82nd annual Brighton Field Day Festival and Rodeo to be held Feb. 14-16 Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 BRIGHTON — An abundance of Native American dance, art, culture, food, music – including alligator wrestling and a pro rodeo – are expected to bring large crowds to the 82nd annual Brighton Field Day Festival Feb. 14-16 on the Brighton Reservation. Each of the three days will kick off with
Trump signs order creating MMIW task force Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Despite his administration’s spotty record of supporting Native American issues, President Donald J. Trump ordered the creation of a task force to address the plight of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) and girls. Trump’s executive order was signed Nov. 26, 2019. The task force is called “Operation Lady Justice.” In 2019,
Chairman Osceola, Jackson brothers help break ground for new Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana Community News Top News Top Story by Analicia Austin - January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 From left, Seminole Tribe Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr.; Marlon Jackson, of the Jackson Family; Jahnae Erpenbach, executive vice president of operations Spectacle Entertainment and general manager of Majestic Star Casino; Jackie Jackson and Tito Jackson, of the Jackson Family; Rod Ratcliff, chairman & CEO Spectacle Entertainment; and Greg
Native American languages program lands four-year funding Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 After years of fits and starts and intermittent funding, a federal law that seeks to strengthen tribally-developed Native American language revitalization programs has found more solid ground. The Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act was signed into law in late December 2019 by President Donald J. Trump after making
20th annual Rez Rally – a healthy start to new decade for hundreds of runners, walkers Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — More than 650 people came from every reservation and every generation, from elders to infants, to compete and connect at the 20th annual Rez Rally on Jan. 11 in Big Cypress. The breezy, cool weather at the platinum edition of Rez Rally couldn’t have been better. The
Rally founders look back at 20 years Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — Back at the turn of the millennium, Connie Whidden and Suzanne Davis, who both worked in the Tribe’s health department, were looking for a way to get Tribal members to increase their physical activity. “We were working with people who had diabetes,” said Davis, Integrative Health program manager.
Ahfachkee murals preserved through laser scanning Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 BIG CYPRESS — In 1993 and 1994, Seminole artist Mary Gay Osceola used her talent and experience to paint 13 murals on the walls of the Ahfachkee School in Big Cypress. Those murals, which depict Seminole life and legends, have been preserved for posterity despite the imminent demolition of the building,
Kastelic says challenges to ICWA aren’t about protecting children Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 Those who have monitored ongoing challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act say the past 15 months have been more alarming than usual. A Jan. 22 hearing by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans didn’t do much to quell what is seen as the
Annual Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow set to kick off in Hollywood Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 HOLLYWOOD — The Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow will fill the Hard Rock Hollywood Feb. 7-9 with colorful regalia and the sound of beating drums as hundreds of dancers and drummers compete for more than $150,000 in prize money. Billed as the 49th annual Celebration of Native Arts and
Super Bowl ad to feature Guitar Hotel, big stars Community News Sports Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - January 29, 2020January 31, 2020 HOLLYWOOD – It’s not the first time Miami has hosted a Super Bowl – this will be the sixth – but it will be the first one ever played under the Hard Rock Stadium name. The big game – Feb. 2 on FOX – also comes on the heels of the October 2019 grand