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www.seminoletribune.org 'SFF Volume XLIII • Number 9 September 30, 2019 Proposed Tribe, STOFI, Seminole Gaming, Hard Rock 5G projects step up to help Dorian victims in Bahamas can be reviewed by tribes, court says

BY DAMON SCOTT Staff Reporter

A recent federal court decision is being hailed as a win for Native American tribes, at least for now. In August, a U.S. Court of Appeals – D.C. Circuit decision pushed back on the Federal Communications Commission by reinstating environmental and historical review requirements for the construction of new 5G wireless facilities. The FCC has traditionally required a review of how such projects might affect the Courtesy Clint El-Ramey, Seminole Hard Rock Support Services (left)/Kevin Johnson (right) environment and historical sites before they In the wake of Hurricane Dorian’s destruction in the Bahamas, relief efforts were organized by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Seminole Gaming and Hard Rock to help the victims. At left, Capt. Ignacio Fleites, can be constructed. Capt. Juan Laserna, airplane maintenance manager Jose Diazviana and cabin attendant Cheryl Russell load cases of bottled water onto the Seminole Tribe’s plane, which brought thousands of supplies to But the FCC had issued a policy change the Bahamas on multiple trips. At right, Hollywood Board Rep. Gordon Wareham and Seminole Wholesalers Distributors receiving clerk Antwan Jackson stand near thousands of bottles of drinking water in March 2018 to “exempt from the review donated by Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc. to the Bahamas. process all the small wireless sites that companies are using to build out their 5G for Tribal members, emergency operations The Seminole Tribe of Florida, including After Seminole Wholesale Distributors networks.” BY KEVIN JOHNSON Senior Editor and customers should powerful Hurricane the Tribal Council, the Board, Hard Rock receiving clerk Antwan Jackson loaded The FCC policy said the reviews Dorian, which churned in the Atlantic Ocean and Seminole Gaming, immediately shifted the hundreds of cases of Ice River Springs – which fall under the federal National less than 200 miles away, wallop Florida. from preparation mode to distribution and bottled water onto a truck, Wareham and Historic Preservation Act and National HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood Board As it turned out, Dorian only teased the donation mode. Tara Chadwick blessed the water that would Environmental Policy Act – were not Rep. Gordon Wareham stood amid more state’s east coast, but some of the islands “Traditionally, in our stories and be brought to the Bahamas. It was a simple, required by law and that mandating them than 25,000 bottles of drinking water in the in the Bahamas weren’t as lucky. Dorian, a in our culture, we are taught that we brief ceremony, but one that carried plenty would hinder development of 5G networks. Seminole Wholesale Distributors warehouse. category 5 monster, relentlessly pounded the share,” Wareham said. “When you have of meaning. Just days earlier the water had been purchased islands in early September, resulting in the an abundance, you share; when you have )See 5G on page 3A with the intention that it could be needed country’s worst natural disaster. nothing, you share.” )See DORIAN on page 6A Valholly Frank voices her climate The final concerns during massive global rallies

BY KEVIN JOHNSON countdown Senior Editor Grand opening of Seminole Hard Rock’s FORT LAUDERDALE — They chanted “Hey, hey, ho, ho, these fossil fuels enormous expansion set for Oct. 24 have to go.” They cheered each time a passing vehicle honked in support. BY DAMON SCOTT People have been booking the new hotel And on a day when most of them would Staff Reporter rooms in earnest since reservations began normally be in classrooms in Broward July 24, and ticket sales for the future lineup County, they carried signs in front of the of shows at the new 7,000-person capacity HOLLYWOOD — It’s down to the FRXQW\¶V SXEOLF VFKRROV RI¿FH EXLOGLQJ Hard Rock Live entertainment venue have that read “We Strike for Climate Justice” wire as thousands of details are checked and been robust. The inaugural concert will be double checked for what will be a new day in and “Time is Running Out” and “Respect Maroon 5 on Oct. 25. Existence or Expect Resistance.” the history of the Seminole Tribe and Hard 7KH HQWLUH FDVLQR ÀRRU KDV HVVHQWLDOO\ Rock International. Then the hundreds of teenagers in the been rebuilt – and was done while keeping Climate Strike rally marched on sidewalks Many milestones have already been casino operations up and running. The casino reached in Tampa where the Hard Rock has through downtown in a loud, but peaceful also has a new ceiling, heating, ventilation and noticeable manner Sept. 20 as city police completed a $700 million expansion. Eyes DQGDLUFRQGLWLRQLQJ +9$& FDUSHWPDUEOH are now turning toward Hollywood and an KDOWHGYHKLFOHWUDI¿FDWLQWHUVHFWLRQV paths, lighting and sound and additional In the sea of young, vociferous Oct. 24 grand opening of the 450-foot tall Hard Rock memorabilia. JXLWDUVKDSHG KRWHO WKDW KDV UHGH¿QHG WKH participants was Valholly Frank, who, at age skyline in Broward County. 16, is no stranger to supporting causes. At 15, Team effort she put her name as a plaintiff on a lawsuit The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Kevin Johnson Casino Hollywood is going from 465 rooms ¿OHGODVW\HDUDJDLQVWWKHQ*RY5LFN6FRWW It would be hard to choose from all the and others over climate change. She spoke Valholly Frank (second from right), 16, of the Big Cypress Reservation, participates in the Climate to almost 1,300; from a few restaurants and superlatives people have used to describe Strike rally Sept. 20 in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The rally drew hundreds of people, mostly students. bars to almost 40. It’s the same story with out about her concerns with the climate Frank, a student at the Sagemont School in Weston, was one of the featured speakers. Rallies were 13.5-acres of pool areas and a 42,000-square- )See HARD ROCK on page 6A situation at that time, and did so again at the held throughout the day in more than 90 countries. foot Rock Spa & Salon. Climate Strike in front of the hundreds of New areas have already opened, supporters who, after the march, gathered in including the food court, a redone Hard an ampitheatre at Bubier Park for speeches. Rock Café and high-limit gaming area. The climate change issue hits close The new lobby is virtually completed – to home for Frank, from the Big Cypress there are new front desk pods, new furniture, Reservation. She points to recent stronger ¿[WXUHVDQGHTXLSPHQW )) ( KDVPRYHG weather occurances, such as Hurricane Irma in, you can dine at a 24/7 restaurant and, as in 2017, that have directly impacted Big XVXDOJHW\RXUFDIIHLQH¿[DWWKH&RQVWDQW Cypress and the Tribe. Grind coffee bar. The reimagined Council “We had kind of a crisis in our Tribe 2DNUHVWDXUDQWLVSXWWLQJWKH¿QDOWRXFKHVLQ when the hurricane came around. It was place, too. really terrifying for us,” she said. Most pool areas are also complete, Indeed, the storm caused several except for some last minute accents to the problems in BC, including several days 4.5-acre lagoon. without power and gasoline shortages. “Everything is moving along; some Being Seminole has helped fuel Frank’s areas are right down to the wire,” Drew strong determination to do something about Schlesinger, Hard Rock Hollywood VP of climate change. operations, said. “It makes it more personable for me the 7ULEDO PHPEHUV ZLOO JHW WKH ¿UVW ORRN fact that I’m so connected with the Earth and at the $1.5 billion expansion and all the my spirituality and my culture really depends amenities on Oct. 13 – including 638 new on it,” she said. “It’s super important to me to hotel rooms in the guitar and another 168 in ¿[WKHFOLPDWHFULVLVDQGWREULQJDZDUHQHVV the adjacent Oasis Tower. to it because I don’t want to see what keeps Then it will be the general public’s turn Kevin Johnson happening to my Tribe, and I don’t want to Oct. 24 – the grand opening date for not only The guitar-shaped hotel at Seminole Hard Rock Kevin Johnson the new hotel but all areas of the property. Hotel & Casino Hollywood was lit up in pink Sept. See CLIMATE on page 4A 19. The grand opening is scheduled for Oct. 24. Valholly Frank is interviewed by Miami TV station NBC6 during the Climate Strike rally. )

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Reclaiming the legacy of the Osage Murders story is still elusive to this Osage

