Rodeo returns to Hollywood News by Kevin Johnson - March 9, 2017May 22, 2017 HOLLYWOOD — After about a decade absence, the cowboys were back in town for two rodeos in February. The Hollywood Reservation welcomed rodeos on consecutive Saturday nights that honored the memories of two icons from the Tribe: Betty Mae Jumper and Bill Osceola. “Of course, they are no longer with us,
BIA updates ICWA guidelines News by The Seminole Tribune - February 28, 2017May 22, 2017 The Indian Child Welfare Act, passed by Congress in 1978, was designed to keep Native American children with Native American families. The intent of the law is to protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families. But nearly 40 years
Cool weather grass grows in Brighton field trial News by Beverly Bidney - December 8, 2016May 19, 2017 BRIGHTON — With an eye toward increasing productivity in Tribal cow pastures, Aaron Stam, University of Florida extension agent, began a field trial of cool weather grasses on a 20-acre pasture in the Brighton feedlot Nov. 1. Bahiagrass, currently used in pastures, is a fine choice most of the year but
Department of Interior Secretary clears Seminole Tribe for streamlined economic development News by Eileen Soler - January 8, 2015May 19, 2017 HOLLYWOOD — The Seminole Tribe of Florida on Jan. 8 became the 15th of 566 federally recognized Tribes to be approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior for increased autonomy over tribal leasing agreements on trust lands. During a signing ceremony at Tribal Headquarters in Hollywood, before Chairman James E.