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Author: Beverly Bidney

Beverly Bidney has been a reporter and photographer for The Seminole Tribune since 2012. During her career, she has worked at various newspapers around the country including the Muskogee Phoenix in Oklahoma, Miami Herald, Associated Press, USA Today and other publications nationwide. A NAJA award winning journalist, she has covered just about everything over the years and is an advocate for a strong press. Contact her at beverlybidney@semtribe.com.

100 years ago – The birth of Betty Mae Jumper

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Betty Mae Jumper talks to a group of children in this undated photo. (File photo) The 100th anniversary of the birth of Betty Mae Jumper, one of the Seminole Tribe’s most accomplished leaders, is April 27. The legacy of Jumper’s life is evident throughout the tribe, including in the pages of the

Emma Brown opens real estate company

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At center, Okeechobee Mayor Dowling Watford and Emma Brown cut the ribbon at the opening of Brown & Company Realty on March 23, 2023. (Photo Beverly Bidney) OKEECHOBEE — Emma Johns Brown cut the ribbon on her new real estate business, Brown & Company Realty, on March 23 in Okeechobee. The business

Seminole art exhibition opens at Ringling

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Alongside fellow artists, Pedro Zepeda speaks to the audience at the opening of “Reclaiming Home: Contemporary Seminole Art” on March 18, 2023, at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. (Photo Beverly Bidney) SARASOTA — “Reclaiming Home: Contemporary Seminole Art,” a groundbreaking art exhibition of more than 100

THPO still on guard, but hopeful on repatriation efforts

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Tina Osceola (Photo Beverly Bidney) FORT MYERS — Tina Osceola spoke to members of the Southwest Florida Archaeological Society on March 15 at the IMAG History and Science Center in Fort Myers, where she described what repatriation of ancestors means to the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the work being done

Brighton Field Day Festival attracts thousands

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From left to right are Brighton Board Rep. Helene Buster, FSU head football coach Mike Norvell, Brighton Councilman Larry Howard, Renegade team owner Allen Durham, Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr. and Hollywood Councilman Chris Osceola. (Mike Norvell/Twitter) BRIGHTON — Thousands of people attended the 84th annual Brighton Field Day Festival from

Indigenous activists notch victory at Jupiter property

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Indigenous activists celebrate after the town of Jupiter's Historical Review Board voted unanimously Feb. 16 to deny a permit for a developer to dig at a site containing Indian mounds. From left to right are Robert Rosa of the American Indian Movement, Jupiter resident Jessica Namath, Seminole tribal member Martha

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