Five hundred years ago, when the Spanish first landed in Florida, the Calusa Indians were the dominant ... It shows a kneeling man with the head of a panther. Today this image appears in paintings ...

Five hundred years ago, when the Spanish first landed in Florida, the Calusa Indians were the dominant ... It shows a kneeling man with the head of a panther. Today this image appears in paintings ...

Researchers have discovered the first birth records of the Calusa Indians outside Florida, providing evidence that the once-mighty South Florida tribe might not have been wiped out as previously ...

In addition to the Key Marco Cat, Cushing’s team excavated vibrantly colored ceremonial masks and other carved objects, identifying the Calusa as one of the most artistic tribes to inhabit ...

Denege Patterson: “Between 1702 and 1711 the Calusa were captured as slaves during many, many raids by Creek and Yamasee Indians from Georgia and Alabama who were paid by the English to capture ...

When the Spanish came to Florida in the 1500s, they identified various tribes of ... appeared to be man-made canals similar to those found in Central America. Some of the Calusa cultural or ...

The Calusa are a bit of an anomaly. This native tribe that lived in Southwest Florida at the time of European contact -- and for several hundred years before -- did not practice extensive ...