100 years ago – The birth of Betty Mae Jumper Community Top News by Beverly Bidney - April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 Betty Mae Jumper talks to a group of children in this undated photo. (File photo) The 100th anniversary of the birth of Betty Mae Jumper, one of the Seminole Tribe’s most accomplished leaders, is April 27. The legacy of Jumper’s life is evident throughout the tribe, including in the pages of the
Cattle drive continues generational legacies in Big Cypress Community News Top News by Beverly Bidney - April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 On horseback, Big Cypress cattle foreman Andre Jumper drives the cattle from the spillway to the Junior Cypress Rodeo Arena during the 25th annual Junior Cypress Cattle Drive on the Big Cypress Reservation on March 25, 2023. In the swamp buggy are honorary trail boss and cattle woman Mary Jene
Emma Brown opens real estate company Community News Top News by Beverly Bidney - April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 At center, Okeechobee Mayor Dowling Watford and Emma Brown cut the ribbon at the opening of Brown & Company Realty on March 23, 2023. (Photo Beverly Bidney) OKEECHOBEE — Emma Johns Brown cut the ribbon on her new real estate business, Brown & Company Realty, on March 23 in Okeechobee. The business
Nick the Native releases new music Arts & Entertainment Community Top News by Beverly Bidney - April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 Nick Zepeda (Photo Dennis Elliott) Nick Zepeda, aka Nick the Native, has been writing songs since he was a child, when he would find a quiet space in his garage and write beats on his mother’s laptop computer. Since then, Zepeda, a Seminole who lives in Naples, has released two EP (extended
Tribe hosts events for Child Abuse Awareness Month Community Education Top News by The Seminole Tribune - March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Center for Behavioral Health staff participate in a child abuse awareness community walk in 2018. (File photo) The Seminole Tribe has prepared for a number of events across the reservations to mark Child Abuse Awareness Month in April. The Advocacy & Guardianship Department has also released a list of tips
Ahfachkee School hosts first career day Community Education Top News by The Seminole Tribune - March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Emergency Management Department coordinator and tribal member Rollie Gilliam III, in black pants, and Emergency Management director Paul Downing (Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township), in gray pants, introduce students in Sheri-Ann Armentano’s fourth grade class to the tribe’s mobile command vehicle. (Damon Scott) BIG CYPRESS – Students at the Ahfachkee School
Alaska students enjoy cultural exchange, fun in Big Cypress Community Education News Top News by Damon Scott - March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Chenega Community School visitors enjoy a swamp buggy ride on the Big Cypress Reservation. (Courtesy Abena Robinson) BIG CYPRESS – A group of students and staff from the Chenega Community School in the Native village of Chenega, Alaska, experienced Seminole hospitality and culture during a visit to the Big Cypress Reservation
Tribe stays connected to latest Miami archaeological dig Community News Top News by Damon Scott - March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Miccosukee tribal member Betty Osceola, center, gathered with other activists near the site March 19 to bring attention to the excavation at the 444 Brickell site. (Photo via Facebook). An ongoing archaeological dig in the Brickell area of Miami – at a site known as 444 Brickell – has remained on
Kyle Doney recognized with ‘40 under 40’ award Community Education News Sports Top News by Damon Scott - March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Kyle Doney, center, at an FSU game last November with Brighton Councilman Larry Howard, left, and Hollywood council representative special adviser Tomie Motlow, right. (Courtesy photo) The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) has recognized the Seminole Tribe’s Kyle Doney as one of its Native American “40 under 40”
Will Latchford retires after decades at tribe Community News Top News by Damon Scott - March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Will Latchford in the lobby of his office at the Seminole Police Department in Hollywood on March 21, 2023. (Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD – Will Latchford said he clearly remembers the day in 1994 when he drove from Clearwater to Hollywood to interview with the Seminole Tribe to become an officer in