ST. MARKS — More than 150 years after young Seminole Indian Emateloye (Polly Parker) escaped her U.S. military captors here, hid in the palmettos, then evaded a hunting posse for more than 300 miles through the snakes and panthers and thick Florida outback all the way back home to Lake

EVERGLADES CITY —The brackish waters of Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands were just too shallow in March to allow the a famous “canoe” to reach the docks of the Everglades National Park Gulf Coast Visitor Center. The Hōkūleʻa, a performance-accurate full-scale replica of a waʻa kaulua, was forced to anchor miles out

OLD TOWN — Not far from the Suwannee River, historic Bowlegs Town rests almost like a whisper within a wide vista of North Florida high ground. The town is flanked by coastal mangroves and grassy plains with fingerlike waterways that slither west into the Gulf of Mexico and thick oak

TALLAHASSEE — Seminole Tribe members and historians gathered at the Florida capital Dec. 12-13 to defend the aboriginal ancestry of today’s Seminole Indians during the annual Winter Solstice Celebration. Hosted by the Florida Department of State, the celebration was held at the Mission San Luis de Apalachee, a restored 1633 Spanish

TAMPA — Star owners and chefs from some of the area’s best restaurants attended the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa’s grand opening for Grey Salt in November. The stylish 250-seat Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, under the supervision of celebrity executive chef Marc Murphy, replaces the Americana fare’s Green Room. Murphy is