Podcast #84: Betty Mae Tiger Jumper

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper’s grandfather (left) and other relatives (right)

Her mother Ada working at a tourist camp, depicted on a postcard

Before and after starting school

With her grandmother Mary Tustenuggee Tiger, 1945

Nursing training

Alligator wrestling as a tourism attraction
The headline says it all: Betty and Alice as co-editors
Miami News racking up the offensive ideas, 1967
With the tribe’s first flag and Joe Dan Osceola
Telling stories, 1991

BINGO!

Get those cheese fries – the money goes to the Seminoles

Remembering Betty Mae Tiger Jumper

Betty’s books!

As mentioned, DLS NYC will co-host a special autumn walking tour in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery on October 25th. Info here: https://tinyurl.com/GreenWoodDLSNYC

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