When Jack Chalfant visits the Micco Camp on Brighton Reservation he does not need a newly erected 6-foot monument sign to tell him the place is important. For the Tribal citizen and Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) management trainee, every inch of the 1.5-acre area reminds him of his family history. A

BIG CYPRESS — Sixty never looked younger than when seven Big Cypress childhood girlfriends hula danced before a crowd Jan. 23 to celebrate 420 collective years of happy birthdays. With shimmying hips and gracefully raised arms in the barn at the Junior Cypress Rodeo Arena grounds, they sent a message amid

BRIGHTON — The fourth annual Smith Family Cattle Drive & Ranch Rodeo went off with only a minor hitch Feb. 20 in Brighton: Saturated pastures forced 68 cattle and herders to instead move along roads parallel to the soggy fields. About 100 family members and friends rode horses, all-terrain vehicles, pickup

WEST PALM BEACH — After about 100 days spent raising hogs, five Seminole 4-H’ers showed the results of their hard work during the South Florida Fair hog show and sale Jan. 22-23 in West Palm Beach. The fair, which was open to all youth in the region, gave Illiana Robbins, Kylie

HOLLYWOOD — Gov. Rick Scott visited Hollywood Reservation for a presentation Monday that gave a glimpse of the future of the Tribe’s Hard Rock empire if the new gaming compact currently under consideration in Tallahassee is ratified by state legislators.  For starters:  an 800-room, guitar-shaped hotel in Hollywood with new restaurants

TALLAHASSEE — A year after he became the first Seminole Tribal citizen to make the Florida State University Seminoles football team, Justin Motlow took his trailblazing a step further. This season Motlow saw his first game action for FSU, which finished with a 10-3 record and ranked No. 14 in the

HOLLYWOOD — The annual Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc.’s shareholders meeting Jan. 9 welcomed several newcomers to Board offices, reported good news overall for 2015 and predicted profits for 2016 through continued business diversification. But before talk about dollars and cents commenced, the Cowbone Band ushered more than 250 Tribal citizens

DEVIL’S GARDEN — A $150 million restoration project on land just north of Big Cypress Reservation is helping return 14,437 acres to its original state as a wet prairie with scattered cypress domes, tree-island hammocks, depression marshes and slough-ways. The land, owned by the South Florida Water Management District, is also