History

Timeless – The voice that was always listening I was not born,but I arrived. Rain carved me from sky.Roots circled […]

Modern movements, ancestral echoes, and the rebirth of listening Lake Okeechobee, in the 21st century, is scarred, but still alive.The

Present Day – A child, a bloom, and a voice from the lake The water glowed green. Not the green

Songs, sound, and cultural fusion in the cane fields and cypress shadows In the early 20th century, as machines carved

1920s to 1930s – Migrant labor, survival, and silent alliances The air smelled of scorched grass and diesel. Black smoke

Seminole survival, memory tactics, and the lake as both map and weapon The swamps did not take sides. But they

1837 – Seminole Resistance and Survival The sawgrass whispered warnings.Beneath a sky stained orange by smoke and sun, the Big

The blending of cultures, beliefs, and survival after the fall of the mounds By the late 1600s, much of what

c. 1700 CE – Belle Glade Descendants and Seminole Refugees The cypress knees rose like prayers from the water.Bent, broken,