Trading Posts receive upgrades, more are coming (including new locations) Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - March 2, 2020March 3, 2020 C-stores, or convenience stores, offer a wide range of everyday and specialty items to customers. The stores are an integral part of the gas station experience and vice versa. The sector generates big business. It’s something the Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc. knows very well – it has two (Trading Posts)
A.J. Tigertail graduates from U.S. Marine Corps boot camp Community News Top News Top Story by Analicia Austin - March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — Three months after telling his family that he planned to join the U.S. Marine Corps, A.J. Tigertail, 19, is now a boot camp graduate. He graduated on Jan. 31 at a ceremony attended by his parents Sheli and Alfonso Tigertail and other family members on the Marine base
Immokalee to host Seminole Shootout Arts & Entertainment Community Top News Top Story by From Press Release - March 2, 2020March 4, 2020 UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. IMMOKALEE — Take a trip back in time as Seminole War reenactments will be played out in Immokalee. The Seminole Shootout Battle Reenactment and Rodeo will be held from March 6 to March 8. First performed in the late 1990s, the Seminole
Coacoochee’s journey Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 Willie Johns to lead road trip of Wild Cat’s path BRIGHTON — Osceola (Billy Powell) is an undeniably influential leader in Seminole history and one who also became a household name outside the Tribe. But there are many other Seminole leaders that aren’t as commonly thought of by outsiders, but are
Native American magazine features two Seminole women Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - February 28, 2020March 2, 2020 HOLLYWOOD — Two members of the Seminole Tribe have landed on the cover of Native Max Magazine. Cheyenne Kippenberger and Tomasina Chupco – who describe themselves as friends and business partners – are featured in the magazine’s February/March 2020 issue titled “Unconquered Native Women.” It’s the first time the magazine, launched in
Guy LaBree to be inducted in Florida Artists Hall of Fame Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Artist Guy LaBree grew up in Dania, went to school with Seminole Tribal members and spent his career painting his passion: Seminole history, legends and people. The Florida Department of State will honor LaBree’s legacy by inducting him posthumously in the Florida Artists Hall of Fame on April 4 in
Culture, tradition, honor highlight annual Tribal Fair and Pow Wow Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 HOLLYWOOD — Ancient traditions met the thoroughly modern world at the Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow from Feb. 7 to Feb. 9 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. The 49th annual celebration focused on Native American art, culture, dance and tradition even though it occurred in the
Seminole-Broward partnership featured on CBS broadcast Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 An ongoing collaboration between the Seminole Tribe and a Broward County judge has caught the attention of the CBS4 News television station in Miami. The station aired a story Feb. 27 about Seminole Tribal Court and Judge Jose Izquierdo of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, located in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Izquierdo hears family court cases involving
ICWA supporters anxiously await court ruling Community News Top News by Damon Scott - February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 The waiting game is on. The latest court hearing in the battle for the health of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) took place Jan. 22 at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. Sixteen judges gathered for the rare en banc hearing to determine if
Register now for Native American veteran memorial procession Community Events News Top News by Damon Scott - February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 The organizers of a ceremony to mark the opening of the first memorial to honor Native American veterans are seeking those who want to be part of history. The National Native American Veterans Memorial is set to be dedicated on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. A procession will take place before the dedication ceremony. Organizers are encouraging