PECS student wins statewide Hispanic heritage contest Community Education News by Beverly Bidney - January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School kindergarten student Eziel Juarez, front and center, with his mother Eduarda Lala Anselmo, Gov. Ron DeSantis, his father and brother in the governor’s mansion after Eziel was recognized for his winning drawing in a Hispanic Heritage Month contest in November. (Courtesy photo) BRIGHTON — Five-year-old Eziel Juarez
Seminole Scenes: December 2021 Arts & Entertainment Community Hard Rock/Seminole Gaming Seminole Scenes by The Seminole Tribune - January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 HOLIDAY HELICOPTER: The vintage Vietnam-era Huey helicopter at the Florida Seminole Veterans Building on the Big Cypress Reservation is decorated for Christmas with a simple, yet festive, wreath. (Photo Beverly Bidney) SWING TIME: The Immokalee Boys & Girls Club playground was busy with kids enjoying the swings before a Christmas drive-thru
Photos: Reservations mark 2021 Christmas holiday Community Events News by The Seminole Tribune - January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Big Cypress Councilwoman Mariann Billie visits Santa Claus during the reservation’s drive-thru Christmas celebration Dec. 17 in a parking lot at the Billie Swamp Safari. (Photo Kevin Johnson) Skeeter Bowers stands in front of the manger scene he built by the large Christmas tree on the Brighton Reservation on Dec. 7.
New Seminole writing group strives to inspire Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Participants in the first Seminole writers group pose for a photo after the first meeting Dec. 8. From left are Gordon "Ollie" Wareham, Elgin Jumper, Cypress Billie, Wilson Bowers, Crystal Bowers, Marcella Billie, Tucomah Robbins, Quenton Cypress, Michael DiCarlo and Morgan Frank. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — A group of
Q&A with Sheri Trent, 4-H/agriculture extension agent Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Sheri Trent was recently named the new Seminole 4-H/agriculture extension agent. (Photo Beverly Bidney) Sheri Trent is the Seminole Tribe’s new Seminole 4-H/agriculture extension agent. Her first experience in 4-H was as an 8-year-old in Okeechobee. The experience had an impact on her life and the lives of her four children
Education staff hosts ‘pop-up’ outreach event Community Education News by The Seminole Tribune - January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 From left to right are Kajir Harriott (Education), Onesimus Stockton (Hollywood Recreation), Rollie Gilliam III (Education) and HurvensMonestime (Education) at the drive-thru event. (Photo Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD — The Education Department, formerly known as the Center for Student Success and Services (CSSS), held its second annual “drive-thru popcorn pop-up” event Dec.
Lakeland Reservation project moves along at steady clip Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Development on the Lakeland Reservation continues – phase one homes have been built and phase two infrastructure work has begun. (Courtesy Community Planning & Development) Big development projects like the one taking place on the new Lakeland Reservation – about 37 miles east of Tampa – take years of planning and
Officials remain concerned about omicron Community Health News by Damon Scott - January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 HOLLYWOOD — As the new year begins, health officials at the tribe and across the country have been monitoringthe severity and spread of the Covid-19 omicron variant. South Florida has seen a sharp increase in cases as people seek testing and hospitals cope with more patients and crowded emergency rooms. The
Seminole perspective: Indigenous voices needed in battle for climate justice Community News Top News by Durante Blais-Billie - January 1, 2022January 18, 2022 Durante Blais-Billie, far right, stands in solidarity with other Indigenous youth in November as Cheghajimixw Blaney addresses the final People’s Plenary at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo Pamela EA) In November, I had the privilege to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, referred to as COP26, as
Tribe hires Native American from Maine as head of emergency management Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 HOLLYWOOD – The Seminole Tribe has named Paul Downing its new director of emergency management. Will Latchford, the tribe’s head of public safety, made the announcement Dec. 14. Emergency management is one of three departments under the public safety umbrella at the tribe, along with Seminole Fire-Rescue and the Seminole Police