Tribe celebrates Earth Day in Big Cypress, Hollywood Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Ahfachkee School students Carlise Bermudez and Athena Osceola, far right, explain to visitors how to use a stalk of sugar cane to grow a new plant at the school’s culture garden display. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum held two comprehensive events to commemorate Earth Day; April 22
After lengthy journey, all-Indigenous groundbreaking play ‘Distant Thunder’ reaches the stage Arts & Entertainment News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Spencer Battiest, center, performs in the all-Indigenous play “Distant Thunder” in Oklahoma City. (Photo Miki Galloway) “Distant Thunder” struggled to find a home for the past decade. The all-Indigenous musical, whose cast includes the Seminole Tribe’s Spencer Battiest, finally made its way to the stage in late March at the First American
Groundbreaking paves way for Immokalee medical and public safety building Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Dignitaries symbolically break the ground at the site of the future Immokalee medical and public safety building April 26. From left are Derek Koger, Dr. Vandhana Kiswani-Barley, Brighton Councilman Larry Howard, Hollywood Councilman Chris Osceola, Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr., Nancy Motlow, President Mitchell Cypress, Immokalee Council liaison Ray Garza,
National Audubon Day program to include Seminole perspective, film about plume wars Arts & Entertainment Community Top News by Beverly Bidney - April 23, 2022April 23, 2022 Director Nicholas Ray, left, with Cory Osceola, from the Seminole Tribe, during the filming of the 1958 movie "Wind Across the Everglades.” (State Archives of Florida/Steinmetz) Everett Osceola will introduce the classic film “Wind Across the Everglades” during the National Audubon Day commemoration by the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and Stranahan
Big turnout for Chairman of the Greens tournament to support charities of Brooks, Marino Sports by Beverly Bidney - April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Tommie Jackson, Jeremy Smith, Jerry Smith and Jahna Smith line up a putt during the Chairman of the Greens charity golf tournament March 21, 2022, at Avila Golf & Country Club in Tampa. (Photo Beverly Bidney) TAMPA — The greens and fairways at Tampa’s Avila Golf & Country Club were filled
Formula 1 racecar, barefoot skier tackle Big Cypress Reservation canal Sports by Beverly Bidney - April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Parks Bonifay is pulled by a Red Bull racecar as he skis barefoot on a Big Cypress Reservation canal Dec. 10, 2021. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — It isn’t every day you see a barefoot water skier on a Big Cypress Reservation canal. It is even rarer to see
Ahfachkee culture class has delicious final exam Community Education Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Carlise Bermudez makes pumpkin fry bread in the Ahfachkee cooking chickee Feb. 25. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — The Ahfachkee School’s culture department aims to pass along language (Elaponke), cultural knowledge and skills to keep Seminole traditions alive for generations to come. Students learn Elaponke from Monday through Thursday and
Tribe celebrates healthy eating with cooking classes Community Health Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Rowdy Osceola and Vera Herrera cut some zucchini as chef Lorraine Posada teaches the proper way to get the seeds out of the vegetable during the Big Cypress cooking class March 17. (Photo Beverly Bidney) The Seminole Tribe’s Integrative Health team brought tempting aromas and lively flavors to every reservation during
Reception highlights poetry through art, writing Arts & Entertainment Community by Beverly Bidney - April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Elgin Jumper talks about his art that is displayed in the Mosiac Gallery at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on March 16, 2022. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — Since Elgin Jumper sees poetry in everything, the opening reception for his “Fluent Poetry” show at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on March 16 celebrated all
‘Victory for our people, for our ancestors’ as Alachua County purchases disputed Micanopy land News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 From left, Robert Rosa (Taino), Micanopy activist Aaron Weber, Shawn Updagrave (Cherokee) and Martha Tommie (Seminole) celebrate the victory at the Micanopy Native American Preserve on March 28, 2022. (Courtesy photo) A land dispute has been unfolding during the past two years in Micanopy where a developer planned to build a