Native veterans memorial to be dedicated Nov. 11 Community Events News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 The central feature of the memorial is an elevated stainless steel circle resting on a carved stone drum. It is located on the grounds of NMAI. (Photo: Matailong Du for NMAI) After two years of pandemic related delays, the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to be
Fond memories for Seminoles who called Indian Camp home Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Mary Lou Alvarado, Barbara Garza, Virginia Tommie and Manuel Garza in his mother Nancy Osceola’s arms in 1966. They all lived in the Indian Camp at the time. (Courtesy photo) IMMOKALEE — Immokalee’s Indian Camp had no electricity or running water, but the children who lived there in the 1960s remember
Resolution from PECS 7th graders passes Tribal Council Community Education News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School seventh graders in their classroom after appearing virtually before Tribal Council on April 14. In alphabetical order, the students are Joleyne Nunez, Sally Osceola, Hannah Platt, Brody Riley, Kiera Snell, Ila Trueblood, Harmany Urbina and Timothy Urbina. (Courtesy photo) Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School seventh graders received a
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma visitors delve into STOF culture, history Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Naples council liaison Brian Zepeda shares information with members of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma during a tour of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on April 5. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — Seven members of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma spent a whirlwind two days visiting Seminole Tribe of Florida tribal members
Power and protection: the oral history program at Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Community News by The Seminole Tribune - May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 By Alexander Banks, oral history coordinator, and Tara Backhouse, collections manager Even a large family group can record an oral history or family gathering for future generations through the Oral History Program, as the Johns family did in Brighton in 2018. (Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum) BIG CYPRESS — The Oral History Association (OHA) will
Tribe celebrates Earth Day in Big Cypress, Hollywood Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Ahfachkee School students Carlise Bermudez and Athena Osceola, far right, explain to visitors how to use a stalk of sugar cane to grow a new plant at the school’s culture garden display. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum held two comprehensive events to commemorate Earth Day; April 22
After lengthy journey, all-Indigenous groundbreaking play ‘Distant Thunder’ reaches the stage Arts & Entertainment News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Spencer Battiest, center, performs in the all-Indigenous play “Distant Thunder” in Oklahoma City. (Photo Miki Galloway) “Distant Thunder” struggled to find a home for the past decade. The all-Indigenous musical, whose cast includes the Seminole Tribe’s Spencer Battiest, finally made its way to the stage in late March at the First American
Groundbreaking paves way for Immokalee medical and public safety building Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Dignitaries symbolically break the ground at the site of the future Immokalee medical and public safety building April 26. From left are Derek Koger, Dr. Vandhana Kiswani-Barley, Brighton Councilman Larry Howard, Hollywood Councilman Chris Osceola, Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr., Nancy Motlow, President Mitchell Cypress, Immokalee Council liaison Ray Garza,
Bradley Osceola Latchford builds future in athletic training Community Education News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Bradley Osceola Latchford, right, works with fellow FSU student athletic trainers Connor Brown, left,and Kailey Herrholz for a Seminoles football game at Clemson University in 2021. (Courtesy photo) Sports and athletic training have been a part of Bradley Osceola Latchford’s experience for most of his years in school. He played football
It’s a wrap: film captures Elgin Jumper’s varied talents Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Elgin Jumper talks about his artistic expression in the documentary. (Courtesy SMP) BIG CYPRESS — The documentary film is complete, but the journey continues. The Seminole Tribe’s Elgin Jumper presented the final cut of a film that highlights his life and creative endeavors April 8 in the theater at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum