“I believe our ancestors are urging us… to present a story that never really was presented before…It seems as though they might be restful after the story is really brought out.”

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 John Griffin (jahn grif-fin)

re-enactor

IMAGE SOURCE: Bonnie Gearhart. “Dade Battlefied Reenactment. Dade Battlefield Historic State Park.” TripAdvisor. 2008. | TEXT SOURCE: “Looking for Angola.” Herald-Tribune Media Newspaper-in-Education. 2008.

IMAGE SOURCE: Bonnie Gearhart. “Dade Battlefied Reenactment. Dade Battlefield Historic State Park.” TripAdvisor. 2008. | TEXT SOURCE: “Looking for Angola.” Herald-Tribune Media Newspaper-in-Education. 2008.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “People out of the past are guiding all of us together for a common cause, a spiritual hand leading us…I believe Florida’s history is incomplete because all the different segments of the history of its people have not been told.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What do your ancestors urge you to do?

IMAGE CONTEXT: John Griffin in Black Seminole Warrior dress for a reenactment of the "Dade Massacre,” an 1835 defeat for the United States Army that started the Second Seminole War, which lasted until 1842.

IMAGE QUESTION: How do you dress to remember your ancestors’ victories?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a teacher’s guide. The photo is from a social media site.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What media channels help to shine a light on the histories of your People?

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