Tribe’s mobile command vehicle draws eyes at hurricane conference Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 From left to right are Erik Hartl, Paul Downing, Gracia Szczech and Ralph Tirona. (Courtesy photo) The Seminole Tribe’s new mobile command vehicle (MCV) made an appearance at the 2022 Governor’s Hurricane Conference in West Palm Beach from May 8 to May 13. Tribal employees in attendance said the $1 million,
Brighton breaks ground on new buildings Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - June 1, 2022June 24, 2022 Tribal leaders, elders, family members, students, tribal employees and PECS’ administrators and staff marked the groundbreaking of soon to be built facilities. (Photo Damon Scott) BRIGHTON — The Seminole Tribe’s Brighton Reservation is known not only for the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School (PECS), which opened in 2007, but also the unique
HHS hires new doctors, warns on monkeypox Community Health News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - June 1, 2022June 3, 2022 Dr. Vandhana Kiswani-Barley is the executive director of the tribe's Health and Human Services (HHS) department. (Photo Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD — The Seminole Tribe’s Health and Human Services (HHS) department has recently made two key hires to its staff. Dr. Belleitha Lambkin-Alexander is a pediatrician who was hired to primarily serve the
Tribe’s first department – ERMD – turns 35 Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - June 1, 2022June 24, 2022 ERMD biological technician Mandy D’Andrea looks up in the trees at a home site inspection in Big Cypress in 2016. (Photo Beverly Bidney) The Seminole Tribe’s first governmental department – one tasked with protecting and managing its environmental resources – marks 35 years in operation this year. The Tribal Council created the
Miss Indian World farewell: Powwow ‘full circle’ moment for Cheyenne Kippenberger Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - June 1, 2022June 24, 2022 Cheyenne Kippenberger is recognized on the Gathering of Nations' powwow floor on the event’s final night April 30, accompanied by hundreds of tribal dancers and drummers, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Photo Damon Scott) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Scores of fans and supporters came for a hug, to say hello, and to take
Hard Rock pledges support for child-protection code Hard Rock/Seminole Gaming News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - June 1, 2022June 1, 2022 From left to right, Jumorrow Johnson, anti-human trafficking coordinator, community outreach director and president of the Broward Human Trafficking Coalition for the Broward State Attorney’s Office – 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida; Stephanie Piimauna, senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer for Seminole Hard Rock; Big Cypress Councilwoman
Release of Lake Okeechobee draft plan delayed Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 The final version of LOSOM will guide the Army Corps’ Lake Okeechobee decision-making for at least a decade. (Army Corps, Jacksonville District) The release of the latest draft plan that addresses a variety of issues concerning Lake Okeechobee has been delayed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who manage the lake, has
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
Photos: Spring brings plenty of tribal events Community Top News Top Story by The Seminole Tribune - May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Bryce Osceola and her niece Miakoda Osceola enjoy the breeze coming off the lake at the Naples Ochaape Ahfachkee Tanohkeem event. (Photo Beverly Bidney) Billie Tiger checks one of the briskets she and the rest of the We Do Recover group cooked for the Naples Ochaape Ahfachkee Tanohkeem, or Happy Garden
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