CBH program guides participants back to society Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 The Center for Behavioral Health’s Re-Entry program is designed to help prepare incarcerated Tribal members to rejoin society. The program recently had its first graduate: Matthew Otero of Immokalee. Trust plays a big part of the program. Otero said at first he hesitated about participating until he met CBH counselor Marilyn
Thousands fill Brighton Field Day Festival Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 BRIGHTON — Nearly 4,000 attendees enjoyed the 82nd annual Brighton Field Day Festival Feb. 14-16. The visitors, who came from all over North America, were entertained by Native American dance, crafts and culture as well as concerts, competitive alligator wrestling and a professional rodeo. The event had something for everyone, including a
Guy LaBree to be inducted in Florida Artists Hall of Fame Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Artist Guy LaBree grew up in Dania, went to school with Seminole Tribal members and spent his career painting his passion: Seminole history, legends and people. The Florida Department of State will honor LaBree’s legacy by inducting him posthumously in the Florida Artists Hall of Fame on April 4 in
Culture, tradition, honor highlight annual Tribal Fair and Pow Wow Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 HOLLYWOOD — Ancient traditions met the thoroughly modern world at the Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow from Feb. 7 to Feb. 9 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. The 49th annual celebration focused on Native American art, culture, dance and tradition even though it occurred in the
National Native American Veterans Memorial to be dedicated Nov. 11 Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 The dedication of the National Native American Veterans Memorial has been set for Nov. 11 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. The ceremony will take place on the grounds of the museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Organizers said the dedication will begin with a procession of
Florida Southern College’s Wyatt Youngman named ag fraternity pres Education News Top News by Beverly Bidney - February 3, 2020February 4, 2020 LAKE PLACID — Wyatt Youngman admits he isn’t much of a people person. He likes working by himself in his family’s sprawling orange grove in Lake Placid. So how did this accomplished young man, a junior at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, become the president of the school’s chapter of
82nd annual Brighton Field Day Festival and Rodeo to be held Feb. 14-16 Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 BRIGHTON — An abundance of Native American dance, art, culture, food, music – including alligator wrestling and a pro rodeo – are expected to bring large crowds to the 82nd annual Brighton Field Day Festival Feb. 14-16 on the Brighton Reservation. Each of the three days will kick off with
20th annual Rez Rally – a healthy start to new decade for hundreds of runners, walkers Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — More than 650 people came from every reservation and every generation, from elders to infants, to compete and connect at the 20th annual Rez Rally on Jan. 11 in Big Cypress. The breezy, cool weather at the platinum edition of Rez Rally couldn’t have been better. The
Rally founders look back at 20 years Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — Back at the turn of the millennium, Connie Whidden and Suzanne Davis, who both worked in the Tribe’s health department, were looking for a way to get Tribal members to increase their physical activity. “We were working with people who had diabetes,” said Davis, Integrative Health program manager.
Ahfachkee murals preserved through laser scanning Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — In 1993 and 1994, Seminole artist Mary Gay Osceola used her talent and experience to paint 13 murals on the walls of the Ahfachkee School in Big Cypress. Those murals, which depict Seminole life and legends, have been preserved for posterity despite the imminent demolition of the building,