High school students attend Orlando college fair with Education Department Education Top News by Beverly Bidney - November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 Students attend FSU’s college readiness and student success workshop at the NACAC College Fair on Oct. 22, 2023, in Orlando. (Courtesy photo) After a day of riding the roller coasters and exploring Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, 22 high school students from the Seminole Tribe attended a college fair
Tribal cattle owners ship calves to feedlots Community News Top News by Beverly Bidney - August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 Todd Johns herds a group of calves into place July 12, 2023, in Brighton. The calves were loaded onto a cattle truck headed for Oklahoma. (Photo Beverly Bidney) July’s record-breaking heat did not deter 61 tribal cattle owners in Brighton and Big Cypress from shipping about 3,400 calves to feedlots in
PECS’ send-off party gets summer rolling Education by Beverly Bidney - July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 Mattie Platt, left, and Grace Osceola entertained and delighted the crowd with their dance moves during the summer send-off fashion show. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School celebrated the end of the school year with a “Super Summer Send-off” party in its gym May 23. Parents were invited
Donna Frank makes sure tribe’s sweetgrass culture won’t fade away Arts & Entertainment Community Top News by Beverly Bidney - July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 During a harvesting outing in Immokalee, Donna Frank, center, shows Lauren Posada how tie a bundle of sweetgrass with a strip of fabric. At left, Lorraine Posada gathers her bundle of sweetgrass. (Beverly Bidney photo) Donna Frank is on a mission to save a part of Seminole culture that is dear
Art, garden come together in Big Cypress Arts & Entertainment Community by Beverly Bidney - June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Artist Wilson Bowers uses a macro lens attachment on his cell phone camera to catch super close up photos of bees at work in the Big Cypress garden May 11, 2023. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — Demonstrating that a bountiful garden can be as beautiful as a work of art,
Eighth graders say goodbye to PECS Education by Beverly Bidney - June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Lewis Gopher Jr., the grandson of Lorene Gopher, presents the Lorene Gopher award to Ila Trueblood on May 26, 2023. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School eighth graders bid farewell to the school that nurtured and taught them for most of their lives with one last parade through
Ahfachkee celebrates topping off Community Education by Beverly Bidney - June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Workers guide the final construction beam during a topping off ceremony May 11, 2023, at the Ahfachkee School on the Big Cypress Reservation. (Photo Beverly BIdney) BIG CYPRESS — Ahfachkee School students, teachers and staff watched as the final steel beam was positioned into place during the topping off ceremony for
PECS welcomes back 2023 graduates Community Education by Beverly Bidney - June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 High school graduates from the class of 2023 return to their former school – Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School – for a grad walk May 19, 2023. From left to right are Bryce Ward, Leviticus Billie, Charlie Armstrong, Wyatt Hines and Winnie Gopher. (Photo Beverly Bidney) Members of the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter
Ahfachkee celebrates class of 2023 Community Education by Beverly Bidney - June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 The Ahfachkee School graduating class of 2023 poses together May 22, 2023. From left to right are Billie Cypress, Maggie May Jimmie, Akira Cabral, Cyiah Avila, Maria Villarreal, Kassim Stockton Jr., Rosalinda Jimmie and Anthony Wells. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — Resplendent in white caps, gowns and patchwork, eight Ahfachkee
Seminole woman sculpture installed near Tampa Arts & Entertainment News Top News by Beverly Bidney - June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 The “Sovereign” statue, which depicts a Seminole woman in traditional patchwork clothing, is part of the landscape at Riverview’s Pebble Park near the Alafia River, southeast of Tampa. (Courtesy Nicole Milligan) A bronze sculpture of a Seminole woman, complete with patchwork designed by tribal member Jessica Osceola, was installed April 28