#the Timucuas

[snailsandpuppy-dogtails]

#history stuff #living history #the Timucuas #native languages #recorded language

[linguisticdiscovery]

“When Spanish colonizers arrived in the 16th century, Timucua was the most widely spoken language in large swaths of Florida and George. Within two centuries, its speakers had all been enslaved, felled by disease or absorbed into other language groups.”

Today, two scholars are working to decipher the grammar of Timucua using bilingual colonial manuscripts.

This project is especially important because Timucua is a language isolate, meaning it’s not related to any other language we know of. So it has the potential to teach us things about language that no other language can.

Follow for all the latest news and research on language and linguistics!

#Native #NativeAmerican #linguistics #colonialism #history #language #Timucua

#Native #linguistics #colonialism #history #language #Timucua #Native American #lingblr #langblr

[queering-ecology]

This is a summary (and maybe slight critique) of LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History—chapter 09. Sexual and Gender Diversity in Native America and the Pacific Islands by Will Roscoe.

This piece is interesting as the theme study was published by the National Park Foundation and the National Park Service. (Connections can be made to the history of parks as places of constructing heteromasculinity and heteronormativity as well as their role in colonialism, but also the historic presence of queerness in rural places. )

This chapter discusses the significant diversity in gender roles, sexualities and identities among the indigenous peoples of ‘the united states’ though in my writing I would refer to the land, at least when discussing the land prior to colonialism, as Turtle Island.

Two Spirits in Native Tradition: Roles, Genders, Identities and Diversity

Roscoe chooses to begin the story from the perspective of a French colonizer whose intentions were to claim land for the French in what is now called Florida. His party is lost and tired and is saved by a Native who was probably from the Timucua people (09-2). This person gave the colonizers water and was described as, “an Indian woman of tall stature, which also was an Hermaphrodite” and later he encountered another ‘hermaphrodite’ serving as an emissary of a Timucuan king.  

“The multiplicity of gender and sexuality among native peoples was noted as early as 1540 along the Colorado River by Alarcon, in the 1770s in Hawai’I by Cook’s third expedition and in the same decade by Russian explorers in Alaska” (09-3). By being noticed, these gender diverse people had become targets for colonial violence. Such as when in 1513, “Vasco Nunez de Balboa had forty-two spirits in Panama thrown to his dogs” (09-3). I want to pause and be genuinely horrified and to feel sorrow for these people whose ‘crime’ was being different from what the colonists in their fucked-up worldview, knew.

Hermaphrodite is a term that was used by Europeans and other colonists to describe native people they encountered who appeared to be crossing or mixing genders. For the Europeans from this time, the term hermaphrodite “could indicate intersexuality, androgyny, or homosexuality” (09-4). In reality, “the sheer diversity of Native American and Pacific Island cultures makes the use of any umbrella term problematic” (09-3).

But colonists did often use other terms such as ‘sodomites’ and berdache—the latter of which became a ‘frontier’ term (used between colonists and Natives) to identify a social role among various tribes (09-4). The actual origins of the term linguistically are quite old but are not Native and was largely defined as a “younger or subordinate partner in a male homosexual relationship” (09-4).

#queer history #transphobia #erotophobia #colonialism #Timucua #two-spirits / #gender variation #social construction of gender #heteronormativity #queer theory

[ancient-healer]

#Timucua #indigenous #ndn #landback #n8v #salish #penddoreille #kalispel #kalispell #Chippewa #ojibwe #saulteaux #metis #red river metis #nez perce #interior salish #cree #inuit #apache #maya #choctaw #lumbee #sioux #dakota #lakota #blackfoot

[jgthirlwell]

FLORIDA!!! This Saturday January 13 2024, Alterity Chamber Orchestra will be performing major new chamber works written for them by JG Thirlwell in Orlando, Florida. This is a FREE CONCERT! The program will feature the new orchestral works Magnus Morbus and Exulansis. Alterity will also perform a woodwind quintet entitled Hernea, Thirlwell's first piece for that instrumentation. In addition Alterity will perform a string quartet version of the Manorexia classic Armadillo Stance. Alterity Chamber Orchestra’s instrumentation is two violins, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano and two percussionists. The show is at Delaney Street Baptist Church, 1919 Delaney Ave, Orlando, FL 32806 and is presented by the Timucua Arts Foundation. The performance is free, although you can donate if you wish. The show will also be live streamed, Video On Demand. You can reserve tickets and get the live stream HERE See you there!

