First comes graduation, then the Navy for Brighton’s Eecho Billie Education Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - April 30, 2020May 4, 2020 Pine School senior Eecho Billie, 18, receives his cap and gown and a graduation yard sign from Kelly Hilton-Green, an administrator from the school, in April at the Billie family’s home in Brighton. (Courtesy photo) Just like any other high school senior, Eecho Billie wants to be able to turn his
Hard Rock, Seminole Gaming donate 350,000 bars of soap in fight against COVID-19 Community Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Clean the World soap. (Clean the World Twitter) HOLLYWOOD – Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming are doing their part in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. They donated 350,000 bars of soap to Clean the World Foundation, a global health organization focused on improving the quality of life in vulnerable populations
NABI cancelled for 2020 Sports Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Savage Storm, whose team included some players from the Seminole Tribe, celebrates after winning the 2018 NABI Division I boys championship in Arizona. Organizers announced April 13, 2020, that this year’s tournament has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Native Edge Sports photo) The Native American Basketball Invitational, an annual highpoint
PECS excels at distance learning as students, staff, parents work together Education Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 The PECS distance learning schedule. Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students are sheltered safely at home and adjusting to the school’s virtual instruction distance learning, which began March 30. Principal Tracy Downing began to prepare for the possibility of closing PECS on March 13. Spring break was scheduled for March 16 but
Native photography exhibit online at NMAI Arts & Entertainment Community Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Although the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian is closed due to the coronavirus, its latest exhibition of work by Native American photographers is available for viewing online. “Developing Stories: Native Photographers in the Field” features photo essays by photojournalists Russel Albert Daniels, Dine and Ho Chunk descent, and
Brighton’s Cheyenne Nunez enjoying first season in NCAA Division I softball Sports Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 DELAND — Cheyenne Nunez had March 11 marked on her calendar. She knew that would be the one and only time her softball team – the University of South Carolina Upstate Spartans – would be in Florida this season. What Nunez didn’t know is that the doubleheader at Stetson University in
Chalo Nitka Festival in Moore Haven Arts & Entertainment Community Top News Top Story by The Seminole Tribune - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Alyssa Purvis, Jesiah Madrigal, Joshua and Chance Madrigal pose for a family photo at the Chalo Nitka Festival. (Photo Analicia Austin) Jarrett Beecham, Jimi Jamison, and Vickey Huff pose for a photo at the Chalo Nitka Festival in Moore Haven on March 7. (Photo Analicia Austin) The Terriers marching band performs at
Seminole trio plays big role for OHS softball Sports Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 OKEECHOBEE — Mary Huff knows first-hand what to expect with a high school softball player from the Tribe. It was a little more than a decade ago that she was one herself as a standout for Okeechobee High School. When Tribal players arrive, they usually come ready to play right away. “That’s
Stubbs sisters finish Heritage careers with third straight state championship Sports Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 LAKELAND — December Stubbs sat in a chair on the sideline with her face smothered in her No. 15 American Heritage basketball jersey. For more than a minute, she didn’t look up. The emotions, rightfully so, poured out of the senior point guard for many reasons at the conclusion of the
Martha Tommie reflects on Standing Rock DAPL decision Community Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Back in 2016, Martha Tommie and other Tribal members drove thousands of miles to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as they fought against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on their ancestral tribal land. Unfortunately the efforts of thousands of Native American protestors, or water protectors,