FSU nursing summit honors work of Betty Mae Jumper Community by Zack Boehm - May 31, 2017June 13, 2017 TALLAHASSEE — To cap off a two-day international indigenous health summit that convened indigenous, native and aboriginal nursing researchers from around the world, Florida State University’s new Center for Indigenous Nursing Research and Health Equity (INRHE) invited Moses Jumper Jr. to speak about his mother, Betty Mae Jumper, and her
SPD Sgt. Thomas Faherty retires after 25 years Community by Beverly Bidney - May 31, 2017June 1, 2017 IMMOKALEE — Sergeant Thomas “LT” Faherty’s retirement April 27 made him the first Seminole Police Department officer to retire after 25 years on the force. During a celebratory party May 9 in Immokalee, surrounded by colleagues, seniors and friends he made during his career, Faherty bid farewell and welcomed retirement. “I knew
Tribal Historic Preservation Office investigates the Josie Billie Camp Community by Shawn Keyte - May 4, 2017May 22, 2017 BIG CYPRESS — The Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) recently completed an investigation of the historic Josie Billie Camp and its eligibility for the Tribal Register of Historic Places (TRHP). As development on the reservations grows, the THPO completes surveys as part of the On-Reservation Review Process to ensure culturally
The wisdom of Betty Mae Jumper: Columns from The Seminole Tribune Community by Mary Beth Rosebrough - May 4, 2017June 12, 2017 As the research coordinator at the Museum, one of my jobs is to catalog past issues of The Seminole Tribune, beginning with the year 1984. Boxes and boxes of newspapers later, it is fair to say that doing so has been a real trip through time. The newspaper has reported
Successful Seminole dugout canoe launch for Pedro Zepeda Community by Beverly Bidney - May 4, 2017February 28, 2018 For perhaps the first time in more than 100 years, a Seminole dugout canoe was launched on the Wekiva River in central Florida. Pedro Zepeda, who built the 16-foot craft from a Big Cypress log, was filmed March 12 in the Wekiwa Springs State Park in Apopka for a scene in
Performance paints Seminole journey through modern art Community Top Story by Grace Ducanis - May 4, 2017May 19, 2017 FORT LAUDERDALE — Colorful Warrior Theatre’s mixed-media "Indian Car: Old Photo" – a combination of Seminole culture and modern art through music, painting, poetry and prose – brought in the new without throwing out the old on March 30 at History Museum Fort Lauderdale. The evening of diverse art, hosted by
May serves as awareness month for speech, hearing issues Community Top Story by Kevin Johnson - May 4, 2017May 19, 2017 HOLLYWOOD — May is known for the Kentucky Derby and Mother’s Day, but it’s also a month that calls attention to speech and hearing issues. To coincide with Better Hearing & Speech Month, as designated by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the Children’s Center for Diagnostics and Therapy – which is under
Music, lunch, games honor memory of Mike Smith Community by Beverly Bidney - May 4, 2017May 4, 2017 Friends and family gathered at the 7th annual Mike Allen Smith to honor his memory with a lunch, music and friendly horseshoe and cornhole competitions April 22 at Oneva Smith’s home in Big Cypress.
