Image Number

• FA2705

Year

• 1995

Date Note

• Photographed in January, 1995.

Series Title

• General: Folklife collection
• Specific: Folklife Collection Series 1640, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Slides: 1994-1995 ; Box 18

General Note

• Born in Collier County at the turn of the twentieth century, Billie has lived on the Big Cypress Reservation for 35 years. Billie combines extensive knowledge of herbs and their healing properties with songs and rituals in her healing practice.

Rights

• 

Photographer/Personal Author

• Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• Belief systems
• Belief and custom
• Shamans
• Occupational groups--Florida--Hendry County--Clewiston
• Ethnicity, Native American
• Ethnicity, Seminole
• Healers
• Seminole Indians--Florida--Hendry County--Clewiston
• Older Seminole women--Florida--Hendry County--Clewiston

Geographic Term

• Clewiston (Fla.)
• Hendry County (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Billie, Susie Jim, 1900-2002.

Subject Corporate

• Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: S1640B18BC.

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