HOLLYWOOD — Lynn Hinkle insists her son Blair has a lucky charm: her. Every time he has won a final table in a poker tournament, she has been in the audience. "I was at his first World Series of Poker win in 2008 and when he won the second time this year,"

HOLLYWOOD — Brains, beauty, a flair for Seminole fashion and a gift for intelligent gab was all it took for two Hollywood sisters to take both crowns in the 2013 Miss Florida Seminole Princess Pageant. The new Miss Florida Seminole Tia Blais-Billie, 17, and Jr. Miss Florida Seminole Brianna Blais-Billie, 16,

A record-high wet season has the Seminole Tribe, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) working to manage water flowing south from Lake Okeechobee to prevent Big Cypress from flooding. Even with the intricate system of canals built beginning in the 1840s, the lake

BIG CYPRESS — Neal Brown, 81, rested in a chickee on a scorching hot July morning and gave the Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) and guests at Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum’s Seminole Village an insider’s take on the first white man to trade with and live among the Seminoles in Big Cypress

TEMPE, Ariz. — In the spirit of past Sioux eyapaha, village criers who heralded the news of warriors and chiefs, members of the Native American Journalist Association (NAJA) gathered to share the latest about Native issues, media technology and ways to advance communication throughout Indian Country. "We are blessed with special

BIG CYPRESS — The difference is between toothy grins and grumpy frowns. "It’s like night and day," said Celeste Billie in the waiting room of the new, state-of-the-art dental clinic at Big Cypress. Night is the dank 1980s dental office that was squeezed into a tiny space at the Big Cypress Health

BIG CYPRESS — Seminoles living in Brighton and Big Cypress are connected to Moore Haven and Clewiston through more than proximity; the development of these towns was not only paramount in bringing the agriculture industry to the Lake Okeechobee area, but it also changed the Seminole way of life forever. Butch

HOLLYWOOD — Poker players from around the globe descended on the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in August for the world’s richest poker tournament. The $10-million guaranteed payout was the largest offered at any tournament worldwide. The three-week Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open broke Florida records for participation with the

HOLLYWOOD — With his 1-year-old granddaughter, Teyah, nestled on his lap and dozens of family and friends singing in the background, Jimmy Hank Osceola blew out the candles atop his birthday cake on July 10. He celebrated his 77th birthday – he thinks – and his granddaughter’s first. "I feel just

By Amanda Murphy IMMOKALEE — The Harlem Shake video craze went viral earlier this year as thousands of people uploaded their versions of the dance movement to YouTube. Seminole Media Productions’ Broadcasting Department invited all reservations to strut their dancing skills in a Harlem Shake video contest, and the Immokalee community