Seminole shootout hits its mark in Immokalee News by Beverly Bidney - April 2, 2018April 4, 2018 IMMOKALEE — About 2,000 history buffs, tourists, school children and boy scouts from all over the state showed up in Immokalee March 2 and 3 to learn a little bit about Seminole history by watching a reenactment of the Seminole Wars. The Seminole Shootout Battle Reenactment, which began in Big Cypress
Two-Spirit couple competes in Sweetheart’s Special Community by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2018 Sean Snyder and Adrian Matthias Stevens have been dancing since they could walk; Snyder is a men’s fancy dancer and Stevens is a grass dancer. “We are both just natural dancers,” said Stevens, who is Northern Ute, Shoshone-Bannock and San Carlos Apache. “We were raised in the pow wow world and
Cattle head for the hills at Smith Family Cattle Drive Community by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2018April 3, 2018 At the 6th annual Smith Family Cattle Drive Jan. 27, which honors the family patriarchs’ contributions to the Tribe in the cattle industry and public service, about 100 family, friends and community members aimed to move a herd of 30 steer about six miles from the Brighton Marsh Pens to
Brighton RV Resort revels in busy season Community by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2018 All it takes is a drive to the Brighton Trading Post to see things are hopping at the adjacent RV Resort. A sea of recreational vehicles, boats and bikes have filled the 56-pad park to capacity. “It’s our second year in a row that we’re full,” said Darcey Barrows, Trading Post
Naples community can can vegetables Community by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2018 About a dozen members of the Naples community went back in time for a couple of days as they canned vegetables the old fashioned way. Crates of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, onions, watermelons, and pinto and garbanzo beans fresh from the Immokalee farmers market filled the Juanita Osceola Center Feb. 12 and
Jessica Osceola contributes to national clothing line Community by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2018April 3, 2018 When Jessica Osceola was a child, she wanted to be a fashion designer. Since then her path has been a creative one; she is an artist and sculptor who has shown her work at galleries and Art Basel in Miami Beach and is a ceramics professor at Florida Gulf Coast
Wildland firefighters from Indian Country train in BC, Brighton News by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2018April 3, 2018 BIG CYPRESS — Forestry firefighters fight fire with fire to prevent large wildfires from spreading out of control. Wildland firefighters from all over Indian Country have been busy setting fires in Big Cypress and Brighton to practice their skills and learn new ones. The program began in 1994 when Big Cypress
Vacant Stone Beads building demolished News by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2018April 3, 2018 BRIGHTON — The corner of Reservation and Harney Pond Roads was once the hub of Tribal activity in Brighton. A convenience store owned first by Ollie and Shula Jones and then by Joe Lester and Julie John stood at the prime location and was the only store on the res. The
Ahfachkee recounts Egmont Key history Education by Beverly Bidney - January 31, 2018January 30, 2018 BIG CYPRESS — To tourists, Egmont Key is a lovely spit of land in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, but to Seminoles it represents the misery endured by ancestors during the Seminole Wars in the mid-1800s. The island is disappearing due to erosion, but thanks to the Tribal Historic
PECS students focus on books during Literacy Week Education by Beverly Bidney - January 31, 2018February 28, 2018 BRIGHTON — Students at Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School began their week Jan. 22 with a visit from the Seminole Tribe Fire Rescue Department, who came to school with sirens blaring to kick off Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida! in style. Students welcomed the fire fighters as they dismounted their shiny red fire