BIG CYPRESS — U.S. military veterans were recognized and celebrated during a formal program in Big Cypress on Nov. 10. The Big Cypress community, along with visitors from around Florida, gathered at the Herman L. Osceola Gymnasium to pay their respects to veterans both living and passed. President Mitchell Cypress, a

FORT MYERS — The final night of the Florida Gulf Coast University Native American Film Festival, which ran from Oct. 25 to Nov. 15, featured two films produced for the Miccosukee Tribe’s museum. The films were followed by a panel discussion which veered from the films to Native American lifestyle

HOLLYWOOD Indian Day started bright and early for residents of the Hollywood Reservation with a community walk at 7 a.m. Sept. 28. The walk was followed by breakfast at the Culture Camp where eggs, bacon, and an assortment of fresh fruits were served. The smell of smoke from the cooking chickee lingered

Trail After a two-year absence, the skinning of a deer made its return to the menu of activities for the Trail Seminole Indian Day on Sept. 16 at the Huggins family camp in Ochopee. No deer was caught for the previous two Indian Days, but Michael Osceola went out in the late

TAMPA Dozens of Tribal members from the Tampa area came to the Seminole’s Lakeland property for Indian Day events on Sept. 29. Families gathered on a hot and humid day at 9610 Bryant Road in Lakeland, about 35 miles northeast of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa for a number