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Okeechobee Belles win district championship

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The Okeechobee Belles softball team celebrates winning the district championship win in June 2022. (Courtesy photo) Featuring a roster loaded with Seminoles, the Okeechobee Belles softball team (ages 13-15) won the District 5 championship in June. The team will head to the Panhandle to play in the Dixie Softball state tournament July

Education brings carnival fun tribalwide

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Staff from the Education department made sure students were having a good time at the Classic Gym on the Hollywood Reservation. From left to right are Luis Viveros, Hollywood K-12 adviser, Tiawannah Calhoun, Hollywood K-12 adviser, and Rollie Gilliam III, tribalwide Education quality assurance analyst. (Photo Damon Scott) The Seminole Tribe’s

Hollywood Reservation water plant earns award

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From left, Public Works employees Brian Fogle, Rudy Garcia and Bassem Sanaallah. (Courtesy photo) The water treatment plant and wastewater treatment plant on the Hollywood Reservation was recognized at the Florida Water Resources Conference in Daytona Beach in late April. The Florida section of the American Water Works Association recognized the

Tribal youth tapped for conservation projects

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Projects would connect Native American youth with conservation projects on ancestral and public lands. Here, youth workers plant a tree outside the Nihi Dine’é Bá, for the People Wellness Center in Fort Defiance, Arizona. (ALCC Facebook) Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo), unveiled a renewed Indian Youth Service Corps

Hard Rock Athens eyes 2026 opening

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The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Athens is set to open in 2026. (Rendering courtesy Hard Rock) Hard Rock International (HRI) held an event in Athens, Greece, on June 22 to ceremoniously mark the start of construction of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Athens. HRI has partnered with Greek

Malerba to be first Native American U.S. treasurer

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Indian Country took note this week of another historic Native American appointment by the Biden administration. Lynn Malerba, chief of Connecticut’s Mohegan Tribe, is set to be the first Native American to be U.S. treasurer – the highest-ranking Native Treasury official in U.S. history and the first Native woman to

Kunesh to serve in lead HHS position for Natives

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Patrice H. Kunesh, of Standing Rock Lakota descent, has been nominated to serve as commissioner of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Native Americans (ANA). The Biden administration made the announcement June 22 in a news release. The U.S. Senate must confirm the appointment. Patrice H. Kunesh

IRSC names new men’s basketball coach

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IRSC men's basketball coach Bill Morosco. Indian River State College in Fort Pierce named Bill Morosco as its men’s basketball head coach June 22. Morosco has plenty of ties to Florida. He is a native of Wellington and a graduate of the University of Florida. His resume includes stints as an

Haaland reveals members of new tribal committee

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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo). (File photo) Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) released the list of tribal members appointed to the first-ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) June 15. The idea of the STAC was first announced as part of the 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit. Haaland

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