Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum receives sash that may have belonged to Osceola Community News by Derrick Tiger - November 1, 2018September 20, 2024 BIG CYPRESS — The Ah-Tah- Thi-Ki Museum received a generous and significant donation Oct. 15 when an antique sash claimed to have been worn by heroic Seminole warrior Osceola at the time of his capture was given to the museum. The timing of the donation came nearly 181 years to the
Seminole Scenes October 2018 Community Seminole Scenes by The Seminole Tribune - October 8, 2018August 20, 2019
Students’ high-tech story maps showcased at Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Arts & Entertainment Community Education by Beverly Bidney - October 8, 2018 BIG CYPRESS — After months of work, a few Ahfachkee high school students can finally see their high-tech artwork displayed on the walls and iPads at Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. The “Are We There Yet?” exhibit, which opened Aug. 28 with a reception that included all Ahfachkee high school students, features story maps
A little bit of the Everglades in Australia Arts & Entertainment Community by Nora Hernandez - October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 The Everglades is a harsh and unforgiving environment where survival depends on a hardy will to thrive. The unconquered Seminoles not only survived the removal campaign of the U.S. government but thrived in the Everglades environment of south Florida. The fluctuation and severity of wet and dry seasons along with
Grant writing sessions at NLC benefit tribes near and far Community News by Damon Scott - October 8, 2018 HOLLYWOOD — Attendees from tribes across the country showed up en masse at the Seminole Tribe’s Native Learning Center for two days in late August to learn about grant writing. Led by Vince Franco, compliance and resource development director for the NLC, the group of about 50 learned not only about
Argentinian ranchers attend cattle sale Community News by Beverly Bidney - October 4, 2018 BRIGHTON — A delegation of 34 Argentinian ranchers attended the Cattle Country Sale on Aug. 30 in Brighton. The group was escorted by University of Florida – Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences associate professor Dr. Nicolas Dilorenzo, who took them on a whirlwind seven-day tour of some of the
4-H’ers take on wild mustangs Community News by Beverly Bidney - October 4, 2018September 20, 2024 BRIGHTON — The image of wild mustangs roaming free on the open plains out west is a romantic notion cemented in the American psyche by western movies, television shows and books. But over the years, the number of these horses has exceeded the land’s capacity. Thanks to the Bureau of Land
Tribe’s wildland firefighters gain valuable experience battling western fires Community News by Beverly Bidney - October 4, 2018September 20, 2024 Wildland firefighters from the Seminole Tribe’s team were in high demand out west this summer. It was a rough fire season and seven were deployed around the country. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 46,228 fires have burned 6,990,889 acres nationwide between Jan. 1 and Sept. 6. As of early
Hard Rock welcomes Japanese college students Community News by Damon Scott - September 7, 2018September 20, 2024 HOLLYWOOD — The massive operation has dozens of departments and hundreds of employees performing all manner of duties every day. Needless to say the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood is a bustling place with many moving parts. A group of six Japanese college students got a first-hand look
Fred Montsdeoca: So much more than an agricultural agent Arts & Entertainment Community by Siobhan Miller - September 7, 2018 In the second year of the Museum’s mobile cattle cart exhibit, the cart made an appearance at six events from October of 2017 to May 2018. Despite its size, it provides a fairly succinct overview of cattle keeping among the Florida Seminoles since the Spanish first introduced “cattle” to the Florida
