Seminole Josie Billie with family and dog

Title

• Seminole Josie Billie with family and dog

Image Number

• SM3065

Year

• 1921

Date Note

• Photographed in the Big Cypress Swamp, Florida, near Deep Lake. April 1921.

Series Title

• General: JK Small collection

Biography Note

• Born on December 12, 1887, Josie Billie was the son of the first Indian to receive a formal education in Florida. A Seminole medicine man and long-time public spokesman for the Florida Seminoles, Billie was also a Baptist minister. He was a frequent participant in the Florida Folk Festival and lived on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation in Hendry County until his death in 1980.

Source

• George Small; gift.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Small, John Kunkel, 1869-1938.

Physical Description

• 1 nitrate photonegative - b&w - 7 x 5 in.

Subject Term

• Seminole Indians--Florida--Big Cypress Swamp
• Indians of North America--Florida--Big Cypress Swamp
• Dogs
• Mikasuki Indians--Florida--Big Cypress Swamp
• Family--Florida--Big Cypress Swamp
• Shamans

Geographic Term

• Deep Lake (Collier County, Fla.)
• Big Cypress Swamp (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Billie, Josie, 1887-1980.

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