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4-H end-of-year banquets honor dogged commitment

by Beverly Bidney -

The 4-H clubs from each reservation held annual banquets June 22-24 to recognize top youth for attaining champion, reserve champion and showmanship status at the Seminole Indian 4-H Show and Sale held March 27. The banquets, which commemorate the end of another year raising steer, swine and small animals, also honored

Inauguration ceremony ushers elected leaders into new terms

by Eileen Soler -

HOLLYWOOD — Witnessed by a crowd of nearly 500 spectators, the Tribe’s newly elected leadership was sworn in June 1 during a reverent and proud inauguration ceremony at the Hollywood Reservation. "I pray for the leaders that stand before us that they will lead with knowledge and wisdom," said the Rev.

Tribe helps keep Haskell football program alive

by Eileen Soler -

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Football at Haskell Indian Nations University, under severe financial stress, has received an assist from Tribes throughout Indian Country, including a major Hail Mary from the Seminole Tribe of Florida. On May 7, Tribal members and Haskell alumni Moses Jumper Jr. (1970) and Pete Hahn (2005) presented Haskell

NICWA honors head of Tribe’s Family Services Department

by Eileen Soler -

PORTLAND, Ore. — Helene Buster’s life is filled with the problems of others. Some days she finds resolutions. Some nights the director of the Tribe’s Family Services Department goes to bed with the weight of concerns too heavy for rest. Drug- and alcohol-addicted Tribal members and the children caught in the

Dedicated patchwork artist emerges from Immokalee

by Eileen Soler -

IMMOKALEE — For Immokalee’s Culture Department site coordinator Moleana Hall, patience and patchwork go hand in hand, but she didn’t always practice what she preaches. "Sewing just wasn’t my thing. I didn’t have the patience for it ... when I started working here I had to learn," Hall said while surrounded

Eagle Billie takes TCD program international

by Beverly Bidney -

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Seminole Gaming’s Tribal Career Development (TCD) program has gone international. Eagle Billie, an intern at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, spent 55 days as a trainee at Hard Rock Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. TCD Director Ervina Capricien said Billie was an

Indian Country unites at Gathering of Nations

by Gordon Wareham -

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Native American tradition prevailed during the 32nd annual Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow April 23-25 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as more than 700 Tribes from the U.S., Canada and Mexico stormed "The Pit" on the University of New Mexico campus. A river of feathers, beads, moccasins and indigenous solidarity

Paddle Up on the Himmarshee Canal

by Beverly Bidney -

FORT LAUDERDALE — Seminoles have used the New River and its tributaries as a highway for trade with settlers in Fort Lauderdale since the early 20th century. On May 10, Tribal members and waterway enthusiasts paid tribute to Seminole culture and history as they embarked on the Himmarshee Canal in

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