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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.

First Americans Museum opens in Oklahoma

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An aerial view of the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City. (Courtesy photo) The First Americans Museum (FAM) opened Sept. 18 with the mission to serve as a dynamic center to promote awareness and educate the public about the unique cultures, diversity, history, contributions and resilience of the 39 Native American

Tribe takes leadership role in climate resiliency compact

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(Editor's note: This article appeared in the Aug. 31, 2021, Seminole Tribune. The online article has been updated to include the full name of the compact). The Tribal Council unanimously voted Aug. 6 to join the Southwest Florida Regional Resiliency Compact in a leadership role. The goal of the group,

Intertribal Timber Council to collaborate with Department of Interior

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The Intertribal Timber Council, which includes the Seminole Tribe, and the Department of the Interior signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together while fighting wildfires on tribal and federal lands. As climate change creates larger, costlier and more complex wildfires, the agreement emphasizes the importance of collaborating on wildland

Tallahassee mural honors Betty Mae Jumper

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The “Project Daring” mural in Tallahassee depicts, from left, author Zora Neale Hurston, Betty Mae Jumper – the Seminole Tribe’s first chairwoman – and environmentalist Marjorie Harris Carr. (Photo courtesy Amanda Leighty) Betty Mae Jumper, author Zora Neale Hurston and environmentalist Marjorie Harris Carr, all inductees in the Florida Women’s

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