Updated: Tribe’s vaccine eligibility continues to expand Community Health News by Damon Scott - March 3, 2021September 19, 2024 HOLLYWOOD — Shots of the Covid-19 vaccine continued to be distributed across the Seminole Tribe in February and tribal employees began to take advantage of expanded eligibility requirements. Hundreds of tribal members and employees have received the vaccine since the program began in late December, starting with public safety and health
Updated: Oil firm’s intentions concern Everglades advocates Community News by Damon Scott - March 3, 2021September 19, 2024 A Texas oil company wants to build well pads and access roads in a section of the Big Cypress National Preserve in the Everglades to lay the groundwork for new oil exploration. It has advocates of the health of the preserve – opposed to new oil drilling in the area
Voter registration deadline nears for regular tribal election Community by Beverly Bidney - February 26, 2021September 19, 2024 The next regular Tribal election for Council and Board representatives will be held May 10. Residents of Big Cypress, Brighton, Immokalee, Hollywood, Fort Pierce and Tampa are eligible to vote if they are registered. Anyone who moved from one reservation to another, or moved to a reservation from off of a
Jessica Osceola, Velma Kee Craig to appear Feb. 25 in virtual event for Museum of Fine Arts St. Pete Community by Beverly Bidney - February 24, 2021September 19, 2024 Seminole artist Jessica Osceola will appear with Diné artist Velma Kee Craig in a virtual event Feb. 25 sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts St. Pete. “Common Thread: A Conversation Between Artists Velma Kee Craig and Jessica Osceola” will be live from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Osceola, a ceramist, sculptor
Oil firm’s intentions in Everglades spark Feb. 25 event Community Events News by Damon Scott - February 24, 2021September 19, 2024 A Texas-based oil company that has applied to build well pads and roads in the Everglades has advocates of the Big Cypress National Preserve on edge. Stakeholders believe it's likely a precursor to future oil drilling efforts. Conservation and activist organization Friends of the Everglades is scheduled to host an online event
‘Farewell’ to Miss Indian World Cheyenne Kippenberger set for April 24 Community by The Seminole Tribune - February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 Miss Indian World Cheyenne Kippenberger. (Courtesy photo) The Gathering of Nations Powwow, annually one of the biggest events in Indian Country, will be a livestreamed live virtual powwow April 23-24. The event will include contest dancing, a variety of festive entertainment, the traders market, musical features from stage 49 and a
THPO mapping project centers on community participation Community News by Beverly Bidney - February 11, 2021September 19, 2024 A typical map is a one dimensional portrayal of a place comprised of lines, names and numbers. A participatory map is a lot more personal and driven by the culture and experiences of those who live there. Participatory mapping, also known as community mapping, is based on the knowledge of local
A photographic collection that celebrates community spirit Arts & Entertainment Community by Chelsea Nielsen - February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Billy L. Cypress, veterans and the Seminole Tribe’s Color Guard during a grand entry at the Seminole Tribal Fair in 2001. (Photo courtesy Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) BIG CYPRESS — The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum remains closed, but continues to serve the Seminole community, in part by cataloging thousands of photographic negatives. The project, funded
MMIW gets more focus, including from podcasts Community News by Ari Rioseco - February 8, 2021September 19, 2024 Indigenous people across the country – particularly women and girls – go missing and murdered at higher rates than other demographic groups. For example, the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force reports that Native Americans are 6% of the state’s population but comprise 27% of missing persons cases. The U.S. Department
Seminole Tribe granted ‘opportunity zone’ funds Community News by Damon Scott - February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 The Seminole Tribe has been awarded funds to study the viability of an economic development project in Hendry County just outside the Brighton Reservation. The Indian Affairs’ Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED) recently announced more than $760,000 had been set aside for 14 federally recognized tribes (and tribal
