OHS season ends in regional final Sports Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Brahmans finish 26-3 in Silas Madrigal’s final year OKEECHOBEE — The Okeechobee High School boys basketball season had just ended with a loss in a regional final in front of a packed home crowd.Yet the team found one more triumph to enjoy in a season full of wins. In what was essentially
Sports seasons come to abrupt halt Sports Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 13, 2020 Happier times for Ahnie Jumper (sixth player from the left wearing catcher chest protector) and the Florida Gulf Coast University softball team as they celebrate a home run March 4 against the University of Florida in Gainesville. FGCU’s season stopped the following week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtney Culbreath/Florida
PECS students use social distancing creatively in virtual lessons Education Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 BRIGHTON – The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted all aspects of life, including the academic year at Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School. The school closed March 13 for spring break. Its virtual instruction and distance learning began March 30 as the campus remained closed due to the pandemic. After the break, sixth-grade reading
Students learn to live off the land in Ahfachkee’s traditional garden Community Education News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — Ahfachkee students have realized the fruits, and vegetables, of their labor in the school’s traditional garden and have reaped the benefits in the form of healthy meals. The school’s large garden, which features many traditional Seminole crops, is tended by students with some help from traditional preservation program
Native American museums offer online options Arts & Entertainment Community Top News Top Story by The Seminole Tribune - April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 The east entrance of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. (Judy Davis/Hoachlander Davis Photography) As cabin fever sets in, some individuals may be bitten by the travel bug and get a case of wanderlust. But in these times of staying safe at home, travel isn’t an
A guide to preventing coronavirus Health Top News Top Story by The Seminole Tribune - April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers these guidelines for coronavirus (COVID-19): Know how it spreads• There is currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).• The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus.• The virus is thought to spread mainly from
Making Seminole voices heard to protect the future of South Florida Arts & Entertainment Community Top News Top Story by Paul Backhouse - April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Fact: Everglades "restoration" is the largest environmental project in the history of the planet. This monumental endeavor being carried out by the U.S. government extends from the headwaters south of Orlando that fill Lake Okechobee all the way to the southern tip of the Florida peninsula. The effects to the
NICWA’s ‘Protecting Our Children’ conference begins online Community News Top News Top Story by The Seminole Tribune - March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 The annual “Protecting Our Children” conference hosted by the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is taking place online for the first time. Most recent scheduled conferences across the U.S. have cancelled, postponed or transitioned events into digital gatherings in the wake of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Sarah Kastelic (Alutiiq), the executive director of NICWA, opened
‘No More Stolen Ancestors’ campaign urges return of Seminole ancestral remains Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — The Seminole Tribe’s effort to get 1,496 ancestral remains back from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) continues after more than eight years of trying. The repatriation effort, led by the Native American Graves Protection from Repatriation Act Committee (NAGPRA), from within the Tribe’s
Egmont Key trip evokes ‘sadness and sense of pride’ for Seminoles Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 EGMONT KEY — When about 40 people – mostly Seminoles – braved the cold air and the Gulf of Mexico’s choppy seas to visit an island near the mouth of Tampa Bay on Feb. 29, they were stepping back into a critical chapter in the Tribe’s history. In what was essentially