Upcoming Indigenous performances online Arts & Entertainment by The Seminole Tribune - May 8, 2020May 12, 2020 Shelley Morningsong Marika Sila Here’s a look at some upcoming live shows online with Indigenous performances: May 8, 5 p.m. (ET): Marika Sila (Inuit) will appear on the National Arts Centre’s Canada Performs series. Sila is an actress, hoop dancer and fire performer originally from the Northwest Territories. Sila appeared in The Twilight
‘Ask a Native Physician’ available May 6 Health by The Seminole Tribune - May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 The Association of American Indian Physicians will hold an “Ask a Native Physician” COVID-19 town hall May 6 at 5 p.m. (ET). Call in to ask Native doctors questions about coronavirus. Call 888-218-0223. Passcode is 80223.
Funeral procession for Chief DiPetrillo to be held May 6 Community News by The Seminole Tribune - May 5, 2020May 12, 2020 Seminole Tribe Fire Chief Donald DiPetrillo. (Tribune file photo) A funeral procession for Seminole Tribe Fire Rescue Chief Donald DiPetrillo, who died April 30, will be held May 6 starting from T.M. Ralph Plantation Funeral Home, 7001 NW 4th St. in Plantation. The procession is scheduled to begin between 11:15 a.m. and
UNITY names ’25 under 25′ Education News by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2020September 19, 2024 UNITY's '25 Under '25' winners. (UNITY photo) Timothy Benally, Dine (UNITY/Facebook) MESA, Ariz. –Some of Indian Country’s top young talent has been recognized thanks to the United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc. UNITY announced on social media during the week of April 27 the fourth class of its “25 under 25 Native Youth
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo to serve second term Arts & Entertainment News by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2020September 19, 2024 Miss Indian World Cheyenne Kippenberger and U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, shown here at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki-Museum’s lecture series Nov. 22, 2019, will both be back for second terms in their respective roles in 2020-21. (Photo Beverly Bidney) Joy Harjo (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) will serve a second term as the U.S. Poet
Discussion to be held about disestablishment of tribe in Massachusetts News by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2020May 12, 2020 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (Mashpee Facebook) Leaders of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (Massachusetts) will discuss efforts by the Interior Department to disestablish the Tribe's reservation. The 60-minute listening session will be held May 4 at 2 p.m. It will feature Cedric Cromwell, chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Nation, and Jessie little
BIE officials consult with tribes on distribution of COVID-19 funds Education by The Seminole Tribune - May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Tony Dearman (Cherokee) is director of the BIE. (BIE photo) Bureau of Indian Education officials held a town hall-style webinar April 30 to discuss federal funding for the needs of schools during the Covid-19 pandemic. BIE funded schools, like others across the U.S., faced abrupt school closures in March that will likely
Honorable mention honor for Silas Madrigal Sports by The Seminole Tribune - May 1, 2020May 4, 2020 Silas Madrigal, center, and the Okeechobee High boys basketball team had plenty of reasons to smile in the 2019-20 season as the Brahmans went 26-3 and won a district title for the second straight year. (Kevin Johnson photo) OKEECHOBEE — Some of the key players in Okeechobee High School boys
Vietnam War veteran Don Osceola, 77, passes away Community News by The Seminole Tribune - April 30, 2020September 19, 2024 Don Osceola (courtesy photo). Vietnam War veteran Don Osceola, who grew up on the Big Cypress Reservation, passed away April 29 at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood from complications related to the coronavirus, according to a press release from Seminole Tribe spokesman Gary Bitner. The release stated that Osceola, hospitalized since
FGCU establishes athletics hall of fame Sports by The Seminole Tribune - April 30, 2020May 5, 2020 Florida Gulf Coast University fans get revved up for a game at Alico Arena. (Linwood Ferguson/FGCU Athletics) FORT MYERS – The Florida Gulf Coast University’s athletics program has created a hall of fame. Its first inductees were a slam dunk. The school’s legendary “Dunk City” men’s basketball team, which reached the Sweet 16
