Adakai Robbins to Broward school board: ‘This is our land, this is our home’ Education Top News by Derrick Tiger - February 6, 2019 HOLLYWOOD — Tribal member Adakai Robbins spoke in support of a Native American Heritage Month resolution in December in front of the board of Broward County Public Schools. He took the moment to share stories about the struggles he’s experienced as a Native American living in a culture that can
Archery hits the mark at Ahfachkee School Education Top News by Beverly Bidney - February 6, 2019 BIG CYPRESS — The ancient sport of archery has come to the Ahfachkee School as part of its physical education classes and the 21st Century afterschool program and students are eager to learn the skill. Big Cypress wildlife manager Jake Osceola teaches the after school program along with teachers Gualberto Mollings
Jade Osceola named Glades County Teacher of Year Education Top News by Beverly Bidney - February 6, 2019 BRIGHTON — Jade Osceola just may have been born to teach at Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School. As an elementary school student in the 1990s at Seminole Elementary School in Okeechobee, Osceola was one of the students who participated in the Friday pull-out program. Once a week Tribal students were allowed to
FSU’s V-rak-ke-ce-tv ceremony honors graduates, relationship with Seminole Tribe Education News by Zack Boehm - January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 TALLAHASSEE — Every December at Florida State University, as the air begins to crackle with a wintry chill and the libraries explode to life with hordes of finals-crazed students, hundreds of soon-to-be graduates gather for the V-rak-ke-ce-tv Cultural Graduation Ceremony—a time for reflection and recognition inspired by the university’s special
FIU group seeks donations to build campus chickee Education Top News by Damon Scott - January 3, 2019 A group at Miami’s Florida International University is raising funds to build a chickee on one of its campuses. The FIU chickee is an initiative of its Global Indigenous Forum (GIF) and corresponding student club – the Global Indigenous Group (GIG). The GIF has several projects and initiatives in work, primarily through
Seminole students sing in Disney’s Candlelight Processional Education Top News by Kevin Johnson - January 3, 2019 Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional is a holiday treat whose roots stretch all the way back to the amusement park empire’s infancy in the 1950s. Now, more than half a century later, three Seminole students can say they were part of the annual winter tradition. University School’s Kylie Drake, 14, and sisters
Dominic Osceola, 12, serves as CEO for a day Education Top News by Beverly Bidney - January 3, 2019 At age 12, Dominic Osceola already has an impressive career entry for his resume; bank chief executive officer at BizTown in Tampa. The Brandon Academy fifth-grader held the position for one day only, Dec. 3, as part of the Junior Achievement’s BizTown elementary school hands-on economic literacy program. As part of
Center for Student Success and Services strives to increase reach, visibility Education Top News by Damon Scott - January 3, 2019 First things first: CSSS stands for the Center for Student Success and Services. It was formerly known as the Education Department. Some in the Tribe still refer to it that way, but the name changed in 2016. Names and acronyms aside, CSSS spins a lot of plates for Tribal students and
Ahfachkee students dig up past in BC pasture Education Top News by Beverly Bidney - January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 BIG CYPRESS — Pastures in Big Cypress contain a lot more than cattle; a treasure trove of Seminole history resides there. With some help from Ahfachkee School students, the Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) found significant evidence that the U.S. Army’s Fort Shackleford once stood in Moses Jumper Jr.’s pasture. In 2017,
Pemayetv Emahakv Students of the Month – October Education Top News by The Seminole Tribune - December 3, 2018 Elementary Neilani Thompson Malielle Bonilla Claire Randolph Karagen Bone Chosin Micco Tate Matthews Macayden Sardina Rosalie Jones Jon Jones Koty Gopher-Turtle Caysie Platt Peyton Thornton Logan French Bobbi Johns Osceola Daliyah Nunez Landon French Tehya Nunez Brody Riley Bryce Trammell Kashyra Urbina Hayden Woodward Middle Keenan Jones Saniya Rodrigues Pearcetin Tram Caitlyn Olivarez