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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.

Seminole art exhibition opens at Ringling

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Alongside fellow artists, Pedro Zepeda speaks to the audience at the opening of “Reclaiming Home: Contemporary Seminole Art” on March 18, 2023, at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. (Photo Beverly Bidney) SARASOTA — “Reclaiming Home: Contemporary Seminole Art,” a groundbreaking art exhibition of more than 100

Nick the Native releases new music

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Nick Zepeda (Photo Dennis Elliott) Nick Zepeda, aka Nick the Native, has been writing songs since he was a child, when he would find a quiet space in his garage and write beats on his mother’s laptop computer. Since then, Zepeda, a Seminole who lives in Naples, has released two EP (extended

THPO still on guard, but hopeful on repatriation efforts

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Tina Osceola (Photo Beverly Bidney) FORT MYERS — Tina Osceola spoke to members of the Southwest Florida Archaeological Society on March 15 at the IMAG History and Science Center in Fort Myers, where she described what repatriation of ancestors means to the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the work being done

Brighton Field Day Festival attracts thousands

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From left to right are Brighton Board Rep. Helene Buster, FSU head football coach Mike Norvell, Brighton Councilman Larry Howard, Renegade team owner Allen Durham, Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr. and Hollywood Councilman Chris Osceola. (Mike Norvell/Twitter) BRIGHTON — Thousands of people attended the 84th annual Brighton Field Day Festival from

Indigenous activists notch victory at Jupiter property

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Indigenous activists celebrate after the town of Jupiter's Historical Review Board voted unanimously Feb. 16 to deny a permit for a developer to dig at a site containing Indian mounds. From left to right are Robert Rosa of the American Indian Movement, Jupiter resident Jessica Namath, Seminole tribal member Martha

Community garden opens in Big Cypress

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Above, from left to right, Alice Jimmie, Billie Cypress, Lena Cypress and Kiki Roberts make seed bombs out of clay, soil, wildflower seeds and nutrients. The seed bombs were thrown into an open part of the garden so wildflowers will bloom to attract pollinators to the garden. (Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS

Big Cypress learns about python presence

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FWC staff member Michelle Bassis attempts to get a python out of the snake bag for a demonstration during the python patrol training in Big Cypress. (Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — Burmese pythons have been the scourge of the Everglades for more than 20 years and have now made their way

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