#Alterity Chamber Orchestra #JG Thirlwell #Timucua Arts Foundation #foetus #xordox #archer #Manorexia #Delaney Street Baptist Church #Video On Demand

[inwhiches]

Episode 183: Timucua—

"in which I, Helen Zaltzman, remove a tissue from language’s pocket before putting it in the washing machine."

https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/timucua

#the allusionist #helen zaltzman #in whiches #timucua

[americaisthetrueoldworld]

Timucuan Indians are the Tamerikhans

Timucuan Indians are the Tamerikhans

Timucuan Indians are the copper colored or swarthy Tamerikhans (Tameri-Khans) depicted on the 1657 map of La floridas which has the Nationality of Tamerikaans listed under the plaque of La Floridas on this map.   Additionally, Timucuan are Tamerikhan are etymologically and phonetically the same word due to similar spelling and similar pronunciation. However, let’s break it down even further…

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#Abyssinia #Ancient Cush #Ancient Ethiopia #Assyria #Assyrian Empire #Ethiopia Superior #Gothic Architecture #History of Jacksonville #Iberian Peninsula #La floridas #Nineveh #Old World Florida #Picts #Prester John #Saint Augustine Florida #Saint Thomas #Tameri #The Fountain of Youth #the Garden of Eden #Timucua People #Timucuan Indians

[frnwhcom]

In the quiet churchyard of Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland, stands a living testament to the passage of time – the Fortingall Yew. Estimated to be between 3,000 to 5,000 years old, this ancient tree is not just a biological wonder but a storied guardian of history, myths, and the evolution of the landscape around…

#arson #CulturalSignificance #EnvironmentalConservation #historicalPreservation #History #Legacy #MOoverstreet #Memorial #NativeAmericanHeritage #naturalLandmark #CalvinCoolidge #Seminole #ThePhoenix #Timucua #frnwh #TheSenator #BigTreePark

[nathanfelixcomposer]

It was truly a memorable 😅 week in Orlando. I’m so proud of our team for overcoming the challenges that 🌀Ian presented. Thx 🙏🏽 to everyone who came out to @timucuaarts to see the world premiere of ‘𝘕𝘰. 5’ 💜 I can’t wait to come back!!! Last pic is off my fave 🐶 Frankie ☺️ • • • #orlando #florida #opera #timucua #composer #nathanfelix #nathanfelixcomposer #nathanfelixdirector #chanel #cocochanel #chanelno5 #floridaopera #operaorlando (at Timucua Arts Foundation) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjOl6inpmLg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#orlando #florida #opera #timucua #composer #nathanfelix #nathanfelixcomposer #nathanfelixdirector #chanel #cocochanel #chanelno5 #floridaopera #operaorlando

[palmbeachrpg]

Sobre Timucua:

Para pertenecer a Timucua debes completar una parte de la ficha que estará en HIDE y donde explicarás tu descendencia directa con uno/varios de los miembros originales o generaciones posteriores.

Una vez aceptado te llegará un MP donde se te darán algunas normas a seguir, la cuenta general de los miembros de Timucua que se van a llamar Kerîyis y, desde donde podréis ver el subforo y postear. También se os proporcionará un seudónimo.

Todo va a ser completamente anónimo y secreto, por lo tanto es muy importante que al hacer los posts con la cuenta indiquéis vuestro seudónimo.

Dos o más miembros de Timucua pueden tener temas entre ellos porque se conocen, pero se debe utilizar la cuenta de Kerîyis para postear si el tema es en relación al grupo. Si salen a tomar una copa no es necesario (?). No contarán para censo al ser anónimos pero tendrán puntos especiales.

Habra "objetivos" así llamaremos a los encargos que os dará Timucua que hagáis. Se van a subir 2 cada semana y la asignación es aleatoria, nosotros indicaremos a quienes les ha tocado llevarlos a cabo. Tendréis 10 días para completarlo, siendo siempre únicamente un master y con dólares a cambio.

Habrá objetivos grupales y minitramas, así como participación activa en algunas de las tramas globales o eventos del foro.

Actualmente el grupo tiene un objetivo principal que se va a revelar a los miembros del mismo una vez abierto el foro, pero adelantamos "en general" que todo el mundo que no sea miembro de Timucua deberá indicar en su ficha el nivel de daño que quiere recibir (para tramas del foro) y, si está dispuestos a colaborar en la trama del grupo. Por si a caso.

Staff.

#rpgespañol #fororpg #aperturarpg #info #forouniversitario #palmbeachrpg #timucua

[aimsterskitz0rz]

#AncientDunesNatureTrail #Hiking area in St. Augustine, Florida deeply shaded by ancient #liveoaks 🌳🌿🍃🍂🍁🌴🪶🌊💦☁️🌞😎 #Timucua #StAugustineFlorida (at Anastasia State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChfmtW4pJYe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ancientdunesnaturetrail #hiking #liveoaks #timucua #staugustineflorida

[magicaguajiro]

Swamp Witch Travels: Rainbow Springs

History

Rainbow Springs’ first human visitors probably came upon her waters well over 10,000 years ago in the form of paleo-indigenous groups. Moving further along, the Timucua and their neighbors used this spring, like many others for fishing, travel and funerary rites. After colonization, the area surrounding the spring was used for phosphate mining into the 1930s. This is where much of the waterfalls on the property came from, made with byproduct of the mines. From here, it became a privately owned tourist attraction offering many of the same draws as Silver Springs, like glass bottom boats, submarines and of course a dip in the ‘Healing Waters’. In 1990, the State acquired it, creating the park we have today. Its a first magnitude spring, and the fourth largest in the state. Like many springs, it was formed from a sinkhole around 14,000 years ago and freshwater bubbles up from it continuously.

