NEW ORLEANS — Although not widely associated with Mardi Gras regalia, intricate Native American beadwork is a common feature on the costumes of the Mardi Gras Indians. Comprised of African Americans who pay tribute to Native American tribes that helped runaway slaves escape in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Mardi

HOLLYWOOD – The spotlight will be shining on more than just the best billiard players in the world this week at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood. The Tornado Open will feature pro players as well as amateurs and Native Americans, a unique setup that organizer and former world No. 1 women’s player

HOLLYWOOD — Strength, endurance, and physical fitness comprise only a portion of a much larger responsibility of becoming a firefighter. Seven dedicated men vowed their lives before the U.S. and Seminole flags July 28 as part of their commencement ceremony into the Seminole Tribe of Florida Fire Rescue team. The recruits underwent

Education has always been important to Joel Frank Sr. and his work on the American Indian Graduate Center Board of Directors gives him an outlet to ensure Native American youth have access to an undergraduate and graduate college education. In August, Frank was named vice president of the board and

MIAMI — Seminole and Miccosukee citizens joined about 100 environmental activists and politicians to raise awareness for the problems facing the Everglades at the third annual Love the Everglades Summer Symposium. The event at the Miccosukee Resort and Convention Center opened Aug. 6 with an invocation by medicine man Bobby

EGMONT KEY — Sometime in the dark, before sunrise, July 27, a vicious summer thunderstorm slapped a bolt of lightning on a tree at the south end of Egmont Key, an endangered 200-acre island just off Fort Desoto on the Gulf Coast of Pinellas County. Florida State Park ranger Tom Watson,