Two Seminoles participate in Miami climate rally on evening of presidential debate Health News Top News by Beverly Bidney - August 2, 2019August 19, 2019 The 2020 Democratic presidential debates in Miami on June 26 and 27 attracted a lot of attention from voters and television viewers as well as more than a dozen climate change organizations, which used the second debate as an opportunity to emphasize the importance of fighting climate change. The group held
STOF employees develop climate change plan at Montana tribal climate camp Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - August 2, 2019August 19, 2019 Developing a strategy to deal with the impact of climate change isn’t child’s play, but a group of Seminole Tribe of Florida employees recently went to summer camp to come up with a plan. Paul Backhouse, senior director of the Heritage and Environment Resources Office; Juan Cancel, assistant director of the
Thousands of calves, worth millions, shipped from Big Cypress, Brighton reservations Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Sixty-one cattle owners in Brighton and Big Cypress had a fruitful July as they shipped more than 3,500 calves to feedlots around the country. The annual two-week shipping event marks the end of a year in which the calves were raised, cared for and sold. “It went pretty smooth, we didn’t have
Elvis’s gold piano takes its place in Hard Rock Tampa history Arts & Entertainment News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - August 1, 2019August 19, 2019 TAMPA — Elvis may not be in the building, but his piano graces the new atrium at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa. The glitzy 24-karat gold leaf piano is the centerpiece of the property’s elegant new grand entrance and was unveiled July 11 in a ceremony just off
Alex Johns finishes term as Florida Cattlemen’s Association president Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - August 1, 2019August 19, 2019 After serving for a year as president of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association, Alex Johns completed his term and stepped down at its annual convention June 20. He is the first Native American to lead the 5,000-member organization. “I’m proud and humbled to have served as FCA president this year,” Johns said in
Tribal members paint their stress away on every reservation Health News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - July 12, 2019August 20, 2019 BIG CYPRESS — Everyone may not be as gifted as Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh or Pablo Picasso but every individual can reap the stress relieving benefits of putting paint on canvas. Tribal members created their own masterpieces as they participated in Paint Your Stress Away events, sponsored by the
SPD lieutenant Joseph Johnson remembered for decades of police service, role model for family Community Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - July 12, 2019August 20, 2019 ESTERO — Seminole Police Department Lieutenant Joseph P. Johnson was laid to rest June 5 after a 41-year career in law enforcement, the last 10 years spent as an investigator at SPD and most recently in its Homeland and Infrastructure Security Unit. Johnson, 64, perished in the line of duty during
Intertribal Timber Council tours Big Cypress Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - July 12, 2019August 20, 2019 BIG CYPRESS — A group of 167 attendees at the National Indian Timber Symposium, hosted by the Intertribal Council, took an educational field trip to Big Cypress on June 12 where they learned about the Tribe’s cattle program and native area management practices. (See related story) The group also toured Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki
Business Profile: Billiee Beauty Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - July 12, 2019August 20, 2019 IMMOKALEE — Vanessa Billie has always been passionate about beauty and cosmetics. In May, she turned her passion into a business and created Billiee Beauty, an online make-up store. A 2015 graduate of Immokalee High School, Billie has since graduated from the Academy of Glam in Cooper City and the Florida
Seminoles cross the country for cultural exchange with Quinault, Quileute tribes Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - July 8, 2019 OCEAN SHORES, Wash. — Sixty-four members of the Seminole Tribe’s Naples community traveled about as far as possible in the continental U.S. for a cultural exchange with the Quinault and Quileute tribes in Washington State June 17-22. The trip was a result of a previous cultural exchange the community had with