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“The next level of Maroon-age is not only do you win, but you get your adversaries to put it in writing through a treaty that you have won your freedom.”

“The next level of Maroon-age is not only do you win, but you get your adversaries to put it in writing through a treaty that you have won your freedom.”

Phil Fixico (fill fix-eh-koh), Founder Semiroon Historical Society

Proven Sustainable, Black Seminoles, Black Seminoles - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 31, 2021Black Seminoles

“The old people…would cook a little something and make sure that the neighbor or one of their cousins or somebody had some too.”

“The old people…would cook a little something and make sure that the neighbor or one of their cousins or somebody had some too.”

William Warrior (will-yum war-ree-yore), President Seminole Negro Indian Scouts

Proven Sustainable, Black Seminoles, Black Seminoles - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 31, 2021Black Seminoles

“All the women they would get together and take out the crops… We go from one field to another until we get it done.”

“All the women they would get together and take out the crops… We go from one field to another until we get it done.”

Alice Fay Lozano (ah-liss fay loh-zah-no), storyteller

Proven Sustainable, Black Seminoles, Black Seminoles - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 31, 2021Black Seminoles

“For more than 200 years we kept our double African and Indian heritage alive. Our language and our way of life, our songs and dancing… all remind us of our distinctive roots.”

“For more than 200 years we kept our double African and Indian heritage alive. Our language and our way of life, our songs and dancing… all remind us of our distinctive roots.”

Charles Emily Wilson (char-ells eh-mih-lee will-sun), leader Seminole Scout Association

Proven Sustainable, Black Seminoles, Black Seminoles - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 31, 2021Black Seminoles

“This is a creole culture and what it takes is a great ability to adapt and a willingness to do so, and still hold on.”

“This is a creole culture and what it takes is a great ability to adapt and a willingness to do so, and still hold on.”

Natalie Daise (nah-tah-lee dayz), story-teller, artist

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PRBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“If you can’t hold onto the land, you can’t hold onto the culture.”

“If you can’t hold onto the land, you can’t hold onto the culture.”

Jabari Moketsi (jah-bahr-ee moh-ket-see), publisher Gullah Sentinel newspaper

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PRBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“Mine is a living culture, not one of some 200 years ago. It's a culture that continues to shape our surroundings.”

“Mine is a living culture, not one of some 200 years ago. It's a culture that continues to shape our surroundings.”

Ron Daise (ron dayz), singer, culture preservationist

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PRBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“We must tell our stories and govern our own community as our foreparents did. We know that 'empty sak cyan stan upright lone.’”

“We must tell our stories and govern our own community as our foreparents did. We know that 'empty sak cyan stan upright lone.’”

Marquetta L. Goodwine (Queen Quet) (mahr-ket-tah el good-wine kween kwet), preservationist

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PRBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“The Gullah…had existed without the need for cash. Everything the Gullah people needed was done by them, among them, and you might say in coordination with the entire community.”

“The Gullah…had existed without the need for cash. Everything the Gullah people needed was done by them, among them, and you might say in coordination with the entire community.”

Emory Campbell (em-more-ee kam-bull), micro-biologist, activist

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“With Gullah Geechee people we created and preserved our language under the threat of death for being literate.”

“With Gullah Geechee people we created and preserved our language under the threat of death for being literate.”

Sunn m'Cheaux (sun mih-show), Gullah language teacher

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“Let us remember we descend from folks who…manifested freedom when everything else said otherwise.”

“Let us remember we descend from folks who…manifested freedom when everything else said otherwise.”

Sara Makeba Daise (sah-rah mah-kee-bah dayz), Cultural History Interpreter

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“We are one, bound by the spirit of an island and Bilali the slave. Bound by high tide, fields, gossip, smoke mullet and our faith.”

“We are one, bound by the spirit of an island and Bilali the slave. Bound by high tide, fields, gossip, smoke mullet and our faith.”

Cornelia Bailey (kor-nee-lee-yah bay-lee), story-keeper, historian

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“If you chop that branch, it’s filled with water that the Maroons would drink…This is why, when we cut a tree, we plant another one to replace it.”

“If you chop that branch, it’s filled with water that the Maroons would drink…This is why, when we cut a tree, we plant another one to replace it.”

Lloyd Wilks (loyd wilks), Jamaica's consul general at Toronto

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Jamaican Maroons, Jamaican Maroons - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 18, 2021Jamaican Maroons

“We make drums the same way our ancestors did 200-300 years ago. We play the same rhythms, the same songs that record the history of our ancestors.”

“We make drums the same way our ancestors did 200-300 years ago. We play the same rhythms, the same songs that record the history of our ancestors.”

Wallace Sterling (wahl-lass stir-ling), Colonel Maroon Council

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Jamaican Maroons, Jamaican Maroons - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 18, 2021Jamaican Maroons

“Fight in the morning, fight in the day and fight in the night. There ain’t no giving in. In true maroon determination, doggedness and defiance, we will win.”

“Fight in the morning, fight in the day and fight in the night. There ain’t no giving in. In true maroon determination, doggedness and defiance, we will win.”

Nichole McIntosh (neh-kole mak-in-tosh), nurse, poet, blogger

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Jamaican Maroons, Jamaican Maroons - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 18, 2021Jamaican Maroons

“Africans who refused to be enslaved said, "Oh no. We insist to have the right to practice our African centered way of life as we see fit and we do not need a slave master over us.”

“Africans who refused to be enslaved said, "Oh no. We insist to have the right to practice our African centered way of life as we see fit and we do not need a slave master over us.”

Nana Farika Berhane (fah-rick-ah beh-hahn), author and poet

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Jamaican Maroons, Jamaican Maroons - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 18, 2021Jamaican Maroons

“Vodou practitioners have the responsibility to look after the well-being of the population. They have received the powers and the knowledge to put (well-being) in practice.”

“Vodou practitioners have the responsibility to look after the well-being of the population. They have received the powers and the knowledge to put (well-being) in practice.”

Ati Carl Henri Desmornes (kahl on-ree day-mahn), Supreme chief

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Vodouists, Vodouists - PSBlog Post AuthorFebruary 22, 2021Vodouists

“Do not forget Vodou is our culture and our religion at the same time. Don't forget we are descendants of Africans. We're born in Vodou.”

“Do not forget Vodou is our culture and our religion at the same time. Don't forget we are descendants of Africans. We're born in Vodou.”

Ongan Michelet Alisma (meesh-lay al-smah), priest

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Vodouists, Vodouists - PSBlog Post AuthorFebruary 22, 2021Vodouists

“Gede (ancestral spirits) and all the others are always present anytime they are called upon. We feel as if they are with us always and they hear us whenever we call on them.”

“Gede (ancestral spirits) and all the others are always present anytime they are called upon. We feel as if they are with us always and they hear us whenever we call on them.”

Manbo Amelia Ingrid Llera (ah-mee-lee-yah een-grid yeh-rah), priestess

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Vodouists, Vodouists - PSBlog Post AuthorFebruary 21, 2021Vodouists

“Vodou comes from the enslaved people of Africa… They walked all over the world and came here to our land. This is the way we came to have the vodou spirit within us.”

“Vodou comes from the enslaved people of Africa… They walked all over the world and came here to our land. This is the way we came to have the vodou spirit within us.”

Manbo Katy (mahn-bow kay-tee), healer & priestess

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Vodouists, Vodouists - PSBlog Post AuthorFebruary 21, 2021Vodouists