida for Oklahoma]

Author/Creator

Performer: Smith, Katie
Performer: Parker, Courtney

Created/Published

July 1940

Notes

duration: 3 minutes, 20 seconds
"This is a song about the departure of Seminole Indians from Florida for Oklahoma. It is sung by Katie Smith and Courtney Parker. All of these songs were recorded at the Brighton Indian Day School, Brighton, Florida."
In 1830, U.S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, forcing Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River. All but a few hundred Florida Seminoles took the forced march along the "Trail of Tears" out of Florida toward Oklahoma's Indian Territory.
The sound quality of this recording is extremely poor. It has been included online because the melody line can still be identified.

Subjects

Seminole Indians
vocals
Ethnography
Music
Seminole Indian songs
Brighton Indian Day School
[Cow Creek settlement]
Seminole Indian Reservation
Glades County, Florida

Object Type

sound recording

Related Names

Collector: Corse, Carita Doggett
Collector: Cornwall, Robert
Speaker: Boehmer, William J.

Medium

sound recording

Language

Creek

Call Number

AFS 3894B:1

Part of

Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942

Digital ID

afcflwpa 3894b1
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcflwpa.3894b1