Songs of the Seminole Indians of Florida

Weakened by war and disease, Native peoples of Florida banded together with members of other tribes whom Europeans had forced southward from their homelands to form the Seminoles in the 18th century. Though a large number of Seminoles were relocated to Oklahoma, many stayed in Florida, especially in the Everglades. Dr. Frances Densmore (1867–1957) collected these recordings from 1931 to 1933 on repeat visits to two reservations in Florida. Densmore spent most of her life studying and recording American Indian music, an unlikely career path for a woman at a time when it was unheard of for a proper lady even to travel to “wild” areas.

Track Listing

101	Calusa Corn Dance Song	Billie Stewart	01:42
102	Four Cypress Swamp Hunting Dance Songs	Charlie Billie	02:21
103	Four Cypress Swamp Buffalo Dance Songs	Panther (Josie Billie)	03:02
104	Four Cypress Swamp Corn Dance Songs	Panther (Josie Billie)	01:42
105	Bird Dance Song / Turkey Dance Song / Alligator Dance Song (1-3)	Panther (Josie Billie) and Billie Stewart	14:05
201	Snake Dance Songs	Panther (Josie Billie)	04:07
202	Songs for the Story of the Opossum and Her Baby	Panther (Josie Billie)	01:49
203	Buzzard Dance / Chicken Dance	Billie Stewart	04:00
204	Treatment of Lumbago / Song for the Dying / Song for Childbirth / Song for Sick Baby	Susie Tiger	08:05
205	Songs Concerning the Removal of the Seminole to Oklahoma	Susie Tiger and Billie Stewart	04:10