Segment of Interview with Seminole Educator Joel Frank, March 1984

Segment of Interview with Seminole Educator Joel Frank, March 1984

This is a portion of an interview with Seminole educator Joel Frank, who helped manage many of the new cultural education programs that were established for Seminole children in the 1980s. In the tape, he recounts the Seminole Indians’ experience with various governmental programs, including termination. He postulates that the U.S. government’s attempt to revoke federal supervision of the Seminole Tribe influenced tribal elders’ adoption of educational programs and other BIA initiatives, which they thought would better equip the next generation to meet future social and political challenges.

Interviewee: Joel Frank, Seminole Educator

Interviewer: Merri Belland, Field Worker for the Florida Folklife Program

Audio: Record Number T84-126, Series: S1576, Seminole Video Project, Florida Folklife Program, State Archive of Florida, Florida Memory

Photograph: Image Number JJS0587, Steinmetz Collection, State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory

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March 29, 1984

Audio Recording, Reel to Reel