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Museum offers free admission in July for teachers

by The Seminole Tribune -

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. BIG CYPRESS – Teachers can visit the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum for free in July. Up to four guests accompanied by teachers will receive 50% off standard admission to the museum on the tribe’s Big Cypress Reservation. Teachers and their guests will have an opportunity to learn

Career fair features education opportunities, tribal-wide departments

by Tatum Mitchell -
The Education Department at career fair on April 23 at the Howard Tiger Recreation Center.

The Education Department at career fair on April 23 at the Howard Tiger Recreation Center. (Tatum Mitchell) HOLLYWOOD — A career fair brought booths from the Environmental Resources Department to Human Resources to Tribal Community Development. With about 30 exhibitors, some colleges or education-related, students, community members and tribal employees filtered

Brighton students build chickee over spring break

by Beverly Bidney -
Culture staff, adult helpers and students pose by the new chickee they built in front of the Brighton Cultural Center Complex in March.

Culture staff, adult helpers and students pose by the new chickee they built in front of the Brighton Cultural Center Complex in March. (Courtesy photo) A group of Brighton students made good use of their time during spring break March 17-21 by helping to build a chickee at the Brighton Cultural

Brighton hosts Earth Day event

by Beverly Bidney -
PECS kindergarten students look in the trees for signs of birds or their nests during Brighton’s Earth Day event April 22.

PECS kindergarten students look in the trees for signs of birds or their nests during Brighton’s Earth Day event April 22. (Beverly Bidney) BRIGHTON — The Environmental Protection Office (EPO) honored the planet April 22 with an Earth Day event that included information on what individuals can do to protect the

Libraries stock reading bins at tribal clinic and dental waiting rooms

by Beverly Bidney -
From left to right, Big Cypress education work experience trainee Janessa Jones, CBH administrative assistant Maria Rivera, CBH child clinical associate Gabriella Velasco and library assistant Claudia Doctor with the book bin.

From left to right, Big Cypress education work experience trainee Janessa Jones, CBH administrative assistant Maria Rivera, CBH child clinical associate Gabriella Velasco and library assistant Claudia Doctor with the book bin. (Courtesy photo) As part of an effort to encourage literacy, the Education Department’s Library Program has been providing reading

Museum presents Seminole war history at national education conference

by Beverly Bidney -

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum education coordinator Abena Robinson works at the information booth at the conference. (Courtesy photo) Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum educators brought Seminole history to life for hundreds of history teachers at the annual conference of the National Council for History Education in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 21. Museum education coordinator Abena

Tribal veterans Paul Bowers Sr., Mitchell Cypress share wartime experiences at Ahfachkee

by Beverly Bidney -
Veterans Mitchell Cypress, left, and Paul Bowers Sr. in the Ahfachkee School gym before their presentation to the middle and high school students Nov. 13.

Veterans Mitchell Cypress, left, and Paul Bowers Sr. in the Ahfachkee School gym before their presentation to the middle and high school students Nov. 13. (Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — Ahfachkee School middle and high school students heard firsthand accounts of serving in the military from tribal veterans Paul Bowers Sr.

Immokalee Elaponke bingo aims to help revitalize language

by Beverly Bidney -
Language department director Francine Osceola checks Spencer Jock’s winning bingo card during the Immokalee Elaponke bingo game Nov. 14.

Language department director Francine Osceola checks Spencer Jock’s winning bingo card during the Immokalee Elaponke bingo game Nov. 14. (Beverly Bidney) The goal of the tribe’s language department seems simple enough; to create more fluent speakers, reinforce what’s already there and try to bring conversation back. In an effort to meet that

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