EVENT: Earth Day the Native Way 2025!

Join us for our Annual free "Earth Day the Native Way" event at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum!

Thursday April 17, 2025, 10a-4pm and Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum

It’s Earth Day the Native way! Join the Seminole Tribe of Florida's Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, as we showcase live Indigenous cultural performances, fun Earth friendly activities, and educational workshops. In addition, stroll the festival grounds, shop with Seminole Arts & Craft Vendors, and grab a bite from our Tribal food vendors.

Tentative Schedule and Partners Below:

Tree Amigos Growers

Tree Amigos Growers inspires communities in our bio region to strengthen their relationship with land. We empower you to reimagine land access for creating growing spaces that heal our current food system and secure independent production of organic food. Event attendees can join us at our booth to learn more about how healthy soils grow healthy plants. They will also get a chance to put what they learn into action by helping us transplant fruit trees that will be offered as gifts to Seminole Tribal members! [Attending Both Locations]
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Mounts Botanical Gardens

At the Mounts Botanical Gardens interactive booth, experiment with handheld digital microscopes that allow you to explore the properties of soil, the parts of flowers, preserved bugs, and everyday objects.
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Cosmic Gardens

Thank you Cosmic Gardens for your kind lettuce plant donation.

Environmental Resources Management Department

Rock painting and educational resources under the main tent.
[Attending Both Locations]

Drone obstacle course at the ERMD demonstration tent.
[Drones at ATTK Location only]

NASA

Under the main tent, educational resources and programs for students with coloring pages for the younger guests. Inside the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Theater learn more about Earth with dazzling imagery, from NASA, in the “Understanding Our Home” presentation at scheduled times.
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Florida Trail Association

Under the main tent, the Florida Trail Association will offer educational resources with different hiking trails within Florida, including coloring pages for our younger guests.
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The NSU Marine Environmental Education Center

Ancient Explorations—Discover the “big picture” behind tiny sand by exploring unique samples from around the world. Utilize a variety of scientific instruments (like magnifying glasses and microscopes). The NSU Marine Environment Education Center will assist you learning what sand is and how it impacts everything from humans to migratory sea turtles. (at Seminole Okalee Indian Village only)
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Bonus! For those looking to tour the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum during the event on April 17, enjoy this special day of free admission. This is limited to self-guided tours. Guided tours will not be available on this day.

According to earthday.org, Earth Day aims to “build the world's largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and the planet.” The movement's mission is “to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.”

**Call the museum for more information (863) 902-1113 ask for Liz!

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Historic photo of Josie Billie in the garden at Okalee Indian Village in Hollywood, Florida.

LAST YEARS - Earth Day Schedule - April 18, 2024

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, Big Cypress

Main Stage Schedule Workshops Schedule
Time Topic Time Topic Location
10:00 AM Announcements by Gordon Wareham 10:00 AM Nature Tour Boardwalk
10:15 AM Polynesian Performance 10:30 AM Gardening Workshop Tree Amigo Tent
11:00 AM Rez Jamz 11:00 AM Music Workshop Workshop Tent
12:00 PM Aztec Dance Performance 11:30 AM NASA-"Understanding Our Home" Theater
1:00 PM Polynesian Performance 12:00 PM Nature Tour Boardwalk
2:00 PM Aztec Dance Performance 12:30 PM Gardening Workshop Tree Amigo Tent
3:00 PM Earthscapes 1:00 PM Music Workshop Workshop Tent
4:00 PM Closing Announments, Clean-up Starts 1:30 PM NASA-"Understanding Our Home" Theater
5:00 PM Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Closes 2:00 PM Nature Tour Boardwalk
2:30 PM Gardening Workshop Tree Amigo Tent
3:00 PM Music Workshop Workshop Tent
3:30 PM NASA-"Understanding Our Home" Theater
4:00 PM Event Ends Museum
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About the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum

The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum opened in 1997 and is owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Situated in the Everglades on a 66-acre cypress dome on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, the museum offers more than 5,000 square feet of gallery space. Exhibits feature rare artifacts and lifelike dioramas that depict Seminole life at the turn of the century. In 2009, the Museum became the first tribally governed museum to be accredited by the American Association of Museums. For more information, visit www.ahtahthiki.com and follow the museum on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is located at 34725 W. Boundary Road, Clewiston, Florida. [Directions]

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