New Year’s Basketball Tournament culminates with wild finish in Big Cypress

Sports

by The Seminole Tribune - January 20, 2012

By Naji Tobias BIG CYPRESS — Let the fresh start begin! The first-ever Big Cypress New Year’s Basketball Tournament was held from Jan. 6-7 at the Herman L. Osceola Gymnasium, and it ended with a bang. The two-day competition featured seven men’s teams and four women’s teams. The men’s teams were: Brighton, Big Cypress

President’s Annual Christmas Party held at Hard Rock

Events

by The Seminole Tribune - December 30, 2011

By Chris C. Jenkins Seminole Tribe President Tony Sanchez Jr. hosted his annual Christmas party for Tribal citizens and employees at the Hard Rock ballroom in Hollywood on Dec. 22. Tribal citizen Paula Bowers-Sanchez joined musicians to sing Christmas carols. Tribal youth Valholly "Peanut" Frank was presented with a cake to celebrate

Tribe delivers Christmas gifts to Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Community

by The Seminole Tribune - December 28, 2011

By Carl Smith Seminole Tribal members and the newly formed nonprofit Native Relief Foundation Inc. (NFR) embarked on a Christmas caregiving mission to offer aid and assistance to the Sioux Indians of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The undertaking began in Florida by collecting non-perishable goods, clothing, blankets, toys