Seminole Tribe well represented at March for Babies walk

Health

by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2017May 19, 2017

OKEECHOBEE — Sixty-seven walkers representing the Seminole Tribe were among the hundreds of walkers who participated in the March of Dimes’ March for Babies on April 1 at Flagler Park in Okeechobee. The annual 3-mile walk is a fundraiser for the organization. According to the Okeechobee walk’s web page,

Seminole Scenes

by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2017August 20, 2019

Nigel Osceola earns honor society honor

Education

by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2017May 19, 2017

BRANDON — Tampa sixth-grader Nigel Osceola was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society at Brandon Academy during a school assembly March 28. NJHS membership is based on scholarship, service, leadership, character and citizenship.

PECS Students of the Month

Education

by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2017May 19, 2017

BRIGHTON — These students earned Student of the Month honors at Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School in March: Elementary: Teodoro Estrada, Aven Fonseca, Silas Snow, Zoie Foster-Snow, Josiah Gopher, Ciani Smith, Dyani Kayda, Heidi Thomas, Cordelia Snell, Hannah Platt, Harmony Urbina, Jordyn Tomattis, Jayleigh Braswell, Bryce Trammell, Hilowah Garcia, Yauvani Beltran,

Easter celebration

Community

by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2017May 19, 2017

USET SPF provides testimony supporting Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act

Editorial

by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

The following is USET SPF Testimony for the Record of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Hearing on, "H.R. 986, "Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017" April 12, 2017: United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF) is pleased to provide the

The new deal for tribes: Resource extraction, toxic waste (minus the jobs)

Editorial

by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

A couple of years ago a tribal leader showed me an abandoned lumber mill near the village of Tyonek, Alaska. The company promised jobs. And, for a time, for a couple of decades, there were those jobs. But after the resource was consumed, the mill closed, the company disappeared, and

Tribe became healthier in many ways under Betty Mae’s leadership

Community

by The Seminole Tribune - May 3, 2017May 4, 2017

This year, 2017, is an important year of anniversaries for the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It marks the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Seminole Wars, in 1817. It is the 60th anniversary of federal recognition of the Seminole Tribe of Florida as a government and a business enterprise.

ERMD hosts RTOC semi-annual meeting

Community

by The Seminole Tribune - April 21, 2017

The Seminole Tribe’s Environmental Resource Management Department hosted a Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC) semi-annual meeting March 14-16 at the Native Learning Center in Hollywood. The meeting featured presentations from employees of the Seminole Tribe, Catawba Indian Nation, Miccosukee Tribe, USET, the Environmental Protection Agency and others. RTOCs are working committees that

All-Broward County First Team honor for Skyla Osceola

Sports

by The Seminole Tribune - April 19, 2017

American Heritage senior Skyla Osceola earned a postseason honor in March when the 5-foot-10 standout guard was named Sun Sentinel First Team All-Broward County for classes 1A through 6A. As a starting point guard, Osceola helped the Patriots compile a 27-3 record. She was a force in the 6A playoffs. She