ZDVRI¿FLDOJRYHUQPHQWSROLF\WR³.LOOWKH Osage lost millions in investments they Osage Nation my interest in reclaiming just remember the Osage people have yet • Jim Roan Gray Indian to save the man” the Osage wealth knew nothing about because government the Osage history and stories of our people WRZULWHWKH¿QDOFKDSWHURQWKLVVWRU\DQG tells a different story that runs counter to appointed guardians were in charge of the became more realized, we started our make peace with our past. he story Osage people often hear the extreme poverty dealt the rest of Indian money each Osage whom the BIA deemed 1DWLRQ¶V ¿UVW 7ULEDO +LVWRULF 3UHVHUYDWLRQ Tis the one other people have told country but not the dominant view of the incompetent could do pretty much whatever 2I¿FHDQGHPSRZHUHGWKHPWRUHFODLPRXU Note: The Book, “Killers of the Flower about them, but rarely is it the one they non-Indian world that despite our wealth, they wanted. Storekeepers had two prices history under Osage law. Combined with a Moon - The Osage Murders and the Birth of tell themselves says former Osage Nation our lives were cheap. So this history is as in their stores, one for Osages and one for constitution that extends political rights to the F.B.I. will be made into a major motion Principal Chief Jim Gray vivid to me personally as any treatment everyone else. Food, clothing, cars, homes all Osage and recognizing them as citizens picture Directed by Martin Scorsese, and My personal journey to understanding written by anyone who ever chose to tell the and other items simply would cost more of the Osage Nation while retaining our starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert my own family history with the Osage Osages their history. if you were Osage. Often when an Osage Mineral Estate for Osage Headright owners, DeNiro. Production is expected to begin murders of the 1920s has led me to a Maybe it’s better that an outsider tell the passed away, there was a line of people who we chartered a new course for the future of later this year. realization that it is more than a sad chapter Osages their history back to them because SUR¿WHGIURPWKHLUSDVVLQJ)URPQRQ2VDJH Osage people. Jim Roan Gray, Osage, is the former in the Osage Tribe’s history. For me this people like me can’t be objective or maybe widows and widowers to funeral homes who Despite these achievements the legacy principal chief of the Osage Nation (2002- part of our history should serve as a charge the events are too hard to believe if told by would respectfully put the recently deceased of that era is still painfully with us today as we 2010) and former publisher of the Native that our people never see such an abuse take the Osages themselves. Even after I consider away for a price in today’s dollars that would are reminded that over one-quarter of those American Times Newspaper (1996-2002) place again, even in the telling of the story. this notion, I disagree because I know Osage exceed $80,000. Osage headrights are out of Osage hands. Today he’s a consultant working in Indian My great grandfather, Henry Roan people from across the spectrum have Even though the Boom in the Osage It burns many Osages after we received country. was one of those murdered during this era. their version of these events not told in the Mineral Estate diminished with the ebb our $380 Million settlement from our case He was the youngest chief in the history The location of his murder on the Osage archives of the BIA or the FBI but rather DQG ÀRZ RI WKH RLO DQG JDV LQGXVWU\ WKLV against the Federal government in 2011 of the Osage Nation. During his term, Reservation allowed the FBI to come in passed down from one family member to practice went on clear up until the late 1970s for mismanagement of our Mineral Estate Chief Gray, led the Osage Nation through and investigate his death and in the process another and so the Osage version of this when the Osage Tribal Council successfully knowing one-quarter of that settlement went a comprehensive restoration of Osage uncovered the larger scheme underway to story never really goes away. But the story lobbied Congress to amend the 1906 Osage to non-Osages. sovereignty, the right to determine their own wipe out an entire Osage family and their we often hear is the one other people have Allotment Act denying any more Osage Would my parent’s life be different if citizens and form their own government. headrights, which were worth millions. told about us, but rarely is it the one we tell Headrights from leaving Osage hands. my grandparents lived long enough to raise This led to enrollment of thousands of That’s the story I was told by my family ourselves. Years later as I became an adult, I chose their children? Did this story affect the way Osages who had been left off the rolls for and I always held back the raw emotions that The prospect that life of an Osage a profession in the media which fed my my parents raised their children? Did this nearly 100 years and a referendum vote that his death brought to our family. My mother Indian who owned a headright in the 1920’s desire to allow Indian people to tell their story affect the way I raised my children? I adopted a constitutional form of government and father were both born in the 1920s and was a mixed blessing is probably the stories and reclaim their histories. As an suspect my life choices and my life’s work IRUWKH¿UVWWLPHLQJHQHUDWLRQV7KLVHIIRUW were both orphans by the end of that decade. understatement of the century. Our wealth adult I grew to appreciate the movement in LQ,QGLDQFRXQWU\LVDVPXFKDUHÀHFWLRQRI gave all Osages over the age 18 the right to Only through the love of their extended put a target on our back, people of all stripes the 90’s in the wake of new federal laws such that era as any other desire to make my life vote in tribal elections. families did they avoid the boarding school came to separate us from our wealth by any as the Native American Graves Protection mean something. DQG DGRSWLRQ DJHQFLHV WKDW SUR¿WHG IURP means necessary and the people whom we and Repatriation Act which by federal law Is this story in your history book? This article appeared in Indian Country parentless Indian children. Because of trusted to look out for our interest we’re deferred to tribes the right to protect and Probably not. This story is in my history Today. this wealth, many Osage families were just as much a part of the problem as any reclaim the actual graves of their ancestors book, it is in my family’s history book, and able to preserve their families, culture and bootlegger, investor, banker, storekeeper, or and by extension their histories and their in the history book of thousands of Osage language while having the means to adapt non-Osage spouse. stories. families. As we approach the century mark to the dominant society. At a time when it Through legal and not so legal means In the next decade, as chief of the of the so called “Osage Reign of Terror,” It’s important to understand Movies, advertising continue to negatively Native Americans’ long stereotype Native Americans •Mark Anthony Rolo struggle for voting rights n late August, the chic French luxury Savages whose known Rule of Warfare, is Sadly, there is often little support Ibrand Christian Dior debuted an ad an undistinguished Destruction of all Ages, from those who could raise their voice for campaign for its fragrance referencing Native Sexes and Conditions.” struggling Indian performers. •Omaha World-Herald Editorial Staff Americans. A number of American Indians 7KLVLVQRWWKH¿UVWWLPH'LRURIIHQGHG The advocacy organization Americans immediately decried the advertisement as American Indians and other groups. In for Indian Opportunity was hired as a t took many decades for American President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian racist. It was. 1998, head Dior fashion designer John consultant to the Dior ad. Laura Harris, Iwomen to secure their right to vote. Citizenship Act, formally designating Native The company featured a video in its Galliano unveiled a clothing collection executive director of the group, said in a African Americans, meanwhile, faced Americans as U.S. citizens. Twitter feed of an American Indian dancing using Pocahontas as his theme. Then, in statement that the organization was proud to blatant discrimination that the federal But even that landmark legislation in full regalia in the desert. A narrator can *DOOLDQRZDV¿UHGE\'LRUIRUPDNLQJ have worked with the company and that the government began combating directly in failed to resolve the issue. Individual be heard saying, “An authentic journey deep anti-Semitic and racist remarks. organization’s goals are to work toward “the the mid-1960s through federal enforcement. states, especially those with major Native into the Native American soul in a sacred, I appreciate the company’s quick inclusion of paid native staff, artists, actors, An additional, important part of the suffrage American populations, continued to obstruct founding and secular territory.” decision to pull the ad, but in a strange writers etc., to educate the production teams story is the decades-long struggle by Native tribes’ voting rights, citing rationales such After a swift, negative reaction on twist, I also understand the dilemma faced on Native American contemporary realities Americans to assert their voting rights. as property tax exemption for reservations social media, Dior pulled the ads. by American Indians attempting to pursue and to create allies for indigenous peoples.” ,Q1HEUDVNDDNH\¿JXUHLQWKDW¿JKW or failure to meet state requirements for It was not so much the imagery or a career in television, movies, and now Working to get more American Indians was Hiram Chase (1861-1928), a member residency. Court decisions gradually even verbal content that elicited anger social media. Indian actors are offered so involved in all aspects of media is an of the Omaha tribe. The Nebraska History removed most of those impediments. from native peoples. It was the name of the few authentic roles in the business they are admirable goal. But Americans for Indian Museum in Lincoln notes this part of By the late 1940s, the main holdouts perfume: Sauvage, or, as it is pronounced by forced to take stereotypical ones. I know Opportunity and Indian performers ought to Nebraska’s past in its current exhibition, were the state governments in Arizona and Americans, Savage. some hard-working native performers who devote more time demanding an end to racist “Votes for Women,” pegged to the State New Mexico. The New Mexico debate Other than the term redskin, there is would not hesitate to don a braid of horsehair roles and stereotyping — and call for parts Legislature’s unanimous passage of the 19th included a court case in which Miguel really no other word that offends native or squeeze into a felt buckskin bikini. that accurately portray Indian people instead Amendment 100 years ago this summer. Trujillo, a Native American who had served people as deeply as “savage.” As Hanay And it’s tough to be critical if one of of participating in projects that continue to The efforts to gain Native American as a U.S. Marine sergeant and was attending *HLRJDPDK D .LRZD SOD\ZULJKW ¿OP our American Indian elders gets recruited degrade us. enfranchisement faced a series of barriers graduate school, sued in federal court to be producer, and theater professor at UCLA, for such entertainment endeavors. Hanley over the years. An advancement came in enfranchised. Trujillo won the lawsuit. told the Washington Post, this was one of the Frost, a cultural education coordinator of the Mark Anthony Rolo is a member of 1879, when U.S. District Judge Elmer In its ruling, the court said Native ¿UVWVOXUVXVHGDJDLQVW$PHULFDQ,QGLDQV Southern Ute Tribe in Colorado, was paid a the Bad River Band of Ojibwe in northern Dundy issued his famous ruling in the case Americans had “responded to the need of The Declaration of Independence, paltry $1,000 to drive three hours to teach Wisconsin. He wrote this originally for the of Ponca Chief Standing Bear. This was the the country in time of war in a patriotic penned in 1776, accuses the king of England the Dior production crew about his people Progressive Media Project. ¿UVWWLPHLQ$PHULFDQMXULVSUXGHQFHWKDWD wholehearted way, both in furnishing of creating domestic insurrections among DQGWREOHVVWKHODQGZKHUHWKH¿OPLQJWRRN federal court had ruled that tribal members manpower in the military forces and in the colonists by engaging “merciless Indian place. are protected by the 14th Amendment’s the purchase of war bonds and patriotic guarantee of equal protection under the law. contributions of that character. Why should Nonetheless, Native Americans they be deprived their rights to vote now continued to face a central legal obstacle: because they are favored by the federal Native American history should be taught in schools Under the federal Constitution, they weren’t government in exempting lands from considered U.S. citizens except in particular taxation?” •Connor Bahr circumstances such as marriage and military The case was one of many examples or a class this semester, I have may be due to a lack of focus on history in set up a Native American Studies elective VHUYLFH 7KH WK $PHQGPHQW UDWL¿HG LQ of how military service in World War Fbeen tasked with learning about general in public schools, but in states with course. 1869, gave citizenship to “all persons born or II by Native Americans and African the Native Americans of Iowa. As I have rich Native American history, it should be All of these are great for teaching young naturalized in the United States,” but it was Americans helped bolster the arguments for begun to dig into the readings, I have been taught alongside European history. people about Native American history, but interpreted to exclude Native Americans. enfranchisement in the late 1940s. bombarded with information that I had never It’s sad that I know more about the it doesn’t solve the problem. For many of In 1921, Chase addressed the Nebraska At the same time, a federal civil rights heard before. There were 30 or more tribes Roman Empire than people who may have us, our knowledge of history, particularly Legislature and urged the full recognition commission appointed by President Harry in Iowa with their own cultures, their own lived where my house now stands. We tend in America, begins with Europeans. While of Native Americans’ suffrage and property Truman gave a strong push for Native wars and their own history all happening in to think of Native Americans as having one requiring schools to teach Native American rights. His father, Hiram Chase Sr., was American enfranchisement. Still, tribal my backyard, yet I’ve never heard of it. culture that didn’t change until Europeans studies is a great step forward, we need to a government inspector, and his mother, members in some states faced obstacles For example, a park I used to frequent in came, but that couldn’t be further from the change our mindset about history. We have Nunzainza, was the granddaughter of such as poll taxes and literary tests. In 1965, my childhood was originally set up because truth. Each tribe has a unique culture, and to value all cultures, particularly the ones Wahnookega, an Omaha chief. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of a bison run and several burial mounds WKH\ZHUHMXVWDVÀXLGEHIRUHWKH(XURSHDQV that were right in our backyard. We have to Chase earned a law degree in Cincinnati to end such practices. In the present day, found in the area. I’ve probably been there arrived. get rid of the eurocentric mindset that is so DQG LQ  EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW 1DWLYH Native American voting issues are part of hundreds of times and have never seen either However, Native American education is deeply ingrained in society that it extends American attorney to be admitted to practice states’ overall policy debates on issues such of those and never learned they were there. changing. In Montana, a change to the state even to public education. In the long run, law in the U.S. District Court in Omaha. He as voter ID. Native American history should be in the constitution requires teachers to integrate this mindset can hurt those who may need served as county judge and county attorney Voting provides the very foundation for public curriculum of U.S. schools. Native American culture into all aspects of help, or simply make us blind to a large area of Thurston County and was a co-founder our governmental system. It’s important to There are about two million federally teaching. For example, when teaching math of knowledge. RIWKH6RFLHW\RI$PHULFDQ,QGLDQVWKH¿UVW understand the long struggle tribal members recognized Native Americans in the U.S. right Cheyenne beads are used as learning tools. Native American civil rights organization. have made, in Nebraska and elsewhere, in now. In the current high school curriculum, This mandate is put in place to introduce Connor Bahr is a columnist for the the Despite the work of Chase and others asserting that all-important right. the history of North America largely begins children to Native Americans without just Iowa State Daily, which is where this article in individual states, the lack of citizenship when European settlers appeared. They may a history lesson. Montana is not alone. appeared. status remained a central barrier for Native run through the Trail of Tears, or mention Wisconsin and South Dakota have policies American enfranchisement. A breakthrough Native American relocation, but the main meant to increase awareness of Native came in 1924, when Congress passed and focus is on the Revolutionary War, the Civil American culture and history. In California, :DUDQGRWKHUODUJH(XURSHDQFRQÀLFWV7KLV a bill was passed requiring public schools to

