Audio files
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Audio files
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Audio conversations from the past
Collection Items
Link to First Nancy Billie interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History
One audio cassette recording. The interview was recorded at the Brighton Reservation in Okeechobee, Florida. Billie discusses education in the reservation. Also discusses the Mikasuki language. The recording was conducted in part for use in an…
Link to Interview with Polly Billie
Two audio cassette recordings. Index to interview recording located in S 1595, Box 1. Interview with Seminole Polly Billie, daughter of Nancy Billie, and granddaughter of Lottie Shore. The interview was recorded at the Hollywood Reservation in…
Link to Second Nancy Billie interview for the Seminole Exhibit at the Museum of Florida History
One audio cassette recording. Billie discusses Seminole culture, family relations and responsibilities, foodways, and clothing. The recording was conducted in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
Link to Betty Mae Jumper workshop at Summer Seminar
Four reel-to-reel recordings. Folklorist Andrea Graham serves as emcee. Jumper speaks about Seminole storytelling, in the process discussing myths; archetypes; her personal history; Seminole beliefs, history, and culture; and examples of Seminole…
Link to James Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project
Four reel-to-reel audio recordings. Interview begins on the second half of T81-87, continues on T81-85, T81-86 and concludes on T81-88. Seminole chairman Billie discusses what the Seminole Tribe is attempting to do with their museum; which aspects of…
Link to Lena Osceola & Ethel Santiago interview for the Seminole Video Project
Eight reel to reels. (Copied onto audio cassettes C84-108 through C84-111 in S 1576). A long interview with Ethel Santiago, with Lena Osceola contributing at the start. They discuss the clan system, marriage, (T84-111) the Green Corn Dance, dugout…
Link to Recording of Agnes Cypress and Susie Billie identifying medicinal herbs
Two audio cassettes. Recording of Billie and Cypress identifying medicinal herbs and discussing their uses. For images of the identifications, see S 1577, v. 31. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The…
Link to Interview with Agnes Cypress
Two reel to reels. Agnes was the daughter of Seminole Susie Billie, a medicine woman. She discusses medicine; medical treatment on reservations; learning traditional medicine; Green Corn Dance; role of women in medicine; dreams; burial practices;…
Link to Interview with Carol Cypress
Three reel to reels (also copied onto C84-112/114). Cypress talks about Seminole culture. She discusses the role of television; Mikasuki language; the effect of drainage canals on leisure activities; air conditioning; healers; marriages; parental…