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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.

New Native American studies program begins at University of Miami

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This drawing by Seminole descendant Chelsey Ford is being used as the cover of the course syllabus. (Courtesy image) The University of Miami introduced its new Native American and Global Indigenous Studies (NAGIS) program with the spring semester Jan. 25. The first course, “Introduction to Native and Indigenous Peoples and Perspectives,”

Tribe gains control of BC wetlands, saving millions

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BIG CYPRESS — Starting in the 1990s, the U.S. government aimed to restore the water system on the Big Cypress Reservation with a project that was supposed to rehydrate wetlands, improve water quality and enhance water storage capacity. Instead, the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation Water Conservation Project never worked

4-H kids, animals prepare for virtual show

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Armani Torres holds the lead to her first steer, Buddy, Sept. 28, 2020, in Big Cypress. Armani has put in many hours feeding, cleaning and caring for him and is proud she was able to halter train him and walk him around by herself. (Courtesy photo) Despite no meetings or social

Stranded manatee rescued from canal near Moore Haven

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A manatee stranded in a canal near Moore Haven is rescued by biologists and volunteers on Jan. 7, 2021. (screenshot via SFWMD video) A manatee found stranded in a canal near Moore Haven has a new home after being rescued by biologists from the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD)

Everett Osceola provides Seminole insight during Stranahan House online event

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Everett Osceola, left, talks about different aspects of Seminole life and culture with Stranahan House Museum historian Jonathan Axler during a Facebook Live program from the museum Nov. 30. (Image via Facebook) To commemorate National Native American Heritage month in November, the Stranahan House Museum in Fort Laudedale celebrated Seminole life

PECS 5th graders learn about explorers, rights to treasures

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Michelle Pritchard’s fifth-grade class from Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School finished up 2020 with an ethical problem to solve. It was the end of the Exploring Unit, during which the class studied Spanish explorers and their search for “gold, God and glory” in the 1400s and Portuguese explorers Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco

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