The Indians of North Florida

The Annual Indian Communnity Conference

The Blountstown Indian Community Conference was started in 1996 to provide for a forum for addressing issues of concern to the panhandle Indian communities.This annual conference is held at the WT Neal Civic Center in Blountstown Florida.

Blountstown Indian Community leaders from left Billy Bryant, S. Pony Hill, and Chris Sewell, 2006 BICC

below: Chief Andrew Ramsey of the Ekvn Hvtke Ceremonial Grounds at the 2006 BICC in Blountstown

below: Chris Sewell with Muscogee Nation of Florida Tribal Chairwoman Ann Denson Tucker 2008 BICC

below: naming ceremony for three of Elaine Hills granddaughters at the 2008 BICC

below: the greatgranddaughter of Scotts ferry leader Joe Scott with her family at the 2008 BICC

above: tribal leaders at the 2008 BICC;left to right Elaine and Jewell Dean Hill, Mekko Andrew Ramsey and Medicine Maker Dan Penton of Ekvn Hvtke Ceremonial Grounds, Sallie Kever tribal councilperson,on the end is Scott McNutt 

 

above: Stompdance Girls getting ready for the post-conference stomp dance 

below: Eddie Joe Syfrett, S. Pony Hill, Marcus Briggs-Cloud, and Elaine Hill Fowler at the 2009 BICC

above:an indoor stomp dance  

below: the 1996 Blountstown Indian Community Conference