Marcella Billie brings passion for history as museum’s new assistant director Arts & Entertainment Community News by Beverly Bidney - December 3, 2021September 19, 2024 BIG CYPRESS — After working at the Miccosukee Village museum for six years, tribal member Marcella Billie joinedthe Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum in November as assistant director. “I’m very passionate about our history,” said Billie, who lives near Trail in Miami. “People who are no longer here want their stories told. Seeing the
Gordon ‘Ollie’ Wareham named Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum director Arts & Entertainment Community News by Beverly Bidney - December 3, 2021September 19, 2024 BIG CYPRESS — The legacy of Billy L. Cypress, the first director of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, lives on in his nephewGordon “Ollie” Wareham, who is its new director. “My uncle always wanted tribal members to come and be inspired,” Wareham said. “Now, 25 years later at age 50, I getto follow
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki to participate in Museum Store Sunday event Arts & Entertainment Community by The Seminole Tribune - November 26, 2021September 19, 2024 BIG CYPRESS - On Nov. 28, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum's store on the Big Cypress Reservation will participate in the international Museum Store Sunday event. For the fifth consecutive year, more than 1,650 museum stores representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 24 countries, and five continents will offer shopping,
‘Dream’ performance for Battiest brothers at NBA game in Los Angeles Arts & Entertainment by Beverly Bidney - November 24, 2021September 19, 2024 Seminole brothers Spencer Battiest and Doc Native perform their award-winning hit “Dream” during halftime at the Dallas Mavericks versus Los Angeles Clippers game Nov. 23, 2021, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Indigenous Enterprise dancers Kenneth Shirley and Nanabah Lopez Kadenehii performed traditional pow wow dances during the song. (Photo
Effort underway to form group for Seminole writers Arts & Entertainment Community by Beverly Bidney - November 18, 2021September 19, 2024 Elgin Jumper knows he isn’t the only tribal member who enjoys writing, so he created a Seminole writers group so he and others can share their passion and support one another in their creative endeavors. “I always wondered why there wasn’t a group of Seminole writers who can share, learn and
Battiest brothers music video wins at AIFF Arts & Entertainment Community by Beverly Bidney - November 18, 2021September 19, 2024 Seminole brothers Doc Native, left, and Spencer Battiest perform Oct. 16, 2019, at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. (Photo Kevin Johnson) Spencer Battiest and Doc Native’s music video of their song “Dream” won first place at the 46th annual American Indian Film Festival (AIFF) on
NAMI offers Native film showcase Arts & Entertainment by From Press Release - November 15, 2021September 19, 2024 "Run Woman Run" is among the films in NAMI's Native Cinema Showcase. (Courtesy photo) The National Museum of the American Indian’s Native Cinema Showcase, a celebration of Native film, continues through Nov. 18. The showcase focuses on Native people boldly asserting themselves through language, healing, building community and a continued relationship
Hard Rock sets its sights on Chicago casino Arts & Entertainment Hard Rock/Seminole Gaming News by Damon Scott - November 14, 2021September 19, 2024 This rendering is of the proposed One Central development in Chicago that would include a Hard Rock casino. (Courtesy Gina Morales, HRI) Chicago officials are considering five proposals from three firms that want to operate a casino in the Windy City. One of the firms is Hard Rock International – owned
Hard Rock Cincinnati opens; $70 million hotel on tap Arts & Entertainment Hard Rock/Seminole Gaming News by Damon Scott - November 11, 2021September 19, 2024 Former Cincinnati Reds baseball player Pete Rose, 80, signed guitars at the Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati grand opening Oct. 29. (Photo via Facebook) The Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati officially opened Oct. 29 with a traditional guitar smash, live music and throngs of eager casino customers. Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola, Hollywood Councilman Chris
New acquisition honors donor intent, enhances museum collection Arts & Entertainment Community by Tara Backhouse - November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 The centerpiece is the first of its kind in the museum’s collection. (Photo Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) BIG CYPRESS — While 2020 was a year where few new pieces of history were added to the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum’s historic collection, 2021 has been a different story. A recent donation of eight objects arrived for a