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Listen: The Latin ProgramSeminole healer Susie Jim Billie, right, and her apprentice Mary Johns - Clewiston, Florida.
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Series S 1640 RG 158, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program Fieldnotes, Susie Billie, Seminole Herbal Medicine: 1994-1995 to Mike Wilder, Saddlemaking: 1994-1995 ; Box 19, FF1
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Seminole artist Mary Johns learned about herbal medicine from her maternal grandmother and cousin, both of whom were keepers of tribal wisdom.
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.
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