HOLLYWOOD — All eyes were on Ashley Santiago and Jimmy Hank Osceola III when a Christmas party for the Tribal Career Development (TCD) Program segued Dec. 11 into a brief graduation ceremony just as festive and fun. Osceola, after nine years in the system that mentors motivated Tribal members through job

BIG CYPRESS — What began with a bucket and hope has become a growing business of soap. Brian Billie and best friend Mark Furlonge, co-owners of Bug Out Car Wash based in Big Cypress, say the business they founded just one year ago is successfully blossoming thanks to the semiannual, super

FORT LAUDERDALE — Watching a performance art piece develop from blank canvas to deeply layered expressionism is like watching a metamorphosis. "It starts off like caterpillars, you see, and ends up as butterflies," said Seminole artist Elgin Jumper. Case in point: On Dec. 5, Jumper rendered a portrait of his niece Stephanie

BIG CYPRESS — Race, gender, religion or political affiliation don’t mean diddly when it comes to video gamers. On Dec. 13, when 30 Miccosukee and Seminole youth pooled a sea of computer components for the second installment of BC Gaming Series: A Collaboration, all that mattered was what team would emerge

HOLLYWOOD — The Nov. 20 grand opening of the 39,000-square-foot Howard Tiger Recreation Center signaled the beginning of a new generation’s home-court advantage in sports and in life. The late Howard Tiger, a decorated Marine who devoted his life to serving his country and community, created the Tribe’s Recreation Department and

HOLLYWOOD — To help ensure the longevity of Seminole culture, a new community culture camp was erected in the shadow of Hollywood’s newest building just in time for the reservation’s Indian Day celebration Sept. 26. Located on the east side of the Howard Tiger Recreation Center, the camp features one eating/meeting

NAPLES — The late Seminole herbalist and medicine carrier Alice Micco Snow received an honor no other Seminole has ever been granted when a Florida lake was named for her in a moving ceremony Nov. 15 at Naples Botanical Garden (NBG). Tiger-striped butterflies flitting about the cool breeze, ospreys soaring beneath

TALLAHASSEE — The tradition of Seminole princesses crowning Florida State University’s homecoming chief and princess at Doak Campbell Stadium has endured since 1976. As 82,325 fans watched from the stands Nov. 8, Miss Florida Seminole Brianna Nunez and Jr. Miss Florida Seminole Cheyenne Nunez crowned the school’s latest royalty on

BIG CYPRESS — Buyers who purchased Marty Bowers’ photography at the American Indian Arts Celebration (AIAC) can thank – to a certain degree – Howard Stern. Bowers, who grew up on the Big Cypress Reservation where AIAC was held Nov. 7-8, followed in the footsteps of his favorite radio personality. "Howard Stern’s

BIG CYPRESS — James E. Billie’s musical career, dormant for nearly three years while he recovered from complications sustained in a horse training accident, came alive with fervor Nov. 8 when the Chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and his longtime six-piece band took the stage at the American