BIG CYPRESS — When Paul Backhouse started working at the Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) in Big Cypress in 2007, it had just been set up. The Tribe had hired one staff member and an electrician. THPO has been run out of a modular structure since then – sort of

ORLANDO — The Chairman’s office hosted a cultural workshop event in Orlando Aug. 9 through 11 for Seminoles who live off reservations. The nonresident gathering took place at the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel and resort. Tribal families from the Tampa area and beyond met to take part in a daylong

HOLLYWOOD — Bo Guidry was named president of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood on July 3. Guidry will be responsible for all operations and management of the integrated resort, which will debut its $1.5 billion expansion on Thursday, Oct. 24. Guidry replaces Auggie Cipollini, who has been promoted to

HOLLYWOOD — Even before they met any Seminoles on the ground, a group from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas got a good idea from the sky as to what’s been happening on the Hollywood Reservation. As their flight was approaching Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, they took photos of the

BIG CYPRESS — The Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) won the grand prize for the 2019 Tribal Story Map Contest at the Esri User Conference in San Diego in July. Winners of the Tribal Story Map Challenge were announced at the conference, which was for users of geographic information systems (GIS). Story