197 items found
Keywords: "Susie Billie" (All words)
Folklife People:  Susie Billie

Folklife People: Susie Billie

Date
Description
Susie Billie was a healer and medicine woman of the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation. Billie received most of her training in folk medicine from her grandfather and uncle, who were medicine men of the tribe. Her knowledge included herb gathering and identification, natural cures, physical and spiritual healing, and the use of medicine songs. Billie received a Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1985. She participated twice as a master artist in the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Program, passing her knowledge on to her daughter Agnes Cypress and to Mary Johns
Collection
Folklife Subject: Seminoles

Folklife Subject: Seminoles

Date
Description
The Florida Seminoles migrated into northern and central Florida beginning in the early 1700s. The word "Seminole" formed from a combination of the words cimarron and simanoli. The Spanish term cimarron means "runaway" or "renegade." The Muscogee term simanoli means "those that camp at a distance." Following a series of wars against the United States in the 19th century, only about 200 Seminoles remained in Florida. The tribe obtained federal recognition in the 1950s and 60s, and has long been active in Florida politics, business, and culture. Seminole traditions that have been passed down into our own era include crafts like palmetto basket-weaving and doll-making, patchwork textiles and beadwork.
Collection
Group portrait of Billie family members.

Group portrait of Billie family members.

Date
1900 (circa)
Collection
Herbs gathered by Susie Billie and Agnes Cypress

Herbs gathered by Susie Billie and Agnes Cypress

Date
1985-04
Description
Twenty-two color slides. Cypress was an apprentice to Billie in order to learn Seminole herbal healing. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
flp_billie_susieFolklife People: Susie BillieInteractive ResourceSeminoles/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/folklife_people.png
fls_seminolesFolklife Subject: SeminolesInteractive ResourceSeminole Tribe of Florida, Native Americans, Creek, Black Seminoles, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Miccosukee Tiribe of Indians of Florida, Mikasuki, Yuchi, Yamasee, Muscogee/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/folklife_subjects.png
FA4376Frog Smith being presented with a 1985 Folk Heritage Award at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, FloridaFestivals, Events and Conferences
Belief and custom
Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Speeches, addresses, etc
Certificates
Awards
Award presentations
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
/fpc/folklife/fa4376.gif
DGM0947Group portrait of Billie family members.Personal adornment
Ethnicity, Native American
Ethnicity, Seminole
Native Americans
Ethnic costume
Seminole Indians--Clothing
Clothing and dress
Muskogean Indians--Portraits
Seminole Indians--Portraits
Seminole girls--Portraits
Portraits, Group
Seminole women--Portraits
/fpc/dgmarks/DGM0947.gif
Herbs gathered by Susie Billie and Agnes CypressHerbs gathered by Susie Billie and Agnes CypressStill ImageHealer
Herbalists
Fieldwork
Herbs
Flora
Plants
Healers
Medicine
Natural medicine
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Indian reservations
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
DGM0967Homes in the Susie Billie village in Lee County.Chickees
Architecture, Native American
Indian dwellings
Villages--Florida--Lee County
Muskogean Indians--Florida--Lee County--Dwellings
Seminole Indians--Florida--Lee County--Dwellings
Thatched roofs
Thatched buildings
/fpc/dgmarks/DGM0967.gif
FA3398Hymn liner Troy Demps singing - Orlando, Florida.Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Musical traditions, Sacred
African Americans--Music
Singing--Religious aspects
African American singers--Florida--Orange County--Orlando
African American men--Florida--Orange County--Orlando
Singing
Sacred music
/fpc/folklife/fa3398.gif
FA3391Hymn liner Troy Demps singing - Orlando, Florida.Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Musical traditions, Sacred
African Americans--Music
Singing--Religious aspects
African American singers--Florida--Orange County--Orlando
African American men--Florida--Orange County--Orlando
Singing
Sacred music
/fpc/folklife/fa3391.gif
FA3392Hymn liner Troy Demps singing - Orlando, Florida.Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Musical traditions, Sacred
African Americans--Music
Singing--Religious aspects
African American singers--Florida--Orange County--Orlando
African American men--Florida--Orange County--Orlando
Singing
Sacred music
/fpc/folklife/fa3392.gif
FA3395Hymn liner Troy Demps, left, and his apprentice Brian Wright - Orlando, Florida.Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Musical traditions, Sacred
African American singers--Florida--Orange County--Orlando
African American men--Florida--Orange County--Orlando
Apprentices
Mentoring in the arts
Portraits
/fpc/folklife/fa3395.gif