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4-H season begins with plenty of newness BY BEVERLY BIDNEY meaningful impact for their projects,” Stam Staff Reporter said. “When they have issues, we want to help them. It will be more fun for the kids to The 4-H year began the month with see each other’s animals before the show.” some new programs, new procedures and a The Seminole Indian 4-H Show and whole lot of kids and animals. Sale, where the kids show and sell their Nearly 50 kids in the heifer and steer animals, will be held March 20-21, 2020, at projects brought their animals to Brighton the Fred Smith Rodeo Arena in Brighton. and Big Cypress in September to tag their For more than 100 years, 4-H has VWHHUVDQGDWWHQGWKH¿UVWPHHWLQJRIWKH\HDU empowered young people through mentoring Meetings have been enhanced this year with and hands-on experience. The program veterinarian visits and guest speakers. teaches skills participants can use for a Kids are required to attend three lifetime. The 4-H motto “To make the best meetings during the course of the year better” sums up the organization’s focus on instead of monthly gatherings and they have positive youth development. to bring their animals to each meeting to Typically about 120 kids participate in have the veterinarian and 4-H leaders assess the Seminole 4-H, but Stam expects more them. this year. 4-H’ers will receive halter and lead Another new program is the registered ropes for their steers and heifers; those in the heifer program. Six kids each acquired a swine project will receive a whip to use to registered heifer from Salacoa Valley Farms Kevin Johnson train the hogs to walk in the ring. over the summer and are raising them as a separate 4-H project. Registered heifers The Tribal Council joins Seminole Indian 4-H representatives Sept. 23 at Tribal headquarters in Hollywood. The Council approved a resolution for a “We want the kids to have the tools they proclamation that recognizes National 4-H Week 2019. From left are Hollywood Councilman Chris Osceola, 4-H program assistant Kimberly Clement, need to work with their animals on day one,” allow the kids to become members of the Big Cypress Councilman David Cypress, Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr., Brighton Councilman Larry Howard, Federally Recognized Tribes Extension said Aaron Stam, Federally Recognized International Brangus Breeder Association Program livestock/4-H agent for STOF Aaron Stam and 4-H program assistant Dionne Smedley. Tribes Extension Program livestock/4-H and present their animals at those breed- agent for the Seminole Tribe. “The vets will VSHFL¿F VKRZV DURXQG WKH FRXQWU\ 7KH make sure the animals are healthy and sound. Seminole 4-H show will include a new than steers. Heifers are an investment; steers and good citizens.” child. “There was someone there mentoring We will work with the kids throughout the category just for registered heifers. represent a paycheck.” The 4-H leaders – Stam, Kimberly me and I feel the need to be there for year in order to help them succeed.” The birthdates and lineage of registered Regardless of what animal the kids Clement and Dionne Smedley – are looking someone else.” Guest speakers will add an educational heifers is documented and adds value to the choose to raise, show and sell, they must all for volunteers as well as ideas for programs component to the meetings and will cover animals. The heifers can be impregnated take an animal ethics training. that don’t center on animals, such as baking, To get involved as a 4-H volunteer, issues pertinent to the 4-H’ers as they with Salacoa seed stock, adding value to new “They are among the privileged few photography or anything else that could call 863-763-5020 or contact Aaron Stam raise their animals. The speakers will be calves. who are producing a food product,” Stam encourage kids to join 4-H. at [email protected], Kimberly SURIHVVLRQDOV LQ WKH ¿HOG ZKLFK VKRXOG “Parents want more experiences for said. “With that comes the responsibility “It is good to see the kids grow into Clement at kimberlyclement@semtribe. resonate with the youth. their children,” Stam said. “They can sell to provide safe, healthy food. It has been a good people and to see role models in the com or Dionne Smedley at dionnesmedley@ “We are trying to make simple yet for more if the lineage can be tracked. Kids privilege to watch these kids go from babies community help out,” said Clement, special semtribe.com. thoughtful changes that will have a see more value in the development of heifers LQWR¿QHXSVWDQGLQJ\RXQJPHQDQGZRPHQ projects coordinator, who was a 4-H’er as a

Defense Council. Director Anne Mullins agreed with Webster Mullins said the FCC now has the and historic-preservation review,” Pillard )5G The legal challenges argued that lifting and called the decision a win for Indian opportunity to appeal the decision, which wrote. “The Order’s deregulation of small From page 1A the review requirements would “potentially Country. She said the Tribe has been involved could take a year or more. cells is thus arbitrary and capricious.” imperil sacred Native American sites.” in the legal challenge since the beginning. “It’s in limbo now. A waiting game,” The court did allow to stand, however, a * ¿IWKJHQHUDWLRQ FRQVWUXFWLRQXVHG “It upheld federal law and is a step in she said. separate part of the FCC policy that cut back for cellular technology, is typically referred ‘Step in the right direction’ the right direction,” Mullins said. on tribes’ ability to review new construction to as a “small cell” wireless facility. The Mullins said the THPO has asked the FCC undeterred of larger wireless towers and facilities. equipment used is smaller and denser than Joseph Webster, a partner at Hobbs FCC to notify them of the status of any 5G FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr 4G. 5G is usually constructed in right- Straus Dean & Walker, represented the projects that have been deployed or are in U.S. Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard, who hailed the decision to uphold that portion of of-way areas and includes an antenna, Seminole Tribe. He called the decision an the process of installation. wrote the unanimous opinion on a three- the commission’s order. equipment box and wiring. However, they “important victory.” Some wonder whether the review judge panel, said the FCC had downplayed “I am pleased that the court upheld key can be mounted on towers up to 50 feet “As recognized by the D.C. Circuit, process is only in place for projects that the intrusiveness of the 5G sites and did provisions of last March’s infrastructure high – higher in places with existing tall the FCC’s order exempting small cell would be physically located on tribal lands not fully consider what impact the new decision,” Carr said in a statement. structures. infrastructure from tribal review and – it’s not. It is for any tower that might be in construction would have on the religious and Carr went on to say the order has already Legal challenges began soon after the consulting would have undermined federal an area that could, for example, obstruct a cultural traditions of the tribes. ³UHVXOWHGLQVLJQL¿FDQWQHZEXLOGV´DQGWKDW policy change, including from the Seminole laws that Congress put in place to protect this view or have a visual effect, affect wildlife “The commission accordingly did not, the FCC is reviewing its next steps for the Tribe of Florida, the United Keetoowah country’s irreplaceable cultural heritage,” on tribal lands, or have any direct or indirect pursuant to its public interest authority parts that were struck down. Band of Cherokee Indians, Blackfeet Tribe Webster said in an August statement. affect – like a ground disturbance or an … adequately address possible harms of and the Omaha and Crow Creek Tribes. The 7ULEDO +LVWRULF 3UHVHUYDWLRQ 2I¿FH auditory issue. GHUHJXODWLRQ DQG EHQH¿WV RI HQYLURQPHQWDO tribes were joined by the Natural Resources ThThankank THE LAW OFFICES OF ALAN S. BERNSTEIN, PA. TkArrested? We need You,YYou to talk!

