BRIGHTON — The cold, rainy and blustery evening of March 27 soaked the Brighton 4-H grounds but didn’t dampen the spirits of 76 young competitors who vied for wins with their steer, heifer, hog or small animal at the Seminole Indian 4-H Show and Sale. While friends and relatives encouraged them

AVON PARK, Fla. — A stark stage was set at the South Florida State College (SFSC) auditorium March 26 for a performance art show by Seminole poet and painter Elgin Jumper. Easels held canvases: two filled with images of Seminole warriors, one blank save for a thin layer of chartreuse and

CLEWISTON — Delores Duncan, of Clewiston, remembers the mid-1950s when Seminole women dressed in patchwork clothing would come into town from Big Cypress Reservation for weekly shopping at Royal’s department store. "They would sit with their children under the Australian pine trees where Corbin’s is now. It was interesting to see

HOLLYWOOD — Another amenity has been added to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. Customers can now have their vehicles hand washed and detailed at the Winner’s Way Auto Salon while playing, dining or enjoying a show. Located in the Seminole Way Garage, the business is the latest endeavor

BIG CYPRESS — Call it beginner’s luck or call him a naturally skilled marksman, but either way Elijah Cook nabbed his first turkey with the first bullet he ever shot from his new Remington 20-gauge shotgun. "I didn’t expect to hit something because I never went hunting before," the 11-year-old said.

Early in the morning of Feb. 27 a small contingent of Seminoles journeyed to the isolated fields of Yeehaw Junction to pick sweetgrass for basket making and carry on a tradition that has endured for generations. The Hollywood Culture Department brought them to Yeehaw, where sweetgrass grows abundantly, to teach how