Before the Pioneers: Connecting Ancient and Contemporary South Florida

Virtual Lecture | This class is completed

FIU Biscayne Bay Campus 3000 NE 151st Street, ACI-224 North Miami, FL 33181-3000 United States

Virtual

Anyone

10/6/2022 (one day)

12:30 PM-2:00 PM EDT on Th

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The 4,000-year human history of the North Bank of the Miami River illustrates how and why ancient and early-modern peoples profoundly shaped the development of Florida long before Henry Flagler, Julia Tuttle and other so-called Miami pioneers. Explore the stories of Tequesta and Seminole Indians, Spanish missionaries, African slaves and white slaveholders, Bahamian wreckers, outlaws, runaways, and American soldiers.

  • Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
     
    Delivered virtually via Zoom.


Andrew Frank is a specialist in the history of the Seminoles and other Indians of Florida.  He is an award-winning author and editor of many books and articles.  His books include Before the Pioneers:  Indians, Settlers, Slaves, and the Founding of Miami (2017) and The Seminole (The History and Culture of native Americans) (2010).