Artist tackles Osceola story with help from Seminole Tribe Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Native Americans know well that much of the history of Indigenous Peoples is one sided, incomplete or fabricated, depending on the source. It’s one of the reasons the Seminole Tribe has spent considerable time and resources to keep recordings of oral histories passed down by its elders. One of those elders is
BC community, environmental issues drive Quenton Cypress Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — Quenton Cypress already has an extensive resume for someone 25-years-old. And there are no signs that he’s slowing down. To start, the Big Cypress resident has worked for the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum in various capacities for almost a decade. He started at age 16 when he enrolled in the
What are we up to? Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum during the 2020 public safety closure – part 1 Arts & Entertainment Community by admin - November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 Find many unique Seminole inspired gifts and collectibles at seminole-store.com. (Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki photo) By Tara Backhouse, Carrie Dilley, Rebecca Petrie BIG CYPRESS — The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, like most other departments within the Seminole Tribe and industry-wide, has adapted to changing operations and a greatly reduced staff over the past seven months. Although we
‘Culturally unidentifiable’ no more: A closer look at repatriation policy change Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 The Seminole Tribe announced Oct. 21 that the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) revised its repatriation policy regarding human remains and funerary objects. The change is a big deal and an effort that took many years and countless hours of work by tribal members and Tribal Historic Preservation Office
Public workshop to be held on northern Everglades updates Community by The Seminole Tribune - November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 The public can receive an update on the northern Everglades on Nov. 17 when the South Florida Water Management District hosts a workshop online via Zoom. Public comment is welcomed. SFWMD will discuss how watershed protection plans fit into the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP), which includes the Lake
Tribal members prepare to move into first Lakeland Reservation homes Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 When fully completed, phase one of the new Lakeland Reservation will have 47 homes; 17 had been completed by the end of October. (Photo Rick Morales/Jacob Cos.) Building a new housing development takes time – something that hasn’t been lost on Seminoles in the Tampa area. They’ve been long anticipating the
Former high-stakes, short-lived BC bingo hall is demolished Community News Top News by Beverly Bidney - November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 When the Big Cypress bingo hall opened in 1987, thousands of people came to try their luck at high-stakes bingo. (Tribune file photo) BIG CYPRESS — The Big Cypress bingo facility – once touted as the largest in the world, but reduced to a vacant skeleton for the past several years
Chairman Osceola named NAFOA Tribal Leader of the Year Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr. accepts the NAFOA's Tribal Leader of the Year award. (Courtesy image) The Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) named Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola its Tribal Leader of the Year during its virtual fall conference. The award is in recognition of Chairman Osceola’s “outstanding
FIU Indigenous People’s Week events to include Miss Florida Seminole Arts & Entertainment Community Events Top News by The Seminole Tribune - October 12, 2020October 13, 2020 Miss Florida Seminole Durante Blais-Billie, second from right, is scheduled to be among the participants in Florida International University's Indigenous People's Week events. (Courtesy photo) The Global Indigenous Forum at Florida International University will celebrate Indigenous People’s Week with two virtual events Oct. 12 and Oct. 14, both to be held
Nearly $1M awarded to Seminole Tribe from HUD Community News by Kevin Johnson - October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Native American tribes have been awarded $100 million as part of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Indian Community Development Block Grant Imminent Threat Program. The funding includes $900,000 to the Seminole Tribe of Florida. HUD Secretary Ben Carson made the announcement Aug. 31. According to HUD, the funding “will