Happy Birthday!
Chief James Billie
ex-Chairman of Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc.
was born 3/20/1944
I was raised in the swamp by my old grandpa,
We ate turtle meat, a fish called gar.
Grandpa told me 'bout panthers and bears
But most of all - he told me to beware
'Bout hul-pah-te cho-bee nock-sho-nitch-kee-kah
Hul-pah-te cho-bee oo-kun kay-ye-wah
Hul-pah-te cho-bee heh-nu-kah che-che wah
Hul-pah-te cho-bee he-mah-shah che-wah.
I learned to live and I learned to survive
With Hul Pahtechobe.
"Big Alligator" by Jim Billie
His road band, The Shack Daddies has been very successful. He's also credited with the first effective tribal-land gambling casino and $ multi-million income to the Seminoles. And after 20 years, the mandatory financial scandal.
I'm sure you'll be interested to know he lost his right ring finger alligator wrestling on 2/2/2000.
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