‘Culturally unidentifiable’ no more: A closer look at repatriation policy change Community News by Damon Scott - November 4, 2020September 19, 2024 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 by Damon Scott - November 2, 2020September 19, 2024 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 by Beverly Bidney - November 2, 2020September 19, 2024 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 by Beverly Bidney - October 13, 2020September 19, 2024 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 by The Seminole Tribune - October 12, 2020September 19, 2024 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
Stranahan House virtual program to feature Seminole music Arts & Entertainment Community Events by The Seminole Tribune - October 7, 2020September 19, 2024 Spencer Battiest, shown here during a performance in Miami on Jan. 10, 2019, is scheduled to be featured in a Stranahan House program Nov. 18, 2020. (Kevin Johnson photo) FORT LAUDERDALE – The Stranahan House Museum will host a virtual history happy hour that will focus on the history of music
Miss Indian World emphasizes importance of Census Community News by The Seminole Tribune - October 6, 2020September 19, 2024 Miss Indian World Cheyenne Kippenberger holds up a “Be Counted” sign in front of Tribal headquarters in Hollywood as she urges Indian Country to fill out the 2020 Census. (Facebook) Having the title of Miss Indian World means Cheyenne Kippenberger carries some clout across Indian Country. The former Miss Florida Seminole,
Making negatives positive; a new photograph project begins at the museum Arts & Entertainment Community by Tara Backhouse - October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 The database records will look like this. We’ll add as much information as we can, but we need your help identifying people, places and dates. (Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum photo) BIG CYPRESS — I’m happy to say that in July the Ah-Tah-Thi Museum was awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum
