Big Cypress challenge promotes health, culture Community Health News Top News by Damon Scott - December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Tauni Cypress competes in the gator pull. (Photo Damon Scott) BIG CYPRESS – The Big Cypress Reservation was the setting Dec. 10 for an inaugural strength challenge. Quenton Cypress, the Seminole Tribe’s community engagement manager at the Heritage and Environment Resources Office (HERO), organized the event. Several tribal members and their
Done deal: Hard Rock takes over Mirage Hard Rock/Seminole Gaming News Top News by Damon Scott - December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Hard Rock’s plans, as seen in this rendering, include construction of a massive guitar hotel. (Hard Rock) Hard Rock International (HRI) announced its intention about a year ago to buy the Mirage Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip from MGM Resorts International in an almost $1.1 billion all-cash deal.
Brighton rental homes snapped up quickly Community News Top News by Damon Scott - December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Tribal officials join families who received keys to rental homes at a ribbon-cutting Nov. 22, 2022. (Courtesy Seminole Media Productions) The appetite for rental homes on the Brighton Reservation appears to be quite healthy. The Seminole Tribe held a ribbon cutting Nov. 22, 2022, to usher in nine new rental homes
HHS roundup: ‘Rez Rally,’ new booster, health annex progress Community Health News Top News by Damon Scott - December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 The theme of this year’s event is “Rez Rally Rising.” (Courtesy Seminole Media Productions) HOLLYWOOD – The Seminole Tribe’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Department is gearing up for its first in-person “Rez Rally” since January 2020. The last rally took place on the Big Cypress Reservation just before the Covid-19
Search for actor to portray Jim Thorpe underway Arts & Entertainment News Top News by Damon Scott - December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 Jim Thorpe was a talented multisport athlete. (Courtesy Pictureworks Entertainment) The producers of a new feature film about Jim Thorpe’s life have launched an online casting call to find a Native American actor to portray him when he was in his 20s. Pictureworks Entertainment is developing the movie – “Thorpe” – which
DOI: More derogatory Native names to be changed News Top News by Damon Scott - December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 Deb Haaland (File photo) The Department of the Interior (DOI) continues to advance its project to identify federal land names and geographic feature names that may be considered derogatory to Native Americans, and create recommendations for potential replacement names. In September 2022 the DOI’s derogatory geographic names task force completed a renaming
THPO’s deBeaubien named to NAGPRA committee Community News Top News by Damon Scott - December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 The Seminole Tribe’s efforts to repatriate its ancestors got a boost Nov. 22 when Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) collections manager Domonique deBeaubien was named to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s (NAGPRA) federal advisory review committee for a four-year term. The committee is charged with monitoring and reviewing
Interior hosts second Tribal Nations Summit News Top News by Damon Scott - December 14, 2022December 18, 2022 President Biden delivers his remarks at the 2022 summit. (Native News Online) The Biden administration held its second White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of Interior (DOI) in Washington, D.C., Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 – the first to be held in-person. Last year’s event was held virtually due
HHS issues notices on RSV, dengue fever Community Health News by Damon Scott - November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 Officials say RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis in children younger than one year old. (Image via National Institutes of Health) The Seminole Tribe’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Department issued two warnings via email to tribal members and tribal employees. The first warning concerned respiratory syncytial virus, commonly known
Q&A: Rep. McCall talks climate change, food link Community Health Top News by Damon Scott - November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 Hollywood Board Rep. Christine McCall outside of the Hollywood Community Culture Center on Nov. 17. (Photo Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD – Hollywood Board Rep. Christine McCall grew up on the Hollywood Reservation with her mother, Wanda Bowers, who was part of the tribe’s princess program for many years. Rep. McCall said she