BIG CYPRESS — Three generations of courage root the Josh family tree in military service. Pvt. Coleman Josh, 19, currently serves in the Army reserves; his mother, Sallie Josh, 48, is retired Navy who spent 14 years as a corpsman attached to the Marines; and his grandfather Coleman Josh, 78, served

HOLLYWOOD — American Indian Veterans Memorial Inc. (AIVMI) President Stephen Bowers and his wife, Elizabeth Bates, kicked off a major effort Nov. 12 to raise $10 million toward building a Native American veterans’ exhibit at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The AIVMI initiative began in 2010 as an effort

BIG CYPRESS — For nearly 25 years Leoma Simmons ushered telephone calls and paperwork through the Seminole cattle program offices on Big Cypress and Brighton reservations. On Oct. 30, Simmons left her desk as bookkeeper and office manager to concentrate on raising her own cattle – and doting on her grandchildren.

HOLLYWOOD — Truman Bowers, who served on the Seminole Tribe’s Gaming Commission from 2007 to July 2015, commemorated his service surrounded by family and friends Nov. 4 during a celebratory dinner at the Chef’s Table at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. Bowers’ term recently ended with the

BRIGHTON — Salacoa Valley Farms, a division of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc., hosted its first cattle auction on Seminole soil before an ample crowd eager to buy and sell. "Today is unique. We’ve always had the sales in Salacoa (Georgia), but now we have the first one in our

BIG CYPRESS — Hendry County’s push to amend its comprehensive land plan, so Florida Power & Light can build one of the largest electrical power plants in the nation next door to the Big Cypress Reservation, is taking due course but not in the direction environmentalists and Tribal members hoped. According

OKEECHOBEE — The burial of 21 Seminole Indians took place Oct. 15, more than 150 years after their deaths. Skulls from three children, two women and 16 men were placed in graves during a ceremony at an undisclosed location near the flat and vast Okeechobee Battlefield. Their stories included a warrior decapitated

BIG CYPRESS — What’s in a name? At Billie Swamp Safari, separated from otherwise friendly alligators, is a bully of all gators named in 1996 by Chairman James E. Billie after a memorable guest to the Big Cypress Reservation who came, saw and obviously left a lasting impression. His name is Trump. "We