Red Barn celebration planned for Jan. 26 Community by Peter B. Gallagher - December 18, 2012April 9, 2015 BRIGHTON — Proud and precarious, like a lone weathered cowboy standing still in a gusty green field, the historic Red Barn withstands the ghostly fade of time. Windswept, battered, craggy and gnarled, the cypress-planked barn was once bright red and full of community. Built in 1941 by the Indian Division of the
Tampa Seminoles, YMCA form healthy partnership Community by Peter B. Gallagher - December 18, 2012April 9, 2015 TAMPA — Marsha Roberts had a problem. The Recreation director for the Tampa Seminoles had no facilities for either youth or adult Tribal members to work out, play games or participate in sports. The smallest of the Seminoles’ residential reservations, Tampa’s community had been relocated from the actual reservation lands in 2004
Veterans recognized at annual celebration Community by Peter B. Gallagher - November 28, 2012April 9, 2015 BRIGHTON — Former Navajo Nation Chairman and World War II Code Talker Peter MacDonald Sr. was a guest speaker, and the late Tribal veterans Joe Lester John and Wonder Johns were honored for their military and Tribal achievements, highlighting the 25th annual Veterans Day celebration and recognition on Nov. 2
Tribal veteran Charlie S. Gopher officially commended Community by Peter B. Gallagher - November 28, 2012April 9, 2015 BRIGHTON — He fought for this country in five of the most ferocious campaigns of the 10-year Vietnam War, including the Battles of Ia Drang/Kim Son, Pleiku and Hoa Hoi. Then, they sent two truckloads of armed soldiers to arrest him in his hometown so they could officially throw him
Late Vietnam veteran’s daughter receives ‘Agent Orange’ benefits Community by Peter B. Gallagher - August 29, 2012April 9, 2015 ST. PETERSBURG — Brighton resident Jill John was born almost 32 years ago with spina bifida, a birth defect that involves the incomplete development of the spinal cord. She has spent most of her life in a wheelchair and has endured more than a dozen major surgeries. Her father, Seminole Tribal
Seminole veteran Charlie Gopher’s discharge status rectified Community by Peter B. Gallagher - July 25, 2012April 10, 2015 By Peter B. Gallagher ST. PETERSBURG — An administrative decision by the Regional Office of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has cleared the way for the late Seminole Indian war hero Charlie Steel Gopher to receive the full burial benefits denied him and his family for the past
Hard Rock Tampa expands: World’s sixth-largest casino Community by Peter B. Gallagher - July 24, 2012April 10, 2015 TAMPA — There’s something unusual about the new pool bar at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa. A huge window wall stretches behind the bar, emitting natural light onto patrons sitting inside at nearby gaming machines. Outside, sunlight bathes a tropical scene of palm trees and margaritas,
Grand opening for Subway store held in Brighton Community by Peter B. Gallagher - June 28, 2012April 10, 2015 BRIGHTON — Featuring a unique, "diabetes friendlier" menu, the new Brighton Trading Post Subway store officially opened June 18 with music and a popular, hands-on nutrition display by the Tribe’s Health Department. A free lunch was provided for a gathering of several hundred Tribal members, friends, tourists and staff beneath
60th Florida Folk Festival: Arlo, John, heat and rain Community by Peter B. Gallagher - June 27, 2012April 10, 2015 WHITE SPRINGS — Way up along the Suwannee River, the Florida Park Service put on the 60th Florida Folk Festival during Memorial Day weekend. The event combined sterling performances by folksinger Arlo Guthrie and country star John Anderson with a near-record heat wave and a big, fat, unpredictable pile of
Red Barn project presented at Brighton community meeting Community by Peter B. Gallagher - June 27, 2012April 10, 2015 BRIGHTON — Tribal architectural historian Carrie Dilley led a positive discussion at the Brighton community meeting recently regarding a plan to preserve the historic Red Barn. The plan, still in development by the Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO), offers three "ways to go" in dealing with the deteriorating, 71-year-old structure, and