WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s push to improve the lives of Indian Country youth through his Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) initiative advanced midsummer when Native teens and young adults united in Washington, D.C. for the first White House Tribal Youth Gathering. Seminole Tribe member Broden "Brody" Osceola Hagen, 16, of Naples, attended

Students like to spend summer in places far from the classroom, so the Education Department gave them cool reminders of recent academic achievements via a series of summer-fun inspired incentive awards celebrations. Students from Trail, Hollywood, Immokalee and Tampa who met one of the 15 criteria outlined by the Education Department

BRIGHTON — Florida history recently came to life for Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School and Okeechobee’s North Elementary School fourth-graders as they reenacted the era of the book "A Land Remembered" and saw the past through each other’s eyes. The 1984 book, by Patrick D. Smith, tells the tale of white Florida

FORT MYERS — Cory Wilcox believes in leading by example. For example, the newly minted graduate of Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers has shown his children they, too, can achieve great things. "I can tell my kids I graduated college," he said. "It was stressful, but once I finished, it

BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School’s academic honors for 2014-15 culminated June 2 with the President’s Education Awards Program. Students whose efforts and performances met the program’s criteria throughout the year received academic achievement and excellence awards from PECS staff on behalf of President Barack Obama. Principal Brian Greseth praised students for

HOLLYWOOD — Fourteen youngsters in Hollywood donned pint-sized caps and gowns June 2 and marched toward big futures during the Hollywood Preschool graduation ceremony at the Tribe Headquarters auditorium. Following the theme "I am a Seminole," students first showcased their language skills by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Mikasuki for

IMMOKALEE — Dr. Seuss turned up in nearly every aspect of the Immokalee Seminole Preschool graduation. Cat in the Hat, Thing 1, Thing 2 and other things adorned the walls May 6 at the Immokalee Community Center. Graduates used Seuss’ work to rhyme their way through skits. He even made

BIG CYPRESS — Small in numbers but rich in memories, Ahfachkee School’s Class of 2015 graduated May 29 in front of family members, friends, alumni and staff. With the flags of the Seminole Tribe, United States and Florida unfurled in the background at the Herman L. Osceola Gymnasium and the iconic