Inauguration ceremony ushers elected leaders into new terms Community by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015July 1, 2015 HOLLYWOOD — Witnessed by a crowd of nearly 500 spectators, the Tribe’s newly elected leadership was sworn in June 1 during a reverent and proud inauguration ceremony at the Hollywood Reservation. "I pray for the leaders that stand before us that they will lead with knowledge and wisdom," said the Rev.
Big Cypress plays teaching role for United Nations’ water institute Community by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — Big Cypress Board Rep. Joe Frank promised 26 master’s degree and doctoral candidates from nations around the globe one thing during a tour May 22 of the reservation’s wetlands: "You will be amazed when you look at Florida how the environment struggles to survive." All hydrology system modeling
Tribe helps keep Haskell football program alive Community by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015July 1, 2015 LAWRENCE, Kan. — Football at Haskell Indian Nations University, under severe financial stress, has received an assist from Tribes throughout Indian Country, including a major Hail Mary from the Seminole Tribe of Florida. On May 7, Tribal members and Haskell alumni Moses Jumper Jr. (1970) and Pete Hahn (2005) presented Haskell
NICWA honors head of Tribe’s Family Services Department Community by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015 PORTLAND, Ore. — Helene Buster’s life is filled with the problems of others. Some days she finds resolutions. Some nights the director of the Tribe’s Family Services Department goes to bed with the weight of concerns too heavy for rest. Drug- and alcohol-addicted Tribal members and the children caught in the
Dedicated patchwork artist emerges from Immokalee Community by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015July 1, 2015 IMMOKALEE — For Immokalee’s Culture Department site coordinator Moleana Hall, patience and patchwork go hand in hand, but she didn’t always practice what she preaches. "Sewing just wasn’t my thing. I didn’t have the patience for it ... when I started working here I had to learn," Hall said while surrounded
Native Learning Center arms reach near and far Community by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015 HOLLYWOOD — The Native Learning Center 2015 calendar is divided into quarters and color coded in eight shades of busy for the Hollywood-based staff members. Marie Dufour Bonville, director of Training and Technical Assistance, said a 2014 cooperative agreement grant infusion of $700,000 through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
PECS kids cook, clean, play and learn at Culture Camp Education by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015July 1, 2015 BRIGHTON — Living Seminole is more than eating frybread and Indian hot dogs. Just ask any child after a day at Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School’s annual Culture Camp. "It feels like you are really taking part in something bigger than you," said eighth-grader Conner Thomas. That’s when being PECS Seminole gets real
Nova grad proud of Seminole ties Education by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015 DAVIE — Before Sheyanna Osceola marched down the aisle at Don Taft University Center as a 2015 Nova Southeastern University (NSU) graduate, she topped her head with a mortarboard bejeweled in Seminole colors. Afterward, she placed the cap on her 2-year-old daughter as if she glimpsed the future. "If I have one
‘Apple’ is first college grad in family tree Education by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015 FORT PIERCE — Apolonia Nunez will never forget the first few minutes of her first day of college in 2013. "I walked into the classroom and a girl looked at me funny and asked, ‘What are you doing here? Why are you here, and how old are you?’ I said ‘13’
Hollywood teen inducted into National Junior Honor Society Education by Eileen Soler - June 2, 2015July 1, 2015 DAVIE — Fourteen-year-old Kian Madrid likes playing video games, caring for his dog, Snow White, and helping out at the Hollywood Reservation Boys & Girls Club. But the eighth-grader, who attends University School at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, knows that fun is also learning something new every day, earning high