BIG CYPRESS — The Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) won the grand prize for the 2019 Tribal Story Map Contest at the Esri User Conference in San Diego in July. Winners of the Tribal Story Map Challenge were announced at the conference, which was for users of geographic information systems (GIS). Story

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

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

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