Pineland was one of the more populous Calusa communities, estimated at between 500 to 1,000 inhabitants at its height in the early 1500s. The RRC preserve — a program of the Florida Museum of ...

Cindy Bear visited the Calusa Heritage Trail and talked about the Calusa Indians and their 1500 year history in Florida. The Calusa Indians were native to Southwest Florida and for many centuries ...

They were warriors. Five hundred years ago, when the Spanish first landed in Florida, the Calusa Indians were the dominant tribe in the state. From Mound Key on the Gulf Coast, their kings collecte… ...

Maybe the children were having fun because they felt like they were reliving history while they crafted ancient Indian pottery on Friday at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Or maybe their smiles were … ...

With nothing more than sticks, shells and their bare hands, the ancient Calusa Indians dug the canals in the mosquito- and snake-infested swamps west of Lake Okeechobee as early as 800 AD.

The Calusa Indians developed a powerful and complex society that flourished for more than a thousand years in Southwest Florida. It took treasure hunters with two bulldozers and a backhoe just a ...

Our region’s history dates back to the Calusa Indians, who were met by Spanish explorers in the 1500s. At the tribe’s peak, it is said that there were as many as 50,000 Calusa in the region.

The history of Naples, Florida, is amazingly rich and varied. Our region’s history dates back to the Calusa Indians, who were met by Spanish explorers in the 1500s. At the tribe’s peak, it is ...

The group lived throughout Manatee County, which was the home of a sub-group of Native Americans called the Mogoso tribe. South of Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor, the Calusa Indians held sway.