Florida Seminoles in the Sunshine State

[Dietmar]

This one is for Diane especially :

www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/photo_exhibits/seminoles/

[Diane Merkel]

Thank you, Dietmar! ;D

[mammanem]

That's a great site. My gg grandfather owned a trading post in the Big Cypress. I will get some photos together if anyone is interested.

[mammanem]

This is my uncle, Frank Brown, posing with friend Josie Billie.

tinyurl.com/57b75f



[Modified to fix link. -- Diane]

[clw]

Great photo! Do you know what year it was taken? Love to see the others you mentioned.

[Second]

Great Photo Mammanem and welcome! Your Uncle, Frank Brown, did not mess around, he went straight to the top.
Josie Billie, son of Billie Cornpatch, is perhaps the best Medicine Maker of the Florida Seminoles/Miccosukees. Between Josie and his brother Ingraham they carried the Medicine Bundle for over 80 years. Josie passed the bundle to his brother after becoming a Baptist Minister.
His grandson Victor Billie, is an Independent living in Big Cypress. Independents do not accept government aid, nor dividends from the Tribe. Today,there are less than 50 Independents living the Old Ways.

[Second]

Great Photo Mammanem and welcome! Your Uncle, Frank Brown, did not mess around, he went straight to the top.
Josie Billie, son of Billie Cornpatch, is perhaps the best Medicine Maker of the Florida Seminoles/Miccosukees. Between Josie and his brother Ingraham they carried the Medicine Bundle for over 80 years. Josie passed the bundle to his brother after becoming a Baptist Minister.
His grandson Victor Billie, is an Independent living in Big Cypress. Independents do not accept government aid, nor dividends from the Tribe. Today,there are less than 50 Independents living the Old Ways.

[grahamew]

www.johnhorse.com/index.html

[jones]

A bit off topic, but the thing I find interesting about the Seminoles was their use of blowguns.

nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/2140
Small game and birds were often hunted with a blowgun. A hollowed piece of cane, 7 to 9 feet in length, would be used to make the blowgun. The darts were made of hardwood and would be 10 to 22 inches in length. The blowguns were accurate up to about 60 feet. No poison was used on the darts and larger animals were usually shot in the eye.

[Second]

Hello Dietmar, how are you? Its been a long time since I have been here. I recently finished my third book, titled: Seminole Trail of Tears, by Sigfried Second-Jumper. This book is my firsthand chronicles of the most significant historical event in modern Seminole history. Can you please post that information for me on this site, in particular the Seminole forum. The history of this historical event was conceived on June 1, 2021, when a members of a group called Loxahatchee Battlefield Preservationist approached me seeking help in having a better relationship with the Seminoles and getting them to attend their annual events at the Loxahatchee Battlefield Park in Jupiter, Florida. That meeting let to another topic, which was their long-term wish of having the Oklahoma Seminoles return to Florida to reunite with their kin, the Florida Seminoles and the Miccosukees after 184 years of separation. After getting personally involved, the miracle they were hoping for 28 years came to realization on April 3 of 2022, which led to the writing of this book.
Thank you very much,
Siggy Jumper

[Second]

I would further like to add, that there is a lot of oral history in this book coming from members of the Oklahoma Seminole delegation that came to Florida during this five-day event.

[Second]

Hello everyone! For those interested in Seminole culture, I have written a book on the most significant event in their modern history. It took place on April 2022, when the Oklahoma Seminoles came to Florida for the first time to tell their side of their story in their own voices. The chronicles of the 5-day event which I was part of, started on April 1 at the Jupiter Civic Center. On April 2, the Oklahoma and Florida Seminoles, and myself, had our day at the Jupiter Community Center to tell our stories. The Seminoles told theirs in their own voices, after 184 years since they were separated, and I had the privilege to tell the audience how it all happened. On April 3, representatives from the Oklahoma Seminole Nation, The Florida Seminole Tribe, The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, and myself, gathered at the Loxahatchee Battlefield Grounds in Jupiter, Florida and joined as one to retrace the footprints of those Seminoles who fought and died there, and those who were removed from there in shackles and chains to Fort Jupiter in 1838, and later relocated to Oklahoma. The powerful and emotional 5-day event is revealed with consent from all participants in my book titled: Seminole Trail of Tears, by Sigfried Second-Jumper. It was published on Feb 23, 2023. It continues to be an honor and a privilege to document and preserve the stories of my family, the Chiricahua Apaches, along with those of my friends, The Seminoles.

[wanbliceya]

Hello Dietmar and Diane, Sigried Second-Jumper's third book , 'Seminole Trail Of Tears' is now for sale. Could you please post it to the forum? Thank you.