Easter in Big Cypress

Events

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012

Ahfachkee celebrates students at Third Quarter Awards Ceremony

Education

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012

By Naji Tobias BIG CYPRESS — For the Ahfachkee School’s Third Quarter Awards Ceremony, principal Lucy Dafoe wanted to do something different this time around. She enlisted her staff to brainstorm ideas that were outside of the box. When all was said and done, the March 30 awards presentation featured sumo wrestling

Ahfachkee students place in National Science Fair

Education

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012

By Valerie Whiteside ALBUQUERQUE — After winning first place at the annual Ahfachkee School Science Fair last November, six students traveled to Albuquerque from March 21-25 to compete in the 25th annual National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair (NAISEF). Taylor Pratt, 12th grade; Nena Waggerby, ninth grade; Kaitlin Osceola, ninth grade;

Big Cypress Reservation hosts 2012 4-H Show and Sale

Community

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012

By Naji Tobias BIG CYPRESS — The Tribal youth showed up and showed out at this year’s 4-H Show and Sale in Big Cypress. From March 29-31, Tribal youth from Big Cypress, Brighton and Immokalee brought out their heifers, steer and swine at the Junior Cypress Rodeo Arena for the conclusion of

Tribal youth prepare livestock for 4-H Show and Sale

Community

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012

By Naji Tobias BIG CYPRESS — Inside the Big Cypress Rodeo Arena, Kamani Smith brushed his swine during the Seminole Indian 4-H Show and Sale on March 31. The 10-year-old Tribal youth, an Okeechobee resident from the Brighton Reservation, spent the last two months raising his pig for the end of the

Annual Junior Cypress Cattle Drive and Rodeo takes place in Big Cypress

Community

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012

By Naji Tobias BIG CYPRESS — Cowboys and ranchers mounted their horses and steered more than 200 cows across the Big Cypress Reservation last month on an 8-mile journey for the 16th annual Junior Cypress Cattle Drive. The March 17 event featured cattle from the Immokalee Reservation’s Seminole Ranch, as well as

Ahfachkee and Charter School face off on the orange diamond

Sports

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012April 13, 2015

By Naji Tobias BRIGHTON — Ahfachkee School and Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School squared off for the first time in FHSAA history on April 3 at the Brighton Reservation’s Ollie Jones Memorial Park. The Charter School’s head softball coach and athletic director Darryl Allen came up with the idea for the schools to

Herman L. Osceola Memorial Basketball Tournament draws crowd

Sports

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012April 13, 2015

By Naji Tobias BIG CYPRESS — During one of the Tribe’s longest-running basketball tournaments, the spirit of the late Herman L. Osceola lived on from March 22-24. The Herman L. Osceola Tournament is in its 28th consecutive year at the Herman L. Osceola Gymnasium. The special basketball event began soon after the Tribal

The Rev. Wonder Johns named ‘Pastor Emeritus’

Community

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012

By Betty Luckey BRIGHTON — On March 25, First Indian Baptist Church of Brighton celebrated "Wonder Johns Appreciation Day." The church was filled with people from the community and from other reservations and churches. Tribal leaders, church members and pastors, community leaders and family members expressed gratitude to the Rev. Wonder

Tribal member trapshooting champion Marcellus Osceola Sr.

Community

by The Seminole Tribune - April 25, 2012

By Kathryn Stolarz TAMPA — He stepped up to the line in his blue jeans, plaid shirt and Seminole Tribe hat, loaded his Perazzi shotgun and yelled, "Pull!" As an orange clay target shot out of a machine at 42 mph, the 66-year-old’s bullet flew out at 1,145 feet per second,