Golf pro is ace in hole Sports by Eileen Soler - September 24, 2013April 13, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — Two decades as a big sugar executive plus 13 years as Clewiston’s municipal golf director is an ace in the hole for the Seminole Tribe with the recent hire of a new Big Cypress golf instructor, Adolfo Pena. "I’m part of the bigger plan to bring a casino
Camp Kulaqua kids learn, laugh, grow Education by Eileen Soler - August 28, 2013April 13, 2015 HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. — Every single second from dawn until deep into the starry night was filled with fun, adventure and learning for about 235 Tribal children at Camp Kulaqua sleepaway summer camp. Nearly 80 teens participated in the first week, July 28 through Aug. 1, at the camp in High
Princesses crowned Community by Eileen Soler - August 27, 2013April 9, 2015 HOLLYWOOD — Brains, beauty, a flair for Seminole fashion and a gift for intelligent gab was all it took for two Hollywood sisters to take both crowns in the 2013 Miss Florida Seminole Princess Pageant. The new Miss Florida Seminole Tia Blais-Billie, 17, and Jr. Miss Florida Seminole Brianna Blais-Billie, 16,
Brown family touches down at Brown’s Landing Community by Eileen Soler - August 27, 2013April 9, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — Neal Brown, 81, rested in a chickee on a scorching hot July morning and gave the Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) and guests at Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum’s Seminole Village an insider’s take on the first white man to trade with and live among the Seminoles in Big Cypress
Native journalists bolster modern-day storytelling Community by Eileen Soler - August 27, 2013April 9, 2015 TEMPE, Ariz. — In the spirit of past Sioux eyapaha, village criers who heralded the news of warriors and chiefs, members of the Native American Journalist Association (NAJA) gathered to share the latest about Native issues, media technology and ways to advance communication throughout Indian Country. "We are blessed with special
New dental clinic equals happy smiles Community by Eileen Soler - August 27, 2013April 9, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — The difference is between toothy grins and grumpy frowns. "It’s like night and day," said Celeste Billie in the waiting room of the new, state-of-the-art dental clinic at Big Cypress. Night is the dank 1980s dental office that was squeezed into a tiny space at the Big Cypress Health
Museum goes BAMM for tourism Community by Eileen Soler - July 22, 2013April 9, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — During June, the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum participated in Broward Attractions & Museums Month (BAMM) for the fifth consecutive year. The program offered the deal of the year for history and cultural museum buffs: Be a member of one of 17 participating attractions and have the opportunity to visit them
SMP staffer shows super video at SuperCon Community by Eileen Soler - July 22, 2013April 9, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — When 10,000 comic book, sci-fi, anime and video game fans converged July 4-7 at the Miami Airport Convention Center for the 2013 Florida SuperCon, a Tribe employee attended to collect an impressive honor. Jeremy Taylor, a video editor and the Big Cypress station broadcaster for Seminole Media Productions,
Tribal teens tour Cali higher education Education by Eileen Soler - July 22, 2013April 13, 2015 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Southern California may be best known for the Hollywood rich and famous, but Tribal students on a recent college tour of the region discovered that Tinseltown is also a bastion of academia. "It’s not what I expected at all. I had no idea I’d see so much," said
New degree has Christine McCall fired up for future Education by Eileen Soler - July 22, 2013April 13, 2015 HOLLYWOOD — Christine McCall, of Hollywood, does not settle for anything less than her best. From her teen years starring on the Seminole girls’ softball diamond to being crowned Miss Florida Seminole 2005, competing in the Miss Indian World Pageant twice and earning a bachelor’s degree in social work from Florida