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About Elizabeth Lowman

I am the Oral History Coordinator at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Museum. I completed my Masters in History at the University of North Florida in 2007 and my BA in History and Political Science at the University of Tampa in 2005. I do my best to assist other Native Oral History Programs around the country and present at National conferences on the topics of native oral history, ethics, methodologies, and archives.
June 8, 2011

Canoe Building: A Journey From History to the Present

Recently, the Museum sponsored an initiative with Outreach Coordinator Pedro Zepeda aptly called “The Canoe Project.”  Pedro sat down with many community members from all of the reservations and discussed the benefits of bringing the art of canoe building back … Continue reading →

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January 13, 2011

Alligator Wrestling: The Stories of the Men Who Do It

This is Elizabeth Lowman, Oral History Coordinator, writing about oral history for you again.  In the last several years I have been here, I have collected several oral history interviews and demos about alligator wrestling.  A few excerpts of the interviews … Continue reading →

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August 9, 2010

Losing the Glades: Everglades Drainage and Restoration

The exhibition Surviving to Thriving: An Everglades Economy is opening in October at the Museum.  One of the many topics evaluated in the exhibit is the effects of Everglades drainage and restoration on the Seminole Tribe and South Florida in … Continue reading →

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January 11, 2010

Postcards and Perceptions: Community Oral History in Exhibit Development

This year the Exhibits Department revamped an old postcard exhibit, which is scheduled to open at Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki on March 6th, 2010.  The original, and new, exhibit displayed postcards of the Seminole Tribe that were sold all over the country for … Continue reading →

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October 22, 2009

The Oral History Program Hits the Road…

I left Florida bound for the Oral History Association Conference in Louisville Kentucky where I presented a paper called “Native American Oral Tradition v. Oral History: Dispelling Myths, Saving Language, Non-traditional Methods, and Unlikely Interpretations.” Continue reading →

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September 16, 2009

The Oral History Program: Preserving the History of the Seminoles in Their Own Words

My name is Elizabeth Lowman and I am the Oral History Coordinator at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. I feel that my job is one of the most essential parts of the museum. In most native cultures, history, tradition, and culture are passed down in an oral tradition. Continue reading →

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