161: The Lost People of Lake Okeechobee, FL
On this episode of Common Mystics, Jen and Jill uncover the haunting history of the Mayaimi, a nearly forgotten Indigenous people who once inhabited the mysterious wetlands surrounding Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. What begins with psychic impressions of ancient settlements, tribal violence, and a phantom presence leads the sisters into one of the darkest and least-known chapters of early American history. As European powers battled for control of Florida, armed slave raiders swept through Native communities, leaving devastation, captivity, and displacement in their wake. But the Mayaimi story…
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