Native actors, entertainment industry to be focus of SAG-AFTRA discussion Arts & Entertainment by The Seminole Tribune - November 16, 2020September 19, 2024 The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists will host a public livestream panel discussion Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. (ET) regarding the entertainment industry and Native Americans. The program, which is from the SAG-AFTRA President's Task Force on Education, Outreach & Engagement, will focus on actors of
Seminole Trail community celebrates Indian Day Arts & Entertainment Community News by The Seminole Tribune - November 16, 2020September 19, 2024 The Seminole Trail Community celebrated Indian Day in late September with arts and crafts contests, raffles, food and prizes. Among the contest winners were Morgan Bert, Sally Osceola, Virginia Osceola and Sadrilynn Tiger. Due to the pandemic, this year’s celebration was greatly scaled back compared to previous years. Images were provided by
Artist tackles Osceola story with help from Seminole Tribe Arts & Entertainment Community News by Damon Scott - November 6, 2020September 19, 2024 Native Americans know well that much of the history of Indigenous Peoples is one sided, incomplete or fabricated, depending on the source. It’s one of the reasons the Seminole Tribe has spent considerable time and resources to keep recordings of oral histories passed down by its elders. One of those elders is
What are we up to? Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum during the 2020 public safety closure – part 1 Arts & Entertainment Community by admin - November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 Find many unique Seminole inspired gifts and collectibles at seminole-store.com. (Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki photo) By Tara Backhouse, Carrie Dilley, Rebecca Petrie BIG CYPRESS — The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, like most other departments within the Seminole Tribe and industry-wide, has adapted to changing operations and a greatly reduced staff over the past seven months. Although we
National Book Awards finalists include book about dispossession of Native Americans Arts & Entertainment by Beverly Bidney - October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 The finalists for the 2020 National Book Awards, one of the country’s top literary contests, includes a book about the removal of Native Americans from their land in the Southeastern U.S. in the 1830s. “Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory,” written by University of
FIU Indigenous People’s Week events to include Miss Florida Seminole Arts & Entertainment Community Events by The Seminole Tribune - October 12, 2020September 19, 2024 Miss Florida Seminole Durante Blais-Billie, second from right, is scheduled to be among the participants in Florida International University's Indigenous People's Week events. (Courtesy photo) The Global Indigenous Forum at Florida International University will celebrate Indigenous People’s Week with two virtual events Oct. 12 and Oct. 14, both to be held
Native conference addresses challenges of tourism during pandemic Arts & Entertainment News by Beverly Bidney - October 12, 2020September 19, 2024 Workers at a school being built in the Seattle area that features Native American faces. (Courtesy image) Cultural tourism is helping to pave the way to economic recovery for Native American tribes, as was clearly demonstrated during the 22nd annual American Indian Tourism Conference. About 800 attendees participated in the virtual conference.
Stranahan House virtual program to feature Seminole music Arts & Entertainment Community Events by The Seminole Tribune - October 7, 2020September 19, 2024 Spencer Battiest, shown here during a performance in Miami on Jan. 10, 2019, is scheduled to be featured in a Stranahan House program Nov. 18, 2020. (Kevin Johnson photo) FORT LAUDERDALE – The Stranahan House Museum will host a virtual history happy hour that will focus on the history of music
Making negatives positive; a new photograph project begins at the museum Arts & Entertainment Community by Tara Backhouse - October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 The database records will look like this. We’ll add as much information as we can, but we need your help identifying people, places and dates. (Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum photo) BIG CYPRESS — I’m happy to say that in July the Ah-Tah-Thi Museum was awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum
Artist’s projects, short film features Bobby Henry, Osceola story Arts & Entertainment Community by Damon Scott - October 6, 2020September 19, 2024 The Seminole Tribe's Heritage and Environment Resources Office is a collaborator with the School House 4 Reimagining Education, pictured here. (Courtesy SH4RE) An Oct. 7 film screening and virtual art exhibit opening by Pensacola artist Sean Linezo has many connections to the Seminole Tribe. Linezo is the artist-in-residence at the nonprofit School