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BY DAMON SCOTT experience she gained, however. Aubee Billie Staff Reporter It was the interest in art history and the pursuit of a degree that would shape her long-term career goals more profoundly. BY BEVERLY BIDNEY If you were wondering what to expect Blais-Billie said she’s drawn to Staff Reporter from the new Miss Florida Seminole over museums and exhibits. She’s participated the next year – read on for a few clues. in Nova Southeastern University’s Cobra Durante Blais-Billie, of the Hollywood Circle – and struck up a friendship with Jr. Miss Florida Seminole Aubee Billie Reservation, was crowned Miss Florida Bonnie Clearwater – the director and chief knew from a young age she wanted to Seminole on July 27. curator for the NSU Art Museum in the represent her Tribe. At age 5 she competed The exciting moment marked the start process. in the Little Miss Florida Seminole pageant of a journey that will take the 22-year-old “She cares a lot about Seminole and the experience stayed with her for the to many events and appearances around the contemporary art,” Blais-Billie said of next 11 years. Tribe and beyond during her yearlong term. Clearwater. In July she was crowned Jr. Miss Florida The judges were clearly impressed. In The goal of the Cobra Circle is to seek Seminole at the 62nd annual Miss Florida addition to the title, she won the essay and out and develop the next generation of Seminole Princess Pageant. talent portion of the pageant. leaders in Fort Lauderdale. “I decided to enter the pageant this In the talent portion, Blais-Billie talked Blais-Billie has also helped curate a year because I wanted to get back into my about the role of sweetgrass baskets in Seminole exhibit in collaboration with Tara culture,” said Billie, 16. “I really want to be Seminole history and showed how one is Chadwick, the curator of exhibitions at a representative for younger kids and be an made. History Fort Lauderdale. It starts showing in outlet for them if they have questions about The judges also took note of her answer November and runs through January. the Tribe. We are the ones who will be in the to the impromptu question: Why is the So, what is it, exactly, about art that leadership positions when we get older, so (YHUJODGHVVLJQL¿FDQWWRWKH6HPLQROHV" DSSHDOVWR%ODLV%LOOLH" learning this now is great for us to understand “I think there’s a strong historic “I’m very into the theory of art how the Tribe works and shapes us.” VLJQL¿FDQFH DV GXULQJ WKH WKUHH 6HPLQROH perspectives beyond the conical narrative,” An 11th-grader at The King’s Academy wars it was a refuge for our people as well she said. “Art beyond the central narrative. in West Palm Beach, Billie keeps busy as in the early 20th century it provide lots of Modernity. How the Seminoles have become with parts in musical productions – she is the materials for our unique crafts,” she said. modern. Our own interpretation of things.” in rehearsals for “The Hunchback of Notre “In contemporary times, we now act as the Yes, it can sound a little intimidating. Dame,” in which she has the lead role guardians of the Everglades and speak up “I’m very into theory and curating of Esmeralda – and her hobbies archery, on behalf of the nature there.” – the way you make a room so the viewer beading and singing. She also sings in the can interact with the art,” she said. “That’s school choir and will perform with the duc tion cti i something that’s important to me. Art Radio City Rockettes in New York City in in itself is very political in the historical December. And she is training to compete Blais-Billie said her love of history is FRQWH[W7KHGH¿QLWLRQRIDUWVKRXOGQRWMXVW in archery in the Indigenous Games next GXHLQODUJHSDUWWRKHUIDWKHU¶VLQÀXHQFH be the classical narrative.” summer. Her duties as a princess add to her She is the daughter of France Blais-Billie %ODLV%LOOLH DOVR OLNHV ¿OP DQG PXVLF busy schedule with trips to Oklahoma and and the late July Billie. Blais-Billie attended She has a particular fondness for silent Tallahassee as well as local appearances. Courtesy photo the Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale and Courtesy photo PRYLHV ± VLOHQW ¿OP DFWRU +DUROG /OR\G LV Competing in the pageant was about then went on to earn a degree in art history Miss Florida Seminole Durante Blais-Billie one of her favorites – a “pioneer of comedy,” connecting and forging friendships with the Jr. Miss Florida Seminole Aubee Billie and a master’s degree in management from she said. other girls. Pageant week brought the eight the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Two of her other passions are jazz and contestants together for a few transformative Billie. She stays in West Palm Beach during “I wanted to come back to Florida and opera. She’s been to an opera in both London days. the school week and goes home on the integrate myself back in the Tribe,” Blais- do not maintain eye contact, are taught to and Paris. “It was so much fun meeting all these weekends. She plans to study musical theater Billie said. “It was hard to be away.” OLVWHQDQGOHWHOGHUVVSHDN¿UVW Which brings up travel – another of her girls who have the same passion as you do,” in college and pursue a career on Broadway She said she’s now ready to blend the There’s a cultural dissonance in many passions. She’s traveled throughout much of Billie said. “Meeting them from different after graduation. traditional ways of the Tribe into the views Western curriculums, she said. Europe and Vietnam already. About a year reservations and seeing their perspectives The goal for her reign is to connect and leadership skills she learned in her “Often the way education is taught tells DJRVKHZDVDEOHWRIXO¿OODGUHDPWULSWR on life was great. I made really great friends with other Tribal members and achieve an formal education. us our knowledge systems are wrong,” Blais- Egypt and a cruise down the Nile River. that I wouldn’t have made anywhere else.” understanding of what the Tribe has gone In her study of management at St. Billie said. “Some Indigenous People simply The winning moment was a bit surreal; through. $QGUHZV VKH VSHFL¿FDOO\ IRFXVHG RQ don’t pursue higher education because they e t tep she wasn’t expecting to win. “I want to meet different people in our diversity and equality issues. are afraid to be seen as too westernized.” “It was crazy to think that just one girl Tribe and share our story about how we truly One of her main causes is working to Blais-Billie said she’s appreciative that would get the crown and that I was the one are unconquered with other Tribes,” she said. erase the barriers Indigenous People face in o d to rt Tribal leadership allows a lot of autonomy that got it,” Billie said. “Serving as princess is a lot, but it’s really formal education. within the role of Miss Florida Seminole. She grew up in Brighton; her parents exciting. I’m proud to represent our Tribe in As part of that, Blais-Billie wants to use Along the way, Blais-Billie’s developed She has some sway over which events she are Maria and former Chairman James a great manner.” her reign to bring attention to the stigmas a career interest in modern art and museum attends and the outreach she does. that often prevent access to higher education. curation. Along with Tribal duties, she plans to Some of the stigmas stem from history, $W ¿UVW VKH WKRXJKW VKH¶G SXUVXH D speak to university audiences and to Tribal she said – forced assimilation, the challenges career in the hospitality industry somewhere youth programs. of missionary and reform schools and a in Florida. She is already in the midst of designing ZDUSHG1DWLYHVHOILGHQWL¿FDWLRQ Blais-Billie had admired Meg Gilbert DZRUNVKRSIRUFKLOGUHQIURPWKLUGWR¿IWK Blais-Billie said the higher education Crofton, the former president of Walt Disney grades on different ways of understanding experience is often simply not congruent Parks & Resorts – she even immersed herself visual culture. with the life experiences of Indigenous in an internship at the Hard Rock Hotel in Blais-Billie is also looking forward to People. Orlando. the eventual trip to the Miss Indian World “The external stigmas or the way The internship gave her the experience competition at the Gathering of Nations in Western-style classes are taught,” she said. of working in many different Hard Rock Albuquerque next April. “For example, direct eye contact is expected departments, but ultimately she decided She hopes she can bring the title back and speaking up in class is valued.” it wasn’t a match. Blais-Billie said she’s to the Tribe as Cheyenne Kippenberger did She points out that traditionally, Natives grateful for the valuable knowledge and this year.

