Two new programs offered through the Tribe’s Children’s Center for Diagnostics and Therapy (CCDT) are providing special needs children with fun ways to learn. The youngsters can now shoot hoops during basketball clinics and straddle horses at the Junior Cypress Rodeo Arena all while receiving important therapy outside of a therapist’s

Another record-breaking calf sale made for busy days during the annual calf shipment July 6-17 in Brighton and Big Cypress, where nearly 3,000 calves were rounded up for transport to feedlots across the country, Seminole 4-H’ers and the Tribe. The two reservations exceeded more than $5 million in calf sales and

MIAMI — The Seminole Tribe’s Joe Dan Osceola, along with two other individuals, was presented the first International Hero Award July 16 by the Calle Ocho Chamber of Commerce USA. The award honors businessmen who have excelled internationally in their trade for more than 25 years, exchanged culturally with other countries

HOLLYWOOD — Musicians Ted Nelson, of Hollywood Reservation, and Lee Tiger, of the Miccosukee Tribe, are determined to crush the stereotype of Native American music and elevate its presence in the industry. The two, recently off of a two-show gig at the Seminole Casino Classic in Hollywood, will triple bill July

A small contingent of Lummi Nation teens traversed the country to participate in a cultural exchange with the Seminole Tribe from June 15-19. The 10 teens, all residents of a group home on the Lummi Reservation west of Bellingham, Washington, toured Billie Swamp Safari and the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum in Big Cypress,

OKEECHOBEE — Before the Florida High School Rodeo Association’s (FHSRA) state finals reached the halfway point in its four-day run, Seminole Tribe’s Jobe Johns and Blevyns Jumper and Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s Logan Hyatt had already posted impressive wins. In the first round June 11, nobody was faster in team roping than

HOLLYWOOD — John Eder has been promoted to chief financial officer at Seminole Gaming, operator of the Tribe’s seven Florida casinos. Formerly senior vice president of finance, Eder brings 13 years of Seminole Gaming experience with him to the CFO position. "We will continue to grow our footprint here in our

BIG CYPRESS — Family Services Department counselor Fred Mullins called the Foster Parent Appreciation Luncheon a "very special late morning for very special people." He described the foster parents as the Tribe’s SEAL Team Six. "You are the ones who, 24 hours a day, are there to go in and help

BRIGHTON — After a career of nurturing young minds and minding the books at Billy Osceola Memorial Library in Brighton, librarian Debbie Johns has turned the page and retired. To mark the occasion, family, friends and colleagues lauded her during a retirement party May 22 at the festively decorated Veterans Building.