Seminole Okalee Indian Village

Seminole Indians' history and culture are explored here. The site features an authentic village with Seminoles demonstrating their world famous arts and crafts.

Wildlife shows, alligator presentations, and animal feedings are conducted on the weekends.

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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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Tree Tops Park, Pine Island Ridge

This park provides access to Pine Island Ridge, a core area of Seminole settlement beginning in the 1830s.

The visitor center features exhibits on the life of Abiaka (Sam Jones) and the Battle of Pine Island Ridge, and a bronze ...

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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Museum of the Islands

Museum exhibits present the history of the Ten Thousand Islands along the southwest coast of Florida.

A mural and period artifacts provide an interpretation of the powerful Calusa culture that inhabited the islands 2,000 years ago. An extensive shell collection ...

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 ...

Olde Marco Museum

The Calusa culture, dominant in the area from 2,000 to 500 years ago, is the premier exhibit at this museum.

Some of the most important finds in North American pre-European archaeology are depicted in photographs, including finds from the Key ...