S2, E11: When Past Meets Present: Jake Tiger (Seminole) on Living & Preserving the Traditional Seminole Way of Life

“Be proud of who you are because your existence is a resistance against cultural genocide.”

- Jake Tiger, Seminole

 

He’s the Seminole from Seminole, Oklahoma who works for the Seminole Nation. Can he even get more Seminole? Meet Jake Tiger, y’all!

In addition to being a Seminole Jake is also:

• A subject matter expert on and creates/sews/crafts Seminole textiles and traditional garments:
  • Did you know in the old days, it cost 16 deer hides to buy 1 flintlock rifle and 1 to 2 deer hides for 1 yard of calico fabric?
• Hear about how Jake’s grandpa was the leading expert in Seminole textiles and revelation that came to Jake upon his grandpa’s death
• An actor in films and commercials. Check him out in Killers of the Flower Moon, Reservation Dogs and more. In Reservation Dogs, see if you can find him in Season 1, episode 4 – he tells a funny story about something he did while on set. Listen to also find out which character he was forced to play on a show when he lost in rock, paper, scissors.
• Someone you’d really want to know if the world came to an end, because as his ancestors before him, he knows the Native way to live in nature. He shares about:
  • How bear intestines are good for bow string
  • How to use bear grease
  • Flint knapping
  • Brain tanning, which came with a warning to not eat while you’re listening to this episode. “You’ll never look at strawberry milk the same again.” – Jake Tiger
• A descendent of 2 war chiefs – Black Hawk (Sac and Fox) and Osceola
• He’s like a capybara (listen to the episode to find out why he says so)

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