TY - BOOK ID - 77893820 TI - The enduring Seminoles : from alligator wrestling to ecotourism PY - 1998 SN - 0813018641 9780813018645 0813016339 PB - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, DB - UniCat KW - Mikasuki Indians KW - Seminole Indians KW - Tourism KW - Gender & Ethnic Studies KW - Social Sciences KW - Ethnic & Race Studies KW - Holiday industry KW - Operators, Tour (Industry) KW - Tour operators (Industry) KW - Tourism industry KW - Tourism operators (Industry) KW - Tourist industry KW - Tourist trade KW - Tourist traffic KW - Travel industry KW - Visitor industry KW - Service industries KW - National tourism organizations KW - Travel KW - Seminoles KW - Five Civilized Tribes KW - Indians of North America KW - Muskogean Indians KW - Miccosukee Indians KW - Economic conditions. KW - Ethnic identity. KW - Economic conditions KW - Ethnic identity KW - Economic aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77893820 AB - Early in this century, the Native Americans known as the Florida Seminoles struggled to survive in an environment altered by the drainage of the Everglades and a dwindling demand for hides. Patsy West describes how they turned to tourism and discovered another marketable commodity - their own culture. Though their exhibition economy originally was condemned by the government, it provided income for families as well as a lasting cultural identity for the people. Today, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida promote their tourist activities to world-wide markets as "cultural heritage and ecotourism." Illustrated with thirty evocative photographs, West's book supplies an original and colorful social and economic history of an unconquered people. Often told in the words of the many Seminoles whom West interviewed, this book is the only one available on the topic of the cultural tourism activities of an Indian tribe. ER -