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New York City hotel becomes newest chapter in Seminole Tribe’s Hard Rock success story

by Beverly Bidney -

The traditional Hard Rock guitar smash celebrates the grand opening of Hard Rock Hotel New York on May 12. From left to right are Big Cypress Councilwoman Mariann Billie, emcee Kenan Thompson, Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr., President Mitchell Cypress, Hollywood Councilman Chris Osceola and actress Vanessa Hudgens. (Photo Beverly

Mural by Seminole artists unveiled in Tallahassee

by Gordon Wareham -

The mural created by Wilson Bowers and Samuel Tommie at 728 Macomb Street in downtown Tallahassee. (Photo James Patrick) Submitted by Gordon O. Wareham, Director Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum TALLAHASSEE — On April 27, the official unveiling of the 135-foot-long mural “The First Mothers” took place at 728 Macomb Street in downtown Tallahassee. The

Bobby Henry honored at John Anderson concert

by The Seminole Tribune -

Seminole medicine man Bobby Henry acknowledges the audience after he was saluted by John Anderson during Anderson’s concert March 7, 2022, at the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City. (Photo Peter Gallagher) Singer-songwriter John Anderson, a longtime friend of the Seminole Tribe, paid homage to Seminole medicine man Bobby Henry at

After lengthy journey, all-Indigenous groundbreaking play ‘Distant Thunder’ reaches the stage

by Beverly Bidney -

Spencer Battiest, center, performs in the all-Indigenous play “Distant Thunder” in Oklahoma City. (Photo Miki Galloway) “Distant Thunder” struggled to find a home for the past decade. The all-Indigenous musical, whose cast includes the Seminole Tribe’s Spencer Battiest, finally made its way to the stage in late March at the First American

National Audubon Day program to include Seminole perspective, film about plume wars

by Beverly Bidney -

Director Nicholas Ray, left, with Cory Osceola, from the Seminole Tribe, during the filming of the 1958 movie "Wind Across the Everglades.” (State Archives of Florida/Steinmetz) Everett Osceola will introduce the classic film “Wind Across the Everglades” during the National Audubon Day commemoration by the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and Stranahan

Indigenous big band to convene for unique show

by Damon Scott -

Keefe has been a vocalist and musician for many years. (Courtesy Julia Keefe) Jazz vocalist, actor and educator Julia Keefe (Nez Perce) has achieved something uncommon. She’s assembled an all-Indigenous, 16-piece big band for a May 19 performance at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in Olympia, Washington. Keefe says that

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