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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramJosie Billie family and dog - Big Cypress Swamp.
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Born on December 12, 1887, Josie Billie was the son of the first Indian to receive a formal education in Florida. A Seminole medicine man and long-time public spokesman for the Florida Seminoles, Billie was also a Baptist minister. He was a frequent participant in the Florida Folk Festival and lived on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation in Hendry County until his death in 1980.
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