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Trio from Tribe playing NCAA Division I softball this season

by Kevin Johnson -

This weekend marks the start of the college softball season for a few players from the Seminole Tribe.  Ahnie Jumper (Florida Gulf Coast University), Cheyenne Nunez (University of South Carolina Upstate) and Jillian Rodriguez (Tennessee State University) are playing NCAA Division I softball.  Jumper, a catcher from the Big Cypress Reservation, is back for her third season

Tribal stories posted by Library of Congress irk Native Americans

by The Seminole Tribune -

The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., has posted thousands of hours of Native American recordings and thousands of Native American photographs online over the years. But some Native American tribal members and groups have an issue with culturally sensitive material being posted, often taken without a tribes’ consent. They argue the material should be tribal

Tina Marie Osceola to be featured in Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki lecture series

by The Seminole Tribune -

Tina Marie Osceola (Courtesy Seminole Tribe) Tribal member Tina Marie Osceola is set to speak at the next Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum lecture series on the Big Cypress Reservation. The event takes place Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Big Cypress’ To-Pee-Kee-Ke Yak-Ne Community Center, located at 30560 Josie Billie Highway in Clewiston. Osceola is an associate

Pipeline projects still attract wary Native American eyes

by Damon Scott -

Four years after protests began at the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), oil drilling and pipeline projects continue to threaten Native American communities and the environment. DAPL is one of the most well-known, along with the Keystone Pipeline System. DAPL’s underground oil pipeline is 1,172 miles long and begins in

Believe the HYPE: TPD launches new WEP training

by Damon Scott -

You’re going to have to juggle some acronyms with this one. The Tribe’s first professional development training for those in its Work Experience Program (WEP) took place Jan. 15. It was the first, but not the last. WEP is a branch of Tribal Professional Development (TPD) and generally consists of those who

Tribe well represented at South Florida Fair

by Kevin Johnson -

WEST PALM BEACH — Even though he’s only a junior in high school, Braydn Daum already has a pretty good idea about his future career. He wants to join the Navy after he graduates and perhaps serve as a hospital corpsman. For now, the junior at Lake Placid High School is

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