For the first time, Seminole Pride Beef is available for purchase at two retail grocery stores in Broward County. The meat debuted in April at the Broward Meat and Fish Co. supermarkets in North Lauderdale and Lauderdale Lakes. President Mitchell Cypress, Hollywood Board Rep. Steve Osceola and a group of Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD — In its quest to pass Seminole traditions to the next generation, the Hollywood Culture Department recently taught young men and boys the ins and outs of chickee building. They started by collecting raw materials in the Everglades and finished by adding another completed chickee to the culture camp

HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. — More than 200 youngsters ages 7 to 17 made memories to last a lifetime at Camp Kulaqua this summer. A week away from home provided campers with fun, facts and the experience of bunking with their peers. From July 26-31, 97 teenagers started their days in High

IMMOKALEE — With the stroke of a pen on Oct. 26, 1989, hundreds of Tribal members, local politicians and community members witnessed the birth of the Immokalee Reservation as William D. Ott, Eastern Area director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, signed the documents that placed 595 acres into trust

HOLLYWOOD — Longtime National Public Radio (NPR) host and reporter Jacki Lyden recently visited the Hollywood Reservation to research Seminole patchwork for an upcoming series of radio broadcasts and podcasts about fashion as culture. "These people had to become invisible to survive the Seminole Wars," Lyden said. "But in the 20th

HOLLYWOOD — As an infant, Star Nayea was taken from her home in Canada and adopted by a white family in Detroit, Michigan under the Indian Adoption Project, a controversial federal program that placed Native children into adoptive homes from 1958 to 1967. She suffered years of abuse and does

HOLLYWOOD — Destiny Nunez was named Miss Florida Seminole 2015-16 during the 58th annual Princess Pageant July 25, keeping the crown with Brighton Reservation for another year. The newly crowned Jr. Miss Florida Seminole Skyla Osceola hails from Hollywood. Destiny’s crowning was an emotional family affair as her younger sister and

IMMOKALEE — Eight families returned home to the Immokalee Reservation June 26 after the completion and grand opening of new, long-awaited townhomes. Raul Escobar, who has lived nearby off the reservation with his family for 16 years, signed his lease during the grand opening event and moved in the same afternoon