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Love the Everglades symposium focuses on conservation

by Beverly Bidney -

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 fire opens landscape for radar search

by The Seminole Tribune -

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,

Women of Seminole Gaming meet in Immokalee

by Beverly Bidney -

IMMOKALEE — Women of Seminole Gaming, created in October by a group of Seminole Gaming senior executives to mentor, develop and educate gaming employees, held its first conference July 26 at the Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee. “Our goal is to help the growth and development of future leaders in Seminole Gaming

Cattle owners ship 4,000 calves in July

by Beverly Bidney -

  Tribal cattle owners sold 4,000 calves and sent them to new pastures July 11-22 during the annual calf shipping in Brighton and Big Cypress. The calves will spend a few months in feedlots before going to auction in April. It took 40 truckloads to transport the animals to points north and

Hard Rock, Dolphins sign stadium deal

by Kevin Johnson -

  MIAMI GARDENS — For nearly two decades, Hollywood Councilman Chris Osceola has been a loyal season ticket holder of the Miami Dolphins. He has seen the team’s stadium go through a handful of name changes, but one potential name had always stood out in his mind. “We always joked around that

Osceola Brothers release new EP

by Stephanie Rodriguez -

HOLLYWOOD — How can such young guys be so incredibly talented? The question lingered in spectators’ minds like a broken record, but the fresh mystical musical presence was nowhere near broken. The Osceola Brothers entertained an audience-filled theater with their rock ‘n’roll skills during the trio’s debut EP release party July

Coming soon: Polly Parker Park

by Peter B. Gallagher -

ST. MARKS — More than 150 years after young Seminole Indian Emateloye (Polly Parker) escaped her U.S. military captors here, hid in the palmettos, then evaded a hunting posse for more than 300 miles through the snakes and panthers and thick Florida outback all the way back home to Lake

Retirement ceremony honors U.S., Tribal flags

by Kevin Johnson -

BRIGHTON — A quiet, peaceful ceremony on the grass behind the Florida Seminole Veterans Building in Brighton during a hot afternoon July 7 marked the inaugural flag retirement ceremony for the Tribe. Hosted by the Florida Seminole Veterans Foundation, Stephen Bowers served as emcee. Bowers was among a group of about

4-H’ers receive honors at annual banquet

by Beverly Bidney -

BIG CYPRESS — 4-H youth and livestock owners were honored for their commitment to the program June 27 at the annual Seminole Indian 4-H banquet in Big Cypress. The event capped the end of another year that the 4-H’ers raised steer, swine, and small animals while attending school, playing sports, and

Princesses crowned in Hollywood

by Beverly Bidney -

HOLLYWOOD – Kirsten Doney, 20, and Thomlynn Billie, 16, were crowned Miss Florida Seminole and Jr. Miss Florida Seminole, respectively, July 23 at the 59th annual Miss Florida Seminole Princess Pageant at the headquarters auditorium in Hollywood. The two were the only contestants this year. “This is more of a coronation

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