@catsrule0000 Complete ignorance, make no mention of that land being sacred to those that have been marginalized since ships came to shore.
Alligator Alley, Big Cypress, It's beautiful.
Leave it alone or celebrate it.
#NativeAmerican leaders blast construction of #Florida’s ‘#AlligatorAlcatraz’ on land they call sacred
By KATE PAYNE
Updated 5:57 PM EDT, June 26, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — "Florida Republican Gov. #RonDeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over the opposition of Native American leaders who consider the area their sacred #AncestralHomelands.
"A string of portable generators and dump trucks loaded with fill dirt streamed into the site on Thursday, according to #activist Jessica Namath, who witnessed the activity. The state is plowing ahead with building a compound of heavy-duty tents, trailers and other temporary buildings at the Miami Dade County-owned airfield located in the #BigCypressNationalPreserve, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of downtown Miami.
"A spokesperson for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which is helping lead the project, did not respond to requests for comment.
"State officials have characterized the site as an ideal place to hold #migrants saying there’s 'not much' there other than pythons and alligators.
"#Indigenous leaders dispute that and are condemning the state’s plans to build what’s been dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz' on their homelands. #NativeAmericans can trace their roots to the area back thousands of years.
"For generations, the sweeping wetlands of what is now South Florida have been home to Native peoples who today make up the #MiccosukeeTribe of Indians of Florida and the #SeminoleTribe of Florida, as well as the #SeminoleNation of Oklahoma.
" 'Rather than Miccosukee homelands being an uninhabited wasteland for alligators and pythons, as some have suggested, the Big Cypress is the Tribe’s traditional homelands. The landscape has protected the #Miccosukee and Seminole people for generations,' Miccosukee Chairman Talbert Cypress wrote in a statement on social media.
"There are 15 remaining traditional Miccosukee and #Seminole villages in Big Cypress, as well as ceremonial and burial grounds and other gathering sites, Cypress testified before Congress in 2024.
" 'We live here. Our ancestors fought and died here. They are buried here,' he said.
The Big Cypress is part of us, and we are a part of it.'
"Garrett Stuart, who lives about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from the site, described the crystal clear waters, open prairies and lush tree islands of Big Cypress as teeming with life.
" 'Hearing the arguments of the frogs in the water, you know? And listen to the grunt of the alligator. You’re hearing the call of that osprey flying by and listening to the crows chatting,' he said. 'It’s all just incredible.'
"Critics have condemned the #detention facility and what they call the state’s apparent reliance on alligators as a security measure as a cruel spectacle, while DeSantis and other state officials have defended it as part of Florida’s muscular efforts to carry out President Donald Trump’s #ImmigrationCrackdown.
#ImmigrationRaids #ICEKidnapping #ProtectTheGlades #NoAlligatorAlcatraz
#ICEDetentionCenter #ProtectTheSacred #BigCypressNationalPreserve
#StopAlligatorAlcatraz
#ICEACAB #StopDetentionCentersEverywhere
The evil that lives in DHS/ICE. Voluntarily and with great glee. How sick.
#Miccosukee #Semvnole #Seminole #Native #Indigenous #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Felon47 #PuppyKiller #Fascist #Nazis
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#Miccosukee #Semvnole #Seminole #Native #Indigenous
>>>-----> https://turtleisland.social/@Yehuda/114687503748344713
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM CHIEF LEWIS J. JOHNSON AND RESPONSE TO "ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ" - an Immigration Detention Center being built on ancestral homelands.
I wanted to express my unwavering support for Chairman Talbert Cypress and the vital work being done to protect the sacred lands cherished by the Miccosukee and Florida Seminole Peoples.
#Miccosukee #Semvnole #Seminole #Native #Indigenous #Immigration #ICE #Felon47 #PuppyKiller #Fascist #Nazis
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Host Pam Giganti sits down with Miccosukee Business Council Secretary William ‘Popeye’ Osceola, and Miccosukee Business Council Chairman Talbert Cypress, to hear about the Tribe’s history, culture and traditional art, the Tribe’s duty to preserve their native land in the Everglades, and the work being done to pass these traditions on to the next generation of Miccosukee, while educating the broader community.
#Miccosukee #Semvnole #Mvskoke #Native #Indigenous
https://youtu.be/oyP5qGv3zrk
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The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is a federally recognized Native American tribe with a rich history in the Everglades region. They are one of three federally recognized Seminole entities in Florida, alongside the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Historically, they were part of the Creek Nation (Mvskoke) and migrated to Florida before becoming a distinct tribe.
#Miccosukee #Semvnole #Mvskoke #Native #Indigenous
#Composting program to provide #Everglades with soil for #CommunityGarden
by Martin Vassolo, March 12, 2025
"Your food scraps could be used to help support the Everglades through a new partnership between the village of #PinecrestFL and the #MiccosukeeTribe.
"Instead of dumping #FoodWaste into crowded #landfills, which produce #methane emissions, the #EvergladesEarthCycleProject will expand Pinecrest's residential composting program and deliver nutrient-rich soil to the #Miccosukee Tribe.
"Driving the news: The project, funded with a $400,000 federal grant and other contributions, calls for installing four new #CompostingBins in Pinecrest and three around #MiamiDade County District 7.
"The initial phase of the program will supply compost to the #SwampyMeadows #CommunityGarden, which grows vegetables just outside the Miccosukee Indian School.
"Another proposal that's been floated is adding new soil to the Everglades' tree islands, though that would need tribal approval, says the Rev. Houston R. Cypress of the #LoveTheEverglades Movement, a partner in the program.
"Cypress told reporters on an airboat ride through the Everglades last week that the tribe teaches 'the essence of being in harmony with nature is giving back to it.'
"'With the Everglades Earth Cycle Project, we're giving back clean and healthy soil; we're giving products that might eventually improve the water quality out here, but we're also giving directly back to local indigenous communities here,' he said.
"Pinecrest already has two free public composting bins, one at the Pinecrest Public Library and another between the Community Center and Pinecrest Gardens."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/composting-program-to-provide-everglades-with-soil-for-community-garden/ar-AA1AKQrp
#Composting #CommunityGardening #FoodSecurity #ReducingFoodWaste #SolarPunkSunday