Brighton meets the Pathways Fitbit challenge Community by Beverly Bidney - May 31, 2017June 1, 2017 BRIGHTON — Participants in the six-week Seminole Pathways Fitbit Challenge celebrated their weight loss success and fitness accomplishments at the end of the program in May. In Brighton, a healthy lunch was shared May 4 along with stories about what the program meant to some of the 34 people who tracked
Oh, the places we go! Community by Rebecca Fell - May 31, 2017June 1, 2017 Part of what I enjoy about this job is the opportunities I get to work with the Seminole community. As the curator of exhibits, my role in the Museum is to tell the Seminole story through the exhibits. As someone who in not affiliated with any tribe, that means talking
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