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would like to take in college, but she said )CLIMATE environmental sciences and biology are From page 1A among potential majors she’s considered. Frank’s mother Rhonda Roff and the see that happening to other Tribes around the family dog, Willow, a rescue mutt, also world or anybody else around the world.” attended the rally. The Climate Strike in Fort Lauderdale “This whole Greta Thunberg thing has was part of a massive, worldwide eye-opener just completely enlivened everybody,” Roff with similar events held in more than 90 said. countries that drew estimates of millions of Rev. Amy Carol Webb, minister of people, many inspired by Greta Thunberg, the River of Grass Unitarian Universalist whose calm and poignant testimony two Congregation in Davie which has Choctaw days earlier in front of a Congressional panel and Cherokee elders, participated in the help ignite and energize the marches. march in support of the youths’ message. If those who are demanding changes “The congregation I serve, we believe related to climate needed a face for its cause, in saving this planet,” she said. “We’ve been they received one in the form of the petite at it for a long, long time. Social justice is teen from Sweden. our focus. We have an Earth ministry and “It was so amazing. I wish I saw it in that’s what we’re here for, to stand up for the person,” said Frank, who added that the ministry of Earth, for the future generations Climate Strike was inspired by Thunberg’s and to reach back to listen to the wisdom of own Friday strikes to bring awareness to our elders who had said if we don’t cut it out, climate change. this is coming, and to listen to the youth that Before the rallies, Frank did her part in have picked it up. Apologize to them for our trying to spread the word about the event. letting it go and now do our part following She said she put up signs at Sagemont School them to turn it around.” in Weston, where she is a junior, but she said Three days after the rallies, Thunberg the school removed them. Still, Frank was addressed the United Nations in New York. thrilled with the hundreds of students from “The eyes of all future generations are across Broward and beyond as well as the upon you,” Thunberg told the UN. “And if adults who participated in the rally. you choose to fail us I say we will never “I’m so proud of everyone … and keep forgive you. We will not let you get away ¿JKWLQJ´VKHH[FODLPHGWRWKHFURZGDVLW with this. Right here, right now is where we Kevin Johnson roared with approval. draw the line.” Dozens of youth show their support for the Climate Strike rally in downtown Fort Lauderdale on Sept. 20. Frank hasn’t decided yet what path she 5A • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019 Tribe works to preserve, teach history of Egmont Key

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Egmont Key might be a secluded island, The report is intended to educate and EXW LW¶V RQH ZLWK D VLJQL¿FDQW KLVWRULFDO be shared among Tribal members, the public connection to the Seminole Tribe of Florida. and partners who share the Tribe’s goal of Located at the mouth of Tampa Bay, the preserving Egmont Key. island is just off the coasts of St. Petersburg “ It’s designed to get the word out and Bradenton. It became a wildlife refuge and develop a historical record,” Maureen and was put on the National Register of Mahoney, a Tribal archaeologist at THPO, Historic Places in 1974. The island was said. designated as a Florida State Park in 1989. She’s been closely involved in Egmont But it’s the history of Egmont Key well Key with others on the THPO staff over the before those years that is of most interest years. to the Tribe and those at the Tribal Historic The THPO has made trips to the island 3UHVHUYDWLRQ 2I¿FH DQG $K7DK7KL.L to do metal detecting for artifacts; something Museum in Big Cypress. WKDWUDPSHGXSDIWHUDOLJKWQLQJFDXVHG¿UH 7KH¿QDOWRXFKHVDUHEHLQJSXWRQERWK in 2016 burned 80 acres of foliage making an Egmont Key high school curriculum and some areas easier to study. a special report for Tribal members and the Tribal members, THPO staff and others public, in an effort to keep the history of have made trips to the island for archeological what happened there alive. ¿QGV 7KH 7+32 ZDQWV WR FRQWLQXH WR GR archival research, excavations, examination ‘he dr pce’ of cemeteries and gather oral histories. “Egmont Key: A Seminole Story” will As scenic and beautiful as it is to soon be sent to all of the museum’s members visitors who might go to snorkel, picnic and distributed throughout the Tribe, or bird watch, Egmont Key has a sinister Mahoney said. history. The island was used as an internment gont e curricuu camp for Seminoles before they were transported to New Orleans and other Meanwhile, representatives of Ah-Tah- locations in the Western U.S. as part of the Thi-Ki scheduled a community meeting Indian Removal Act of 1830. 2FW  LQ %LJ &\SUHVV WR JHW ¿QDO 7ULEDO Thousands of Seminoles are estimated member feedback on an almost completed to have been shipped or forcibly walked Egmont Key curriculum designed for the west during this period. Many perished on high school level. the island or on the Trail of Tears. Alyssa Boge, education coordinator at While today there are no remnants the museum, organized the meeting and has left of the Seminole prison – what they been working on the project and its lesson have called “the dark place” – historians plans. and researchers have a good idea of where “If you go to the island today, you it would have been located – close to the Courtesy THPO wouldn’t know about what happened to the Bradley Mueller of the THPO looks toward the lighthouse as he approaches Egmont Key. island’s lighthouse and a nearby dock. Seminoles there,” Boge said. Egmont Key’s history also extends to That’s one of the main drivers for the one of the most notable Seminole ancestors curriculum (and the report), she said – so who was imprisoned there. Records show students can be taught what happened there that in 1858, the steamer Grey Cloud and also learn that the Seminole Tribe is left Egmont Key headed west with 160 alive and well today. Seminoles. Polly Parker (Emateloye) was Boge said the curriculum can be used on the vessel, but managed to escape when in a variety of classroom subjects – social it stopped at St. Marks on the Florida studies, writing, reading comprehension panhandle. and even visual arts. The Tribe thinks the Egmont Key She expects the lesson plans will be story is an important one to tell about the used in both Tribal and non-Tribal schools, 6HPLQROHV¿JKWIRUVXUYLYDO as it will meet Florida education standards. “We need to remember places like “My long term goal is to make sure Egmont Key so that kids know what we went Seminole history is taught in every school through and how we lived during the wars,” in Florida,” Boge said. “I want teachers Seminole medicine man Bobby Henry said. WR IHHO FRQ¿GHQW WHDFKLQJ DERXW 6HPLQROH “We need to keep talking about this history People – it’s important for teachers to have so we don’t lose it.” curriculum that is going to touch on Native The quote from Henry is one of American and Seminole experiences.” several Tribal voices that are featured in the forthcoming 40-page report – “Egmont ic ing c oc Key: A Seminole Story.” The photo-rich report looks less like There’s been a time pressure at play a formal document and reads like an among those involved in both Egmont Key informative National Geographic-style projects. publication. That’s because the island has been “I think a lot of our ancestors fought slowly disappearing – a phenomenon that’s very dearly for our lives to be free. And to accelerated in recent years due to climate be able to come back and visit something change and other environmental factors. like this, it’s very sad for me. But at the end Because the Tribe is already involved of the day, I think as Seminoles all need to in many environmental issues, it has also come and visit it and get an idea of what sought to bring awareness to the Egmont they went through,” former Big Cypress Key’s erosion from storm surges, sea level Councilman Manuel “Mondo” Tiger said in rise, and ever more powerful and frequent the report. hurricanes. The report features a timeline of the The THPO has partnered with park island’s history that starts at 2,000 B.C., rangers who are also interested in preserving when ancestors of the Seminole Tribe began the island and its wildlife. XVLQJ WKH LVODQG DV D ¿VKLQJ ORFDWLRQ

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“I felt by doing that we were like elevating the water so it was not only going to take care of the physical needs of the people who are in great need of the water, but also to pass along some of that healing that needs to happen as part of the recovery process,” said Chadwick, an Indigenous woman of Mayan descent. In total, two 18-wheel tractor-trailers were used to cart away the water. One truckload donation was made on behalf of Seminole Wholesale and the other on behalf of Seminole Petroleum. Both are entities of the Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc (STOFI). Also, in the days immediately following the hurricane, the Tribe and Hard Rock used its aviation resources, including two helicopters and a single-engine Pilatus PC-12/45 airplane, to make multiple daily URXQGWULS ÀLJKWV IRU VHYHUDO GD\V ZLWK supplies aboard. Seats were removed from Courtesy Clint El-Ramey, Seminole Hard Rock Support Services the plane in order to free up space for From left, Navarro Bastian, Christiano Gayle and Collins Lightbourne, all afffiliated with the import- supplies. Cases of bottled water transported export company Fowlco in the Bahamas that helped in the relief efforts, stand in front of the Seminole by the Tribe were collected by Banyan Tribe plane that brought cases of drinking water to the islands in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. Air Service at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and then trucked using Seminole Gaming vehicles to Sheltair Aviation. Andres told CBS that the organization the reservations; at one point, forecasts had Deliveries were made in cooperation would deliver more than 7,500 meals in the it pegged at more than 50 probability, but with the Grand Bahama Port Authority, Bahamas. those winds never arrived. which operates the Grand Bahama Dorian’s destructive path left more than Emergency staff stayed overnight at International Airport at Freeport. The port 50 people dead and 70,000 homeless on the Chupco’s to ensure its safety. authority is the municipal authority that Bahamas before it headed north and caused During the preparations, a declaration of governs Freeport and is one of the entities further damage along the U.S. east coast and state of emergency was issued by Chairman working to help hurricane victims. Canada’s maritime provinces. Osceola. On Aug. 31, President Donald J. Elsewhere, donation drop-off areas were Aside from beach erosions, Florida Trump approved an emergency declaration set up outside the Seminole Classic Casino at mostly escaped Dorian’s wrath. At one for the Seminole Tribe. the corner of Stirling Road and U.S. 441 in point, hurricane watches and/or warnings A press release from the White House Hollywood as well as the Seminole Casino ZHUHSRVWHGIURP'HHU¿HOG%HDFKWRSRLQWV stated: “President Donald J. Trump declared Hotel Immokalee. north, including Fort Pierce. In preparation that an emergency exists for the Seminole “The Seminole Tribe has a long and for potential impact, the Tribe closed at Tribe of Florida and ordered Federal important history with the people of The noon on Friday, Aug. 30 and remained closed assistance to supplement the Tribe’s response Bahamas, and we are committed to helping after the Labor Day holiday, reopening efforts due to the emergency conditions them in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian,” Wednesday, Sept. 4. During the threat of resulting from Hurricane Dorian beginning said Seminole Tribe Chairman Marcellus W. the storm, emergency command operation on August 28, 2019, and continuing.” Osceola Jr. centers were activated in Hollywood, Big The action authorized the Department of Courtesy Clint El-Ramey, Seminole Hard Rock Support Services On Sept. 21, Kuro restaurant at Cypress, Brighton and Fort Pierce. Buildings Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Bahamian Navarro Bastian helps unload water off the Seminole Tribe plane with Captain Pablo Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and homes were boarded up and sandbags Management Agency to provide assistance. Lemarchand in the Bahamas. Hollywood participated in the Lift a Fork, were brought in. Lend a Hand fundraiser for Dorian relief and A lot of attention was focused on the recovery through World Central Kitchen, an Chupco’s Landing reservation in Fort Pierce organization founded by Chef Jose Andres as that city had the highest probability of that delivers meals after natural disasters. receiving hurricane force winds out of all

