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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.

Big Cypress expresses gratitude in storm’s aftermath

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BIG CYPRESS – The Seminole spirit of hospitality remained strong in the wake of Hurricane Irma. To show gratitude to Glades Electric Cooperative linemen, the Senior Center treated the workers to a hearty lunch Sept. 22 in the air conditioned facility. “It was the community showing appreciation to the individuals who

Battiest brothers reflect on VMA win

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Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, Seminole Tribe brothers Spencer and Zack “Doc” Battiest and seven other Native American artists won an MTV Video Music Award (VMA) Aug. 27 for the “Stand Up / Stand N Rock” music video. The group, dubbed the Magnificent Seven by Taboo, is comprised of Spencer

Cattle sale draws hundreds of buyers, sellers from Southeast

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BRIGHTON — Creating a sea of cowboy hats, more than 250 ranchers from Florida and around the country crammed into the Florida Seminole Veterans Building on Aug. 31 hoping to buy or sell the perfect heifers at the Cattle Country Commercial Replacement Sale in Brighton. By the end of the day,

Hard Rock International relocating to Tribe’s Davie building

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HOLLYWOOD — Hard Rock International plans to shift its corporate headquarters to South Florida from Orlando in 2018. The company will move to the Seminole Tribe’s building at 5701 Stirling Road in Davie, within a mile of Tribal headquarters and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Purchased by the Tribe in

Hurricane Irma hits reservations

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Hurricane Irma was a most unwelcome guest as it roared over Immokalee, Big Cypress, Hollywood, Brighton and the rest of the state Sept. 10-11. It was the first direct hit from a major hurricane to Florida since Hurricane Wilma in 2005 and the first Category 4 to hit since Hurricane

Summer fun with a splash

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Kids in Big Cypress and Immokalee spent a hot summer’s day June 28 cooling off with some wet and wild activities thanks to the health department, recreation, Boys & Girls Clubs and the Seminole fire department. The dash part of the program was intended to get the kids moving, which they

Students, teachers return to school for 2017-18 academic year

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After a few, seemingly short, months of summer, the time has come for students to return to school. The excitement of the 2017-18 school started with back-to-school bashes and meet and greets a few days before classrooms opened at Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School Aug. 8 and Ahfachkee School Aug. 11, bringing

Solar eclipse points eyes to the sky in Big Cypress

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BIG CYPRESS – With well-protected eyes tilted skyward, Seminoles joined millions of other North Americans as they watched the first total solar eclipse to cross the continental U.S. from coast to coast since 1918. Depending on which reservation it was viewed from, 76 to 82 percent of the sun was covered

Spencer and ‘Doc’ Battiest win MTV VMA

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Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, Seminole Tribe members Spencer and Zack “Doc” Battiest and a few other Native American artists dubbed the Magnificent Seven won an MTV Video Music Award on Aug. 27 for “Stand Up / Stand N Rock” music video. Nominated in the Best Fight Against the System

Spencer Battiest performs at Smithsonian museums

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NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON — Spencer Battiest took New York City and Washington, D.C. by storm in a pair of concerts at both locations of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Accompanied by his brother Zack “Doc” Battiest and bandmates, Battiest showed his flair for melody and lyrics

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