The constant rumbling of passing dump trucks drowns out the once familiar chirping of birds at the family home of Mae’anna ...

But unlike some reservation Indians, Cassandra lives in the Osceola camp. Making money is not against traditional life. Indians traded goods and currencies for thousands of years.

From left, Amber Sanders, William "Popeye" Osceola, Troy Sanders and Heidi Cypress stand in front of the new embassy for the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida on North Adams Street on ...

At a young age, Betty Osceola was taught to run and hide. It was the way to stay safe from outsiders, from development and from assimilation. Betty, 57, still lives in an Indian village on the ...