Analicia Austin From left, in front row, Gwen Fuller, Sheryl Sommerville-Grant, and in back, from left, Ricardo, Jacinth Kevin Johnson Brown, Wilson Lascano and Sylvia Sadio help collect donations for Hurricane Dorian victims at the Dozens of sandbags were ready to be used at Chupco’s Landing in Fort Pierce if needed, but Dorian only skirted the east coast of Florida and its impact Seminole Classic Casino’s drop-off location outside the casino in Hollywood. inland was minor.

eateries. Fine dining includes the redone Council )HARD ROCK Oak. It’s in a new location and overlooks the From page 1A VIP pool. The restaurant has an open kitchen concept, butcher shop, 3,000-bottle wine URRPDQGÀRRUWRFHLOLQJZLQGRZV what’s coming or to list all the bells and Those who enjoy Italian food will be whistles visitors can expect to see and happy, too. An Italian restaurant – something experience. Wyborn said was always needed – will Behind it all is a massive Hard Rock “celebrate the Italian American experience.” team led by Jim Allen, the chairman of Hard “Everything is made from scratch – the Rock International and CEO of Seminole pastas, pizzas, sauces … it’s a family, high- Gaming. Allen’s Hard Rock Hollywood energy restaurant,” he said. team is led by its president, Bo Guidry. A contemporary American grill is ³7KLV SURMHFW ZLOO UHGH¿QH WKH 6RXWK coming as well. Wyborn said it’s no less than Florida hospitality market for decades “one of the most beautiful restaurants you’ve to come,” Guidry said. “This property is ever seen.” iconic in every sense of the word. From the The American grill will be located on architectural masterpiece of the guitar hotel, WKHVHFRQGÀRRURIWKHFDVLQRLQWKHPLGGOH to the unique lagoon and water features and of the lagoon area. It’s been designed with the Bora Bora style resort experience.” ÀRRU WR FHLOLQJ ZLQGRZV DQG GHJUHH Guidry said the full spectrum of views. The seating layout allows for a more amenities will appeal to a wide variety of intimate setting or patrons can sit in a large guests – those seeking fun in the sun and U-shaped bar area that surrounds the open exciting nightlife and those looking for a kitchen. relaxing retreat and “reconnection with their $QG¿QDOO\-DSDQHVHUHVWDXUDQW.XURLV Analicia Austin special someone.” Hard Rock still the mainstay it’s always been and has The nightlife options include a new Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood had its menu slightly upgraded. Hard Rock Live, seen here Sept. 24, will open with a concert by Maroon 5 on Oct. 25. 44,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor complex President Bo Guidry :\ERUQVDLGDOOIRXURIWKH¿QHGLQLQJ called Daer South Florida – a nightclub and concepts are Hard Rock creations. In the value to the organization – that’s what we international audience. poolside day club with rooftop features. new uniforms but learn about the Seminole future, there will be a third-party Korean all take away. Jim Allen is a visionary and For Koloski there are multiple audiences, “The talents of our entire team have Tribe and all of the Hard Rock’s operations restaurant concept located in the new IDQWDVWLFZLWK¿QGLQJDUHDOO\JRRGWHDPWKDW multiple segments to consider from the guest made it possible to bring this vision to and expectations. VTXDUHIRRWUHWDLOSURPHQDGH works together,” Wyborn said. whose primary purpose is gaming, to the reality and I am grateful for their hard work “Every department has participated. It’s On the beverage front, bar and lounge tourist group who are interested in the full and outstanding efforts,” Guidry said. “This an amazing scheduling feat,” Schlesinger options go from 11 to 20, and Hard Rock r eting ind resort experience – hotel, spa and retail. project is truly unique, there is nothing like said. /LYHZLOOKDYHEDUZHOOVXSDQGUXQQLQJ Then there are those who are local and it anywhere in the world. Our entire team Schlesinger oversees all operations other for concert goers. As one might imagine, marketing is want to, perhaps, use the spa for a day and realizes that they are part of something very, than gaming – hotels, spa, pool operations, Wyborn has been at Hard Rock another Herculean task in a department that have a nice dinner. very special.” public spaces, facilities, engineering, Hollywood for about six years. He was has been in the midst of a juggling act for Part of Koloski’s marketing plan also Guidry and other top level executives banquets and housekeeping – that’s just a previously with the Nobu Restaurant Group both the Tampa and Hollywood properties. encompasses an expanded 120,000-square- have been immersed in a string of job fairs taste. IRU  \HDUV RSHQLQJ HLJKW UHVWDXUDQWV David Koloski, Hard Rock Hollywood foot meeting and convention space and over several months that have attracted around the globe. VP of marketing, came into the position 38,000-square-foot exhibition hall. thousands of applicants to Hard Rock Foodie re oice “I’m so incredibly blessed to work with about a year ago after 13 years of experience The Hard Rock Hollywood’s proximity Hollywood from across Florida. the Tribe and the Hard Rock and be a part of in the Las Vegas gaming industry. to the Fort Lauderdale and Miami airports Schlesinger said the human resources The expanded property will feature 19 this development and groundbreaking that is “What’s been created here is pretty are good leverage points for that market, he and marketing departments have done “one food options and 20 bars. so special,” Wyborn said. “To be a part of the unparalleled,” Koloski said. said. of the most amazing jobs” he’s ever seen Those projects are led by Hard Rock creating with all the SVPs and VPs, it’s been The big challenge for Koloski and his “We can’t wait to get this place open with an opening of this size and scope. Hollywood’s food and beverage VP, Justin one of the most impressive times of my life.” staff (a good challenge, he said) is how and running. Everyone is busy and running Human resources has hired 1,800 new Wyborn, who is always excited to discuss Wyborn has done restaurant projects at to market all the pieces of the property around and wants to deliver the experience. employees so far – with about 200 more the options people will soon experience. the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic – sometimes in bite sized chunks and ,GHDVDUHÀ\LQJHYHU\ZKHUH´.RORVNLVDLG SRVLWLRQVWREH¿OOHG 7KHUH DUH IRXU ¿QH GLQLQJ UHVWDXUDQWV City and at a Hard Rock venture underway sometimes collectively. “It’s a great place to be, to work, and to The department has conducted mass in the lineup, including an “elevated” buffet now in Sacramento, California. He put a plan in place that expanded market one of the nicest new resorts to come employee orientations of 200 people at a (which Hard Rock Hollywood has never “When you’ve got a leader that wants the marketing outreach not just to Florida online in a very long time.” WLPH1HZHPSOR\HHVDUHQRWRQO\¿WWHGIRU had) and several casual and contemporary you to get involved and be creative and add residents, but a regional, national and 7A • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019 Girl Scouts honor ‘inspirational’ Golden Johansson BY DAMON SCOTT RV Resort & Campground, Seminole Board Staff Reporter Construction, natural resources (cattle), Brighton Mining, Seminole Commercial The Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida Cleaning, The BOL restaurant and OWV recently honored one of the Tribe’s top Water. executives. Beyond her day-to-day work with Golden Johansson, the Seminole the Tribe, she is involved in the business Tribe of Florida Inc.’s executive director community, local politics and in several RI RSHUDWLRQV ZDV RQH RI ¿YH ZRPHQ philanthropic organizations within Broward recognized at the “Girl Scouts Lead the County. Way” luncheon Sept. 19. Fort Lauderdale photographer Graciela The luncheon was designed to honor Valdes, who is involved in some of the same “inspirational women of Broward County.” organizations as Johansson, submitted her The event took place at the Signature Grand nomination to the GSSEF. in Davie. “She embodies all the qualities you are “The Girl Scouts did a beautiful looking for in a strong female community presentation and had a few scouts speak leader,” Valdes said in the nomination. “She about why they love being a part of the inspires those around her and is thought program,” Johansson said. “After the awards very highly of. She’s a go-getter.” were presented, the CEO of the Girl Scouts Valdez said Johansson is innovative conducted a panel discussion on leadership with her ideas and takes risks to get the job and success with all the honorees. It was done. really nicely done.” “She’s not afraid to walk into a room of STOFI board representatives Helene men and express her thoughts on the latest Buster (Brighton), Joe Frank (Big Cypress) business initiatives or ways to make the and Gordon Wareham (Hollywood) attended organization better,” the nomination read. the event in support of Johansson. Johansson, who has two daughters, Graciela Valdes Fine Art Photography 6DUD1XQH]FKLHIGHYHORSPHQWRI¿FHU was also recognized for promoting the Golden Johansson, Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc.’s executive director, is honored by the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida on Sept. 19 at the Signature Grand for GSSEF, said Johansson was an easy growth and advancement of women in the in Davie. pick, considering her success in an often workplace. She serves as a mentor in the Seminole male-dominated industry. considered to embody the characteristics of Commerce and South Florida Business & Col. Nichole Anderson, undersheriff at the Johansson, who reports to the board, and Hard Rock Women in Leadership program, an initiative that encourages and a “G.I.R.L.” – Go-getter, Innovator, Risk- Wealth magazine. %URZDUG 6KHULII¶V 2I¿FH DQG &KULVWLQH oversees STOFI’s many business ventures, taker and Leader. The four other women who were Walker director of marketing and public including Seminole Petroleum, Seminole supports the development and success of a new generation of young professional 7KLVLVQ¶WWKH¿UVWWLPH-RKDQVVRQKDV honored at the Girl Scouts event are Lisa relations at Holy Cross Hospital. :KROHVDOH'LVWULEXWRUVFUHGLWDQG¿QDQFH been recognized. She has been previously Lutoff-Perlo, president and CEO of Celebrity Seminole Smoke Shops, Seminole Trading women. In addition, each of the honorees were honored by the Boys and Girls Clubs, Cruises; Ellen Jaffe, on air/community Posts in Hollywood and Brighton, Brighton Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of affairs host at WFE -EASY 93.1 FM; Construction begins on Native American Veterans Memorial BY DAMON SCOTT Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Staff Reporter Armed Forces.” The mission of the exhibition and forthcoming memorial is to highlight the 2I¿FLDOV UHFHQWO\ EURNH JURXQG RQ history of Native American, Alaska Native a highly anticipated new memorial in and Native Hawaiian men and women who Washington, D.C. have served in the U.S. military. 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Paul Morigi/AP Images for Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Shovels hit the dirt during the groundbreaking of the National Native American Veterans Memorial on Sept. 21 in Washington, D.C. From right are Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian; Bill Lomax, National Museum of the American Indian board of trustees chair; Congresswoman Deb Haaland; Harvey Pratt, memorial designer; Jefferson Keel, lieutenant governor of the Chickasaw Nation, National Congress of American Indians president, and National Native American Veterans Memorial Advisory Committee co-chair; Brenda Shopodock, vice-chairwoman Forest County Potawatomi Community; Robert Wilkie, secretary of Veterans Affairs; and John Davis, Smithsonian Institution provost. Se ino e connection Memorial to commemorate Native American director for the Tribe, has been involved veterans. for almost 10 years in raising money and The road to a veteran’s memorial for However, Congress had passed a law awareness for the memorial that is now Native Americans has been a long one and that wouldn’t allow anything to be added coming to fruition. the Seminole Tribe has been involved since on the site of the existing Vietnam Veterans More information is at nmai.si.edu/ Paul Morigi/AP Images for Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian the beginning. Memorial – so a statue (or a memorial) nnavm. Harvey Pratt, memorial designer, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Native In 2010, then-Chairman Mitchell would have to be approved and constructed American Veterans Memorial at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Sept. 21 Cypress tasked Stephen Bowers to work to at another D.C. site. in Washington, D.C. get a statue placed at the Vietnam Veterans Bowers, who is the Veteran Affairs RICHARD CASTILLO 954.522.3500 Helping the Seminole Community For Many Years 24 HOURS A DAY

