‘Americans’ exhibit considers Native American imagery Arts & Entertainment News by Damon Scott - February 21, 2020September 19, 2024 An ongoing exhibition that opened in 2018 at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., got some renewed attention this week. The museum’s director, Kevin Gover (Pawnee), was the guest on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” program Feb. 20, as previously reported by the Seminole Tribune. During the one-hour call-in show, Gover discussed
Call-in or tweet to Native American museum leader Gover Feb. 20 Arts & Entertainment Community News by The Seminole Tribune - February 19, 2020September 19, 2024 The director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian will be interviewed live on C-SPAN Feb. 20 Kevin Gover (Pawnee) is scheduled to appear on the popular program “Washington Journal” at 9:10 a.m. The entire program runs from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Gover is expected to talk about the museum’s history, its current
New “The Guitar Hotel Light Show” with songs performed by global Superstar Jennifer Lopez to premiere at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in February Arts & Entertainment Community by The Seminole Tribune - February 12, 2020March 3, 2020 HOLLYWOOD – The Guitar Hotel at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood will premiere a new “The Guitar Hotel Light Show” with songs performed by Jennifer Lopez on Feb. 13. The show is in conjunction with the brand’s announcement of the “Hard Rock Live Like a Legend $2M Giveaway,” where winners will receive
Oscar winner dedicates award to Indigenous kids Arts & Entertainment News by Damon Scott - February 11, 2020September 19, 2024 Something very rare happened at the 2020 Academy Awards on Feb. 9. Taika David Waititi, a New Zealander of Māori descent, won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for his movie “Jojo Rabbit.” He is the film’s director and one of the producers and actors as well. Waititi joined a very small handful
Native American ties with Oscars a (very) slight one Arts & Entertainment Community News by Damon Scott - February 7, 2020September 19, 2024 The Academy Awards are Feb. 9 and rarely does the public agree with all of the nominees put forth by those who vote, let alone those who emerge as the ultimate winners. One film this year might be of interest to Indigenous People – “Jojo Rabbit.” The director and one of its producers are Indigenous themselves
Allen to join cast of casino execs at Atlantic City event Arts & Entertainment Community News by The Seminole Tribune - February 6, 2020September 19, 2024 ATLANTIC CITY – Needless to say, Jim Allen has a busy schedule that takes him across the country and the globe on business for Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe. The chairman of Hard Rock International and CEO of Seminole Gaming is often asked to speak at events and conferences. An upcoming event will take
Tina Marie Osceola to be featured in Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki lecture series Arts & Entertainment Community News by The Seminole Tribune - February 5, 2020September 19, 2024 Tina Marie Osceola (Courtesy Seminole Tribe) Tribal member Tina Marie Osceola is set to speak at the next Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum lecture series on the Big Cypress Reservation. The event takes place Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Big Cypress’ To-Pee-Kee-Ke Yak-Ne Community Center, located at 30560 Josie Billie Highway in Clewiston. Osceola is an associate
Alligator wrestling comes to Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Arts & Entertainment Community News by The Seminole Tribune - January 31, 2020September 19, 2024 BIG CYPRESS — The opening reception for the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum’s latest exhibit “Alligator Wrestling: Danger. Entertainment. Tradition.” on Jan. 11 drew an impressive crowd. The lawn behind the museum was packed to capacity with about 150 people eager to learn about the history of alligator wrestling and see it in person.
Halapata Chobee: big alligator! Arts & Entertainment Community News by Justin Giles - January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Happy New Year! As I practice the annual beneficial cliché of reflecting on the year past, it has come to my attention that 2020 marks two years I’ve been working for the Seminole Tribe of Florida as the oral history coordinator at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. These past two years have flown
Wynwood murals depict Seminole teen, Miccosukee elders Arts & Entertainment Community News by Damon Scott - January 31, 2020September 19, 2024 MIAMI — Two very different murals are on display in the Wynwood district of Miami, but both have an association to Florida’s two Tribes. An eight-story high mural of teenage Seminole Kyle James Grant is on the northeast side of the Wynwood 25 apartment building in the heart of the trendy