Six influential women honored by Hollywood preschoolers Community Education News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 From left to right are Timika Reid, Dr. Vandhana Kiswani-Barley, Hollywood Board Rep. Christine McCall, Karen Two-Shoes, Leona Tommie and Sergine Bourdeau. (Photo Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD – The staff and students of the Hollywood Reservation’s Preschool held a special event March 4 to recognize six women who are influential in the
Sites with Native slur include Marion County lake Community News by Damon Scott - March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) is leading an effort to rename sites that use a derogatory term for Native American women. (File photo) A lake in Florida’s Marion County is one of 660 sites across the U.S. that are on a list to be renamed due to the
Seminole culture shines at Chalo Nitka Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News by Beverly Bidney - March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Siblings Kingston Jumper, 5, and Kanae Jumper, 8, ride their horses in the Chalo Nitka parade March 5, 2022, in Moore Haven. (Photo Beverly Bidney) MOORE HAVEN – After two years of the pandemic, it was clear people were ready to get out and celebrate the 74th annual Chalo Nitka Festival
Climate Conversations – February 2022 Community by admin - March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Editor’s note: This interview was supported by the Seminole Tribe’s Climate Resilience Program. Cody Motlow is a tribal member and serves as the climate resiliency coordinator through the tribe's Heritage and Environmental Resources Office (HERO). Originally presented virtually, this interview has been edited for length and clarity. Samuel Tommie Cody Motlow:
Q&A with Michele Thomas, recently honored by PECS, Glades County School District Community Education by Beverly Bidney - March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Michele Thomas, left, receives a plaque from the Glades County School District. (Courtesy photo) Michele Thomas was recently named non-instructional employee of the year for Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School and the Glades County School District. Thomas, from the Brighton Reservation, has been an employee at the school since its inception 15
New reading program at Ahfachkee focuses on Native books Community Education by Beverly Bidney - March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Kathy Dixon, media clerk, helps Ahfachkee sixth grader Thanoke Roberts with the Read Native program Feb. 11. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — Ahfachkee students are reading books by and about Native Americans in a new program called “Read Native.” The program was inspired by the American Indian Library Association’s inaugural
Despite hurdles, student Kadin Tommie succeeds through pandemic Community Education by Beverly Bidney - March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Kadin Tommie at home with his grandmother Virginia Tommie. (Courtesy photo) Education during the pandemic has been a challenge for some students. During virtual school, paying attention to a computer screen all day is very different from being in a classroom with a teacher. Kadin Tommie’s grades were good as a seventh
Seminole Scenes: February 2022 Community Seminole Scenes Top News by The Seminole Tribune - March 9, 2022March 14, 2022 DOWNTOWN DISTINCTION: Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee announced Feb. 21 that Tallahassee Downtown, which last year unveiled a mural featuring the Seminole Tribe’s first chairwoman Betty Mae Jumper, center, has been designated the February 2022 Florida Main Street Program of the Month. “By hosting a variety of community events
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki offers vast oral history archives Community News by Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum - March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 By Alex Banks, oral history coordinator at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Billy Walker demonstrates alligator wrestling in 2008. A video is part of the museum's oral history archives. (Courtesy Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) BIG CYPRESS — Oral history and the practice of passing down history, legends, and stories has been and continues to be an
Elgin Jumper’s ‘Fluent Poetry’ show opens at museum Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News by Beverly Bidney - March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Elgin Jumper's "Fluent Poetry" exhibit is on display in the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum’s Mosaic Gallery through May 15. (Courtesy photo) BIG CYPRESS – Elgin Jumper’s latest show at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum showcases the versatility of his painting styles in an exhibit called “Fluent Poetry.” “I see a lot of poetry in everything,” Jumper