James Billie

Seminole Chief Billie's Hal Pate-Chobee

Seminole Hold 'Em

It's a Hard Rock life. Flush with American dollars, the tribe either plays by U.S. rules — or risks losing it all

Best New Novelist

Sean Rowe

Chief Walking Eagle

Robb Tiller went from rags to riches and right back after 15 years spinning deals around the Seminole

Rock 'n' Nole

A casino's comin' to Hollywood. It's a big gamble.

Gamblin' Men

Big-ticket casino deals plus a messy internal power struggle equals even more legal woes for the Seminole tribe

Indian War

A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

Folkin' Fun

A diverse crowd of folk musicians strums and drums its way to Easterlin Park

Bandwidth

Stranahan House says “Folk You!” to a proposed condo development

Undercurrents

Censorship becomes a Seminole rule on the reservation

Bandwidth

Forget about the FBI investigation, the multimillion-dollar casino deal, and the sexual-harassment lawsuit — what’s gonna happen to James Billie’s band?

Undercurrents

The 'Noles offend more than just the Gators

Best Day Trip

Billie Swamp Safari and Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum

Your Endangered Species Ate My Exotic Species!

Turns out the Florida panther has a taste for deer kept on the Seminoles' hunting preserve. Now the tribe wants payback.

Letters

Turns out the Florida panther has a taste for deer kept on the Seminoles' hunting preserve. Now the tribe wants payback.

Undercurrents

Turns out the Florida panther has a taste for deer kept on the Seminoles' hunting preserve. Now the tribe wants payback.

Letters

Turns out the Florida panther has a taste for deer kept on the Seminoles' hunting preserve. Now the tribe wants payback.

Undercurrents

Turns out the Florida panther has a taste for deer kept on the Seminoles' hunting preserve. Now the tribe wants payback.

Letters

Turns out the Florida panther has a taste for deer kept on the Seminoles' hunting preserve. Now the tribe wants payback.

Big Chief Moneybags

Part CEO, part shaman, Seminole leader James Billie has his tribe charging toward economic independence.