Seminole Voices: Reflections on Their Changing Society, 1970-2000

Index

INDEX Numbers in italics refer to illustrations in the photo gallery. Ahfachkee School, 94, 194–95, 202, 209; creation , 74–75; deficiencies, 78; difficulties, 85–91; improvements, 76; new school, 84–85; photos of, 9, 10 Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, 3, 13, 16, 52, 55, 166–68, 201 alcoholism, 18, 120, 132, 134, 136–38, 196, 206 Army Corps of Engineers, 62 Baxley, Carl: cattle industry, 19, 23; Christianity , 112; discrimination, 18; Green Corn Dance, 119; health services, 139; language, 198; scratching, 124, 178–79; smoke shops, 34; tourism, 58; tribal education, 97–98 Baxley, Lottie: intermarriage, 144; legends, 189 Big Cypress Reservation, 167, 185, 206, 207, 209; Billie Swamp Safari, 56; day schools, 66, 74–75; Green Corn Dance, 121, 149–51; housing, 5, 6, 152–53; Indian school, 4; Mikasuki speakers, 11; tourism, 59; unemployment , 17. See also Ahfachkee School Billie, Brian: Green Corn Dance, 169; housing , 153; language, 192; medicine men, 128 Billie, James, xiv, xv, xvii, xix, 5, 57, 73, 96, 97, 167; as tribal chairman, 40; gambling compact, 37; leadership, 15; misuse of funds, 41–44; photo of, 2; poverty, 19; revival of Green Corn Dance, 204 Billie Josie, 106, 110; baptism, 104 Billie, Sonny, 147–48; Indian medicine, 130 Billie, Suzie, 118, 127, 129, 148, 190, 202 Billie, Victor, 108; alcoholism, 138; pollution, 63; Seminole culture, 195–97; tourism, 59; truck farming, 30 Billie Swamp Safari, 16, 56–57, 63 bingo, 12, 36; impact on Seminole economy, 15, 16, 49 bingo hall (Hollywood Reservation), 2, 35; photo of, 3 Blackard, David, xiv, 176–77 black drink, 101, 102, 125–26 Boehmer, William, xiii, 133–34; Brighton day school, 78–79; burials, 115; culture, 166; health care, 130–31 Bowers, Joe: baptism, 104 Bowers, Paul: Indian names, 180; jobs, 51; rodeos, 28; truck farming, 30; women and cattle industry, 27 Bowers, Richard: cattle industry 22, 24; education, 74; gambling, 51; rodeos, 28; women and cattle industry, 27 Breathmaker, 102, 177 Brickell, William, 9 Brighton Reservation, 1, 149, 150, 206, 207, 208; cattle industry, 20–21; day school, 78; farming, 29; housing, 152; Muskogee language, 11; public schools, 66; senior citizens, 185; unemployment, 17; values, 53 Bureau of Indian Affairs (bia), 1, 2, 4, 17, 35, 165, 207, 209; Ahfachkee School, 84, 85, 89; cattle industry, 20; Dania Reservation, 69 Buster, Andy: alcoholism, 136–37; cattle industry, 25; diabetes, 132; Green Corn Dance, 122–23; heritage tourism, 60; Indian names, 181–82; rodeos, 169–70; scratching, 125; women in religion, 117 Buster, Helene Johns, 63; alcohol and drugs, 137; Christianity, 110; education, 98–99; Green Corn Dance, 121; health care, 131, 135–36; housing, 157–58; Indian medicine, 128; Indian names, 183; language, 191, 194, 199; schools, 81–82; single parent, 163 Buster, Paul: Christianity, 108, 110; farming, 29; medicine men, 127; schools, 75–76; wealth, 52; women and cattle industry, 27; women in religion, 117 Butterworth, Bob: bingo lawsuit, 2, 36 232 inde x Byrd-Gaffney, Sharon, 76; Ahfachkee School, 86–91 Capron, Louis, 103; medicine bundle, 124; medicine men, 129 Cattelino, Jessica, 13; cattle industry, 20–21; discretionary spending, 45; housing, 165; impact of gambling, 49; Seminole gaming, 3 Cattlemen’s Association, 1–2, 26 Cherokee Indian School, 70–71, 79, 81 Chiles, Lawton: gambling compact, 37 Coppedge, Mary Jene, 14, 31, 64; Ahfachkee School, 76; benefits of gambling, 49; cattle industry, 21, 24; environment, 61; flooding, 149; housing, 159–60; rodeos, 170; values, 12; women and cattle industry , 25; women in religion, 116; wooden homes, 156 Crist, Charlie: gambling compact, 47–48 Crooks, Vivian: Ahfachkee School curriculum , 90–91; public schools, 73 Cypress, Billy, xiii, xiv, xv, xix, 73, 94; boarding schools, 71; education, 68; higher education, 94–95 Cypress, David, 44 Cypress, Jeannette, 202; annual fair, 170–71; chikees, 148–49; clothing, 177; death and burial, 115–16; diabetes, 133; education, 91–93; elders, 184; Green Corn Dance, 120, 123; Indian medicine, 118–19; language, 197–98; scratching, 179; Suzie Billie, 190; tolerance, 111–12; tourism, 57; truck farming, 30; unwed mothers, 163; wooden homes, 156 Cypress, Mitchell, xvii; Ahfachkee School, 76; gambling compact, 47; Indian names, 123; tribal chairman, 43 Cypress, Sadie, 54; craft work, 173–74; Indian medicine, 129 DeLoria, Vine, 204 diabetes, 18, 132–36, 206 Doris Duke Foundation, xiii ecotourism, 59–61 Ellison, James, xiv, xv, xvi, xix First Seminole Baptist Church, 5, 8, 104, 107, 110; photos of, 11, 12 Frank, Joe: black drink, 125–26; Episcopal Church, 104; equity in cattle raising, 23; farming decline...