Native Americans in Florida

Dan Shaver, chief counsel of Kennedy Space Center in Florida, introduces Daniel Murphree, Ph.d., associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida, to NASA Kennedy Space Center employees in Kennedy’s Training Auditorium on June 11, 2019. Murphree presented information on the impact Florida natives have had on, and how they were affected by, Atlantic World events from 1492 to the present. The presentation, open for all employees to attend, was brought to Kennedy by the Native American Heritage Initiative (NAHI) Employee Resource Group. One of eight resource groups at Kennedy, NAHI aims to bring employees together, provide networking opportunities and inform the Kennedy workforce about Native American heritage.