Crane Point Nature Center Museums, and Historic Site

Exhibits about Native Americans in the Florida Keys include a 600-year-old dugout canoe.

Information provided by the Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of the Florida Department of State.

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Loxahatchee River Historical Museum

The permanent exhibit, Five Thousand Years on the Loxahatchee, includes displays about pre-Spanish contact periods dating from 5,000 to 500 years ago.

Also on display are Seminole artifacts and a replica of a Seminole village.

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Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum at Okalee

This branch of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, located on the Seminole Hollywood Reservation, is accessible through the Hard Rock entertainment complex.

It includes an exhibit on Florida habitats and features Seminole paintings, colorful patchwork displays, and vintage photos.

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Tarpon Bay Explorers at Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Tarpon Bay Explorers present Sanibel's ancient history through naturalist guided and self-guided kayak tours on Commodore Creek, a trail used by the ancient Calusas. The Shell Mound Trail has views of a 2,000-year-old shell mound covered with subtropical vegetation.

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Around the Bend Nature Tours

Florida Native American Heritage Trail

Around the Bend Nature Tours offers group tours and educational field trips to discover the rich natural and cultural heritage of Florida's southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Hands-on programs with replica tools and storytelling are available for ...

Portavant Temple Mound at Emerson Point Park

The Portavant Temple Mound is the largest Native American mound in the Tampa Bay Area and overlooks the Manatee River.

Emerson Point Park has witnessed extensive human use for over 4,500 years with the most striking evidence being the 1,200-year-old ...

Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site

This ancient Native American site was the first in Florida to be designated a State Archaeological Site. Karl and Madira Bickel donated the mound and surrounding property to the state in 1948. The flat-topped ceremonial mound-composed of sand, shell, and ...

Big Cypress National Preserve Oasis Visitor Center

The Big Cypress Swamp became a refuge for Seminole and Miccosukee people remaining in Florida at the end of the third Seminole War in 1858.

Today, a large portion of the swamp is within the boundaries of the Big Cypress ...

Fort Center, Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area

Used as a location for a small fort during the Second and Third Seminole War, archaeological remains at Fort Center consist of mounds, ponds, circular ditches, and linear embankments built about 2,000 years ago.

At the site, bundles of human ...

Billie Swamp Safari, Big Cypress Reservation

Billie Swamp Safari offers firsthand experience of the wildlife and environment of the everglades.

Overnight guests sleep in a native-style chickee hut. There are also day and evening swamp tours, and campfire stories about the history and legends of the ...