Beverly Bidney

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A group of Brighton students made good use of their time during spring break March 17-21 by helping to build a chickee at the Brighton Cultural Center Complex. Before they began building the chickee, Johnnie Jones, community culture advisor, used a model chickee to show the boys the essential elements of a chickee, how to square it off and build it. “We wanted to give them the experience to learn about chickee building,” said Diane Smith, Brighton community culture manager.

1 week ago | seminoletribune.org | Beverly Bidney

BRIGHTON — The Environmental Protection Office (EPO) honored the planet April 22 with an Earth Day event that included information on what individuals can do to protect the Earth. Held in Tucker Ridge on the Brighton Reservation, the event participants included kindergarten through second grade students from Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School in Brighton and middle school students from the Ahfachkee School in Big Cypress.

2 weeks ago | seminoletribune.org | Beverly Bidney

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The 42nd annual Gathering of Nations attracted thousands of spectators, dancers and drummers from around Indian Country and beyond April 24-26 at EXPO New Mexico in Albuquerque. An integral part of the GON was the Miss Indian World pageant, which kicked off with the talent competition April 24. The pageant had 23 contestants this year, including two from the Seminole Tribe of Florida: Miss Florida Seminole CeCe Thomas and former Miss Florida Seminole Thomlynn Billie.

1 month ago | seminoletribune.org | Beverly Bidney

As part of an effort to encourage literacy, the Education Department’s Library Program has been providing reading bins filled with books in all tribal clinic, dental and Center for Behavioral Health waiting rooms. The program began in Nov. 2024 and has been popular with patients. National Library Week is April 6-12 and the book bins are another way to promote reading. “It started when I realized there were TVs in all the waiting rooms,” said library program supervisor Padmini Dukharan.

1 month ago | seminoletribune.org | Beverly Bidney

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum educators brought Seminole history to life for hundreds of history teachers at the annual conference of the National Council for History Education in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 21. Museum education coordinator Abena Robinson moderated the panel “From the Seminole Eyes: Uncovering Local History Through Tribal Voices”, which featured museum educator Cypress Billie and outreach specialist Van Samuels.