Frank, Urtecho graduate from FEMA Academy Community Education News Top News by Damon Scott - May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 Sunny Frank, right, receives his graduation certificate from Kelly Garrett, a FEMA branch chief. (Courtesy photo) Tribal member Sunny Frank and tribal employee Jonathan Urtecho recently graduated from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Emergency Management Basic Academy (NEMBA). Frank and Urtecho are Emergency Management coordinators within the tribe’s Public Safety
Tribe hosts events for Child Abuse Awareness Month Community Education Top News by The Seminole Tribune - March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Center for Behavioral Health staff participate in a child abuse awareness community walk in 2018. (File photo) The Seminole Tribe has prepared for a number of events across the reservations to mark Child Abuse Awareness Month in April. The Advocacy & Guardianship Department has also released a list of tips
Ahfachkee School hosts first career day Community Education Top News by The Seminole Tribune - March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Emergency Management Department coordinator and tribal member Rollie Gilliam III, in black pants, and Emergency Management director Paul Downing (Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township), in gray pants, introduce students in Sheri-Ann Armentano’s fourth grade class to the tribe’s mobile command vehicle. (Damon Scott) BIG CYPRESS – Students at the Ahfachkee School
Alaska students enjoy cultural exchange, fun in Big Cypress Community Education News Top News by Damon Scott - March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Chenega Community School visitors enjoy a swamp buggy ride on the Big Cypress Reservation. (Courtesy Abena Robinson) BIG CYPRESS – A group of students and staff from the Chenega Community School in the Native village of Chenega, Alaska, experienced Seminole hospitality and culture during a visit to the Big Cypress Reservation
Kyle Doney recognized with ‘40 under 40’ award Community Education News Sports Top News by Damon Scott - March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Kyle Doney, center, at an FSU game last November with Brighton Councilman Larry Howard, left, and Hollywood council representative special adviser Tomie Motlow, right. (Courtesy photo) The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) has recognized the Seminole Tribe’s Kyle Doney as one of its Native American “40 under 40”
Love of reading, tribe’s children inspire library staff Community Education News Top News by Damon Scott - March 23, 2023March 29, 2023 Cecilia Vickers (Courtesy photo) In recognition of National Library Week, which takes place April 23-29, Padmini Dukharan, the tribalwide library program supervisor, asked library staff to write about their work and interactions with the tribe’s children. The following are submissions from Dinorah M. Johns, a library catalog processor on the Brighton Reservation;
Washington trip provides learning experience for Seminole students Community Education News Top News by Beverly Bidney - March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 At the White House, from left to right, Leviticus Berry, Cece Thomas, Liyah Alvarado, Hadyn Billie, Ty Martinez, Jaylee Jimmie, Lavin Billie and Izaiah Billie. (Beverly Bidney) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a pandemic-imposed three-year hiatus, 10 Seminole students attended the Close Up Washington/USET Impact Week Youth Summit held Feb. 3 to
Dukharan wants libraries to engage tribal members Community Education Top News by Damon Scott - February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 Padmini Dukharan stands in the Dorothy S. Osceola Memorial Library on the Hollywood Reservation. (Photo Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD – Padmini Dukharan said she’s well aware that technology has changed libraries, including how people read books and how often they read. The Education Department’s new library supervisor said the name of the
Education roundup: Workshops, spring SWEP, new library supervisor Community Education News Top News by Damon Scott - January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 In this 2016 photo, Dante Thomas carries cabbage palm fronds during a Brighton Culture Department project that taught SWEP youth how to rethatch a chickee. The Education Department is taking spring SWEP applications through Feb. 10. (File photo) HOLLYWOOD – The Seminole Tribe’s K-12 students are about halfway through the
Governor honors Seminole students during Native American Heritage Month Community Education News Top News by Beverly Bidney - January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 Big Cypress Councilwoman Mariann Billie, Brighton Councilman Larry Howard and Ahfachkee School and Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students join Gov. Ron DeSantis for a reception at the governor's mansion on Nov. 30 during Native American Heritage Month. (Governor's office) TALLAHASSEE — Students from Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School and the Ahfachkee School