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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.

Everett Osceola awarded Knight Foundation grant

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Everett Osceola was awarded a $50,000 grant Nov. 28 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s 2016 Knight Arts Challenge. The funds will be used for the N8tive Reel Cinema Festival, the first Native American film festival in the southeastern U.S. Osceola’s project was chosen from nearly 1,000 entries.

Big Cypress captures Trike Fest

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BIG CYPRESS — Although it wasn’t quite Christmas, the holiday spirit was alive and well at the 12th annual Trike Fest on Dec. 9 in Big Cypress. Seniors from Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood and Immokalee donned Santa hats and bicycle helmets as they vied for trophies in the friendly competition

DAPL decision draws optimism, pessimism from Seminoles

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Dec. 4 it will not approve an easement to allow the proposed 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe on the Missouri River, near the Standing River Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The pronouncement halted the project. Assistant Secretary for Civil Works

Jessica Osceola earns Master of Fine Arts

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FORT MYERS — Embracing her bi-racial identity as a Seminole and American woman, Jessica Osceola created art from the issues she has faced throughout her life. After five years of study and work, she recently earned her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Academy of Art University in San

ERMD balances needs of wildlife and community on reservations

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BIG CYPRESS — For the last decade, the Environmental Resource Management Department’s wildlife and wetlands divisions have been monitoring the health of Tribal land and the non-human species that call it home. ERMD has what appears to be conflicting roles; it aims to protect the environment as it works with Tribal

Cool weather grass grows in Brighton field trial

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BRIGHTON — With an eye toward increasing productivity in Tribal cow pastures, Aaron Stam, University of Florida extension agent, began a field trial of cool weather grasses on a 20-acre pasture in the Brighton feedlot Nov. 1. Bahiagrass, currently used in pastures, is a fine choice most of the year but

Digging for solutions at fracking summit

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FORT MYERS — Hundreds of environmentally concerned citizens attended the Florida Fracking Summit Nov. 2 to learn about the threats to the environment and what they can do to help prevent them. The room remained silent throughout the day as the crowd listened intently to expert speakers at Florida Gulf Coast

Documentary sheds light on Black Seminole war hero

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BIG CYPRESS — A rarely told story of a Black Seminole hero is being made into an educational documentary called “Suwannee Warrior.” Filming began Nov. 6 on the Big Cypress Reservation. “It’s one of those stories that is rarely spoken about nowadays, in the Tribe and outside as well,” said Naples

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