Since 1990 I have protected rights like yours. 0\RãFHGHIHQGV'8,VGUXJRIIHQVHVVXVSHQGHG OLFHQVHVGRPHVWLFYLROHQFHDQGDOOIHORQLHVDQG PLVGHPHDQRUVWKURXJKRXW)ORULGDDQGWKH 8QLWHG6WDWHV The hiring of an attorney is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertise- ment. Castillo worked as a Public Defender in Broward County from 1990-1996 and has been in private practice since 1996. In 1995, he was voted 5,&+$5'&$67,//2 the Trial Attorney of the year. He graduated from )/25,'$&5,0,1$/'()(16($772851(< Capital University in 1989 and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1990, Federal Bar in 1992, and the Fed- :::&$67,//2/$:2)),&(6&20 eral Trial Bar in 1994. 8A • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019

Florida, a tourist state; unconquered Seminoles, the tourism attraction

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C SS A new exhibit at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum in Big Cypress is a ¿UVWWLPHFRQFHSWWKDW¶VEHHQWZR\HDUVLQWKH PDNLQJ7KHLGHDVWDUWHGZKHQDQHPSOR\HH QRWLFHG 7ULEDO PHPEHU /RUHOHL 0DWWKHZV  XQLTXHWDWWRRV 7KH H[KLELW 6NLQ 'HHS &RQWUDVWV LQ 6HPLQROH &XOWXUH ZDV D WZR\HDU SURFHVV DV WKH SURMHFW XQGHUZHQW PDQ\ FKDQJHV LQFOXGLQJ WKH PRGHOV DQG SKRWRJUDSKHUV 0DWWKHZV VHOHFWHG 'UHZ 2VFHROD D FODVVLFDOO\ WUDLQHG 6HPLQROH SKRWRJUDSKHU ZKRVSHFLDOL]HVLQSRUWUDLWSKRWRJUDSK\ 'XULQJWZRGD\VRIVKRRWLQJ0DWWKHZV DQG2VFHRODDLPHGWRFUHDWHWKHHIIHFWRIWKH *ROGHQ$JHRI+ROO\ZRRG ³,ZDQWHGWRVKRZWKDWWDWWRRVFRXOGEH HOHJDQWDQGVRSKLVWLFDWHG´0DWWKHZVVDLG 6KH GUHZ LQVSLUDWLRQ IURP 0DULO\Q Analicia Austin 0RQURH DQG 5LWD +D\ZRUWK DPRQJ RWKHU Analicia Austin 'Skin Deep Contrasts in Seminole Culture' exhibit is at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum through January 2020. DFWUHVVHVIURPWKH*ROGHQ$JHE\FKDQQHOLQJ Corinne Zepeda stands in front of her portrait at WKHLU VW\OHV VSHFL¿FDOO\ ZLWK WKH KDLU DQG the 'Skin Deep Contrast in Seminole Culture' ex- PDNHXSWUHQGVRIWKDWHUD hibit at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. ³, ZDQWHG WR VKRZFDVH WKH ODGLHV´ 2VFHROD VDLG DQG QRW MXVW WKHLU WDWWRRV +H GLG VR E\ XVLQJ KDQG OLJKWLQJ WR FUHDWH VKDGRZVDQGVFXOSWLQJKLVVXEMHFWVWRFUHDWH D GUDPDWLF HIIHFW WKDW KH FDOOV D ³FDQYDV ZLWKLQDFDQYDV´,QRWKHUZRUGVKHZDQWHG WKHZRPHQWREHVHHQDVZKROHQRWMXVWWKHLU WDWWRRV 2VFHROD VDLG WKH EHVW SDUW DERXW SKRWRJUDSKLQJKLVVXEMHFWVZDV³VHHLQJWKH smiles when they were presented with the ¿QDOSURGXFW´ 7KHHLJKWZRPHQSKRWRJUDSKHGIRUWKH H[KLELW LQFOXGLQJ 0DWWKHZV DUH DOO 7ULEDO Analicia Austin PHPEHUV7KH\ZHUHUHFUXLWHGIRUWKHSURMHFW Words from curator and project coordinator Lorelei Matthews are part of the exhibit. DWWKH7ULEDO)DLUDQGWKURXJKVRFLDOPHGLD 7KH H[KLELW RSHQHG LQ 6HSWHPEHU DQG ZLOOUXQWKURXJK-DQXDU\ You are cordially invited Major Billy L. Cypress Building Opening Reception 34725 W, Boundary Rd. Clewiston, FL 33440 10.23.2019Big Cypress Reservation 1pm-4pm light refreshments X Silent Auction Please RSVP to Maureen Mahoney [email protected] or 863-228-2162

Analicia Austin Photographer Drew Osceola and Lorelei Matthews, curator and project coordinator, pose in front of their exhibit 'Skin Deep Contrasts in Seminole Culture.' 9A • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019

Tribe to host first trauma-focused symposium

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Damon Scott (2) CALIFORNIA TRIBE OFFICIALS VISIT NLC: At left, the chairman of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, Robert H. Smith sits with Native Learning Center deputy executive director Kyle Doney in a conference room Sept. 23. Smith and members of his staff visited the Seminole Tribe’s NLC in Hollywood to learn how they can start a similar operation within their own tribe. The Pala Indian Reservation is located in the middle San Luis Rey River Valley in northern San Diego County, California. In the above photo, from left, are Doney, NLC executive director Georgette Palmer Smith, Pala Tribe executive director of housing Annalee Trujillo, Pala Tribe IT specialist Rachel Graham, Chairman Smith and NLC compliance and resource development director Vincent Franco.

Beverly Bidney SLOW SPEED AHEAD: Workers use chalk to outline the striped directional arrows on the newly installed speed bumps near the Brighton administration building Sept. 20. Three speed bumps have been installed on a stretch of Harney Pond Road.

