FORT LAUDERDALE — Ancient Tribal drums mixed with cool hip-hop beats sounded a call for nearly 75 Indian Country youth Oct. 24-26 to the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel. But the boom, boom, boom did not announce fun in the sun for the teens who traveled from as far as Oregon

BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students recently had the unique experience of seeing their own culture through the eyes of another Tribe, the Muckleshoot of Washington state. On Nov. 12, before attending the American Indian Science and Engineering Society conference in Orlando, 12 Muckleshoot high school students and their chaperones

OKEECHOBEE — Most 15-year-olds are busy texting, hanging out with friends and anxiously awaiting their 16th birthdays. Apolonia Nunez, known as Apple to friends and family, is no exception. She does all those things. Except, she is far from typical. Next May, Apolonia, the daughter of David and Anita Nunez, will

WEST PALM BEACH — Crayon drawings of chickees and crosses, baseballs and bobcats meshed with children’s musings for a wallboard collage at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach. The piece, created by Norwegian artist Inger Hansen, featured pen-pal letters and drawings exchanged last year between 10 Pemayetv Emahakv Charter

TAMPA — Anita Osceola admittedly spent too many of her 56 years living on the edge. "I wanted to party and that’s what I did," she said. Fast forward to August 2014 when the Tampa resident received an envelope in the mail that held the long-awaited proof that the "party" was over

BIG CYPRESS — Members of Ahfachkee School Student Council got a leg up on leadership by paying close attention Oct. 10 during a Tribal Council meeting. "It was a great experience," said Jazmine Billie, eighth-grade representative. At the Big Cypress Public Safety Complex, the group’s seven-member Student Council led by President Kaitlin

BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School hosted its annual Student Council inauguration Sept. 25 at the Brighton Veteran’s Building. With their right hands raised and their left hands on the Bible, the 10 Student Council members repeated the oath of office as administered by Brighton Councilman Andrew J. Bowers Jr. The

BRIGHTON — When temperatures dip to chilly this winter, underprivileged children from towns surrounding Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School won’t be left out in the cold. "We have to be grateful for all we have and share," said seventh-grader Silas Madrigal. Silas is among dozens who responded generously to the school’s latest Parent

No one can doubt the fun that comes when firefighters let kids aim real fire hoses at orange hazard cones with powerful jet streams of water. For Seminole Tribe Fire Rescue crews, it happened in the line of duty during National Fire Prevention Month educational activities for scores of children at