Agua Dulce

Springs have always had a connection to the Indigenous peoples of the area. In the Caribbean, we find amongst the syncretic systems the concept of a group of spirits known by some as the Division of Agua Dulce, which literally translates to Sweet Water. This group of spirits is comprised of Indigenous ancestors who were from the Caribbean or transported there during colonial times. Some of the spirits are fallen heroes, past Caciques, or the Cemí and other Land spirits these ancestors have relationships with. Some of the Spirits in this division I venerate and work with are Atabey, the Supreme Creatrix and Water Mother, and Anacaono, a female Cacique from Ayiti (Haiti) who led a Taino Rebellion in the 16th Century. Within the practices of this division, we see that Springs are held as places of high spiritual importance, and are a direct connection to our ancestors, as their spirit is literally embedded in the Sweet Waters rising from the Spring. The word ‘canoe’ actually comes from the Taíno (kanoa). In espiritismo, one metaphor for the Bóveda I have heard is that it is your own personal Spring of spiritual energy and wisdom, deepening the importance of springs in my practice.

Springs in Praxis

When I visit any park, I always leave an offering by a tree upon entering. I believe in the notion of paying one to pay them all. This is usually tobacco and some coins, accompanied by a prayer. However, when I go to a River or Spring, I find it imperative to also make an offering to the Water itself. This allows me safe entry, and occasionally even some guidance and protection. Like many water spirits, shiny coins and singing make nice offerings to the Springs. Its always good practice to clean up trash and be respectful to the workers and environment. You should always ask permission and make an offering if you plan on collecting anything, as otherwise it may not lend you the virtues you are seeking. When I visit a Spring, I always fully submerge myself - baptism style - to cleanse and receive the healing and blessings of the spring. I also will collect some of the water if I need to use as an offering to certain spirits, as well as for spellwork. I empower the water to either call on the spring itself or for virtues of healing, renewal and growth. I have also heard of friends using the water for prophetic dreams and divination work, citing the connection to spiritual development in espiritismo.

Springs for Tomorrow

Many springs today are suffering various ecological problems, most of which are directly caused by humans. The best spiritual practice is to learn how to act in these sensitive environments, to prevent further degradation. I recommend the instagram @FloridaSpringsCouncil to learn more about the importance of our Springs and the issues plaguing them.

Bendiciones🕯️

#witchcraft #florida #bioregional animism #bruja #brujeria #florida witch #santeria #swamp witch #witch #traditional witchcraft #floridasprings #rainbowsprings #espiritismo #cuban #cubanfolkmagic #cuba

[meret118]

When Spanish colonizers arrived in the 16th century, Timucua was the most widely spoken language in large swaths of Florida and Georgia. Within two centuries, by the time of U.S. independence, its speakers had all been enslaved, felled by disease or absorbed into other language groups. Despite its diminishment, Timucua left a record—it was the first Native language within modern U.S. borders to be put into writing, albeit using the Roman alphabet. Rare book libraries hold Franciscan texts that display Spanish on one side and Timucua on the other. Most historians just read the Spanish side. But Dubcovsky wanted to know what the Timucua texts really said.

Since around 2000, Broadwell has been assembling the first comprehensive online Timucua dictionary, with the help of graduate students and computer programs that can search for patterns in grammar and meaning. Together, he and Dubcovsky have also made a number of startling new discoveries that challenge the usual narrative about how the Timucua language came to be written down.

#Native Americans #Indigenous people

[jgthirlwell]

Orlando!

JG Thirlwell will be presenting his Silver Mantis project in Orlando, Florida on Friday December 9 2022. The performance will take place at Timucua, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave., Orlando, FL 32806 at 7.30pm.

Silver Mantis is a 50 minute live surround-sound electro-acoustic presentation, performed with keyboards, prepared piano and theremin. It is performed with a projection created exclusively for the project by acclaimed Swedish visual artist Sten Backman.

Tickets are available here

#Orlando! #JG Thirlwell #Silver Mantis #Timucua #Sten Backman

[leelooel]

Timucua by Theodore Morris

[asecrettheoryblogfl]

First contact and Seloy

As said before, I don't think it's in FOY park, but I see why many do. I've been reading up on the first contact, and often times what pops up is the Timucua people, lead by Cacique Seloy.

Found out that the first fort was build over his main hut- totady that is Castillo de San Marcos, a couple of blocks south of FOY park, in the Spanish quarter.

Apparently, the verbiage of "first contact" concerning Seloy is something found in academia and museums. Since Byron (the author) was known to go to local museums and clearly had an interest in museums, I think this is where it came from.

#First Contact #Seloy #Castillo de San Marcos