A production still from the film Becoming Buffalo. Six men stand in a formal row before a building with large white marble columns, suggesting a government or institutional setting. The man at the center foreground wears traditional Miccosukee patchwork clothing — a brightly colored jacket with geometric patterns in red, green, white, and teal — with a turquoise scarf around his neck and holds a folded animal hide. The other men wear variations of traditional Miccosukee patchwork jackets in bold multicolor geometric designs, with the exception of one man in the background who wears a dark suit. All six look directly at the camera with composed, serious expressions. The contrast between the vibrant traditional garments and the formal stone architecture behind them is visually striking.
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Film tells story of the Miccosukee leader who went to Castro

By Coral Gables Gazette staff In 1959, a group of Miccosukee Indians from the Florida Everglades traveled to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro. The United States government had repeatedly…

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