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WARRIOR SUPPORTERS: Mohayla Billie and Allekeao Billie show their support for the Ahfachkee School girls volleyball team during a game against Sheridan Hills Christian School on Sept. 20 in Hollywood.

Damon Scott TAKING SHAPE: Construction continues on the new Betty Mae Jumper Medical Center on the Hollywood Reservation. The facility will be two stories tall and 40,000 square feet. It’s located near the clubhouse on Seminole Estates. Here’s what the building looked like on Sept. 25. Construction began in January and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2020.

GC Media HONORING NATIVE AMERICANS: Victor “Long River” Mooney, a descendant of the Carnasee Tribe in Brooklyn and president of the H.R. 1242 Resilience Project, honors Native Americans that gave refuge to runaway slaves during a ceremony at House of Slaves, a UNESCO designated site on Goree Island, Senegal, in August. Here, at Door of No Return, he pays homage to Native Americans that gave refuge to enslaved Africans in the United States while holding a cypress walking stick he received Beverly Bidney from the Seminole Tribe of Florida during a visit SISTERS SEEK SHELTER: Cady Osceola holds to the Tribe. The project seeks to honor Native her sister Khodie Osceola, 1, tight as they take Americans that gave refuge to runaway slaves shelter from a thunderstorm under an umbrella – commemorating the “400 Years of African Hard Rock Atlantic City/Facebook during the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School American History Commission Act.” “You can’t PATRIOTIC PARADE: The Celebrate America Parade passes in front of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on Sept. 7. Hard Rock was a swim Olympics at the Brighton pool Sept. 20. honor the 400 years without recognizing the major sponsor of the parade, which featured a 1.4-mile-long route and included several first responders. Spectators were encouraged to bring Fortunately, the storm passed quickly and the contributions that Native Americans made to the American flags, lawn chairs and blankets to watch the family-friendly parade. Olympics continued with only a short delay. enslaved Africans,” Mooney said. 11A • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019 NATIONAL NATIVE NEWS C i te ch nge report ti e States that allow gambling surround the happens without action, we have failed.” The tribunal ordered Ottawa to enter and co-author of the report. “When they’re eric n ce uni ue ch enge Cornhusker State. However, in Nebraska, There’s little data that tracks the discussions with the First Nations Family repeatedly excluded from the classroom, there are no traditional table games at the prevalence of the disappearance, abduction Caring Society and the Assembly of First Native youth are being told that they are not While climate change poses common state’s four casinos. 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Americans disappear at twice the rate per the tribunal with proposals. 7.2 , higher than the statewide suspension could severely impact the ability of Native Nebraska has some of the most capita of white Americans, though they make The tribunal said logistical issues average of 3.5 . Americans in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas restrictive gambling laws in the nation. The up a much smaller portion of the population. like establishing trust funds for children, Kings County was the top expulsion to obtain food, water and shelter, as well four casinos are all run by Native American And in some areas, Native American women administrators, protections for mentally county for both Native American boys and as hamper their ability to preserve ancient tribes. They are Lucky 77 (Omaha Tribe), living on tribal lands were murdered at disabled children, opt-out provisions and how girls, with boys being more than 40 times cultural activities, according to the National Ohiya (Santee Sioux), Iron Horse, and rates 10 times the national average, the to deal with children with no parents or grand- more likely to be expelled than the statewide Climate Assessment. Native Star (Winnebago Tribe) They are Department of Justice found in 2008. parents need to be sorted out. average; the rate is 20 times higher for girls. In the southern Great Plains by the end Class II casinos and operate under the Indian Task force members said tackling those Indigenous Services Minister Seamus Native American girls were of the century, temperatures are projected to Gaming Regulatory Act. This law allows discrepancies in data and identifying factors O’Regan said in statement that Ottawa would suspended at a rate of 4.6 ; Native American increase between 3.6 and 5.1 degrees, and if Native American tribes to offer gambling that put Native American women and girls review the tribunal’s order. The statement said boys were suspended at a rate of 9.6 . greenhouse emissions are not cut, the region on their land. The tribes can offer casino DW ULVN RI IDFLQJ WUDI¿FNLQJ DEGXFWLRQ Ottawa already had substantially increased Native American boys are expelled might endure up to 60 more days above 100 gambling even if it is not legal in the state. or murder will be among the topics they investments for on-reserve child welfare at a rate 4.2 times higher than the state degrees than it does now, according to the Class II casinos do not offer traditional research in coming months. services. average, representing the highest expulsion report. casino games. Instead, they offer slots, keno, “Data is another area where our people ³:HZDQWWRHQVXUHWKDW¿UVWDQGIRUHPRVW rate for any racial or ethnic or gender group; “Given the ancient symbiotic and bingo. have been erased, where the incidents of we continue to place the best interests of the that rate is steadily increasing. relationship between environment and The state has charitable gambling sites many things have been kept out of systems child at the forefront,” O’Regan said in the The team also found that early childhood culture that shapes tribal identities and life- WKDWRIIHUELQJRNHQRORWWHULHVUDIÀHVDQG DQG ZH¶UH VWDWLVWLFDOO\ LQVLJQL¿FDQW LQ VR statement. education (kindergarten through third grade) way practices, climate-induced changes pull tabs. Nebraska has had horse racing and many ways because genocide has been so “Our government is committed to seeing is a time when much of the suspension to the seasons, landscapes and ecosystems pari-mutuel betting since the 1930s. The very effective,” Patina Park, president and the unmet and long-standing needs of First disparity appears. During that time, Native pose an existential threat to tribal cultural state also has four racetracks. A state lottery CEO of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Nations, Inuit and M tis children met.” American boys are 2.5 times more likely to traditions and community resilience,” has been operating since 1992. However, Resource Center, said. “We’re going to Ottawa can seek a judicial review of the be suspended than boys in the same grade- authors of the climate report said. according to Nebraska law, residents cannot take the time and see how many women are decision with the Federal Court of Canada. range. That rate is 3.7 times greater for Excessive heat, drought and the buy lottery tickets until they are 19. missing, how many women’s families are The order stems from the landmark Native American girls in comparison to their disappearance of native species have Nebraska is in the minority concerning still looking for them, how many women January 2016 tribunal ruling which said the peer group. disrupted ceremonial cycles in Oklahoma, gambling. All the states that surround it have that are being exploited right now.” government discriminated against First Nations But the highest percentage of they said. more gambling than it does. For example, The task force will continue meeting children by under-funding on-reserve child suspensions overall occurs while students The authors cited the Sun Dance Iowa legislators recently legalized sports over the next year as a whole and in welfare services. are in middle school, the team reported. ceremony as one ritual that has been betting. Iowa also has casinos, racetracks, smaller subgroups. And it will deliver to “Canada’s conduct was devoid of caution During that time, Native American boys are threatened by climate change. Natural and a lottery. Legislators in Nebraska want WKH /HJLVODWXUH D UHSRUW RI LWV ¿QGLQJV LQ with little to no regard to the consequences,” suspended at a rate of 16.5 , while Native materials like willow branches, which are to legalize casino gambling, as well as December of 2020. More than two dozen said the order. American girls are suspended at 9.1 . used for shade arbors, have been harder to sportsbooks. They think casino gambling WULEDO OHDGHUV ODZ HQIRUFHPHQW RI¿FHUV “Canada was aware of the discrimination “This groundbreaking report exposes ¿QG GXULQJ GURXJKW FRQGLWLRQV ,QYDVLYH would bring much-needed revenue to the lawyers, lawmakers, advocates and others and of some of its serious consequences … the dramatic inequities in the treatment of poison ivy can choke out willow saplings. state. make up the panel. &DQDGD IRFXVHG RQ ¿QDQFLDO FRQVLGHUDWLRQV and outcomes for Native American youth in Max Bear, tribal historic preservation Nebraskans have argued that when they rather than on the best interests of First Nations California,” the authors wrote in the report, RI¿FHUIRUWKH&KH\HQQHDQG$UDSDKRWULEHV want to gamble, they must slip across the - Twincities.com Forum News Service children and respecting their human rights.” indicating that the team also included the said he has noticed a shortage of willows. state line into Iowa. Depending on where The tribunal also ordered compensation narratives of Native American students “If it’s drought season it will be slow,” they live, Nebraskans also can travel to o tion tudent rded for each “parent or grand-parent” — if the latter speaking about their experiences. “All these he said. “Those two years, it was sparse and South Dakota to gamble. Legislators say r re opportunit to tr in in was the primary caregiver — whose children data points highlight the ways in which people were talking about it. There’s a lot if Nebraska had casino gambling, it would were taken from their home unnecessarily. Each Native American youth in California are keep gambling revenue in the state. Nebraska neuro cienc should get $20,000, plus an additional $20,000 criminalized and held back from achievement of other issues when we’re thinking about Native Americans are among the most harvesting what we need.” legislators who favor gambling want the tax for every child taken, said the ruling. in our state’s educational system.” revenue to go toward property tax relief. underrepresented groups working in science “These parents and grand-parents The team generated qualitative case Native American tribes in the southern today. Great Plains are developing climate Several states, including Pennsylvania, use experienced pain and suffering of the worst study data to contextualize quantitative data portions of their gambling revenue to offer A new effort on the Navajo Nation in kind,” said the tribunal. Those who abused their provided by the state. Overall, the team adaptation plans. Arizona is trying to reverse that disparity. Some partner with climate scientists property tax relief for their residents. children or grandchildren do not qualify. found and reported that qualitative insights Citizens in Nebraska and legislators The tribe’s 4-year Din College has The ruling also orders Ottawa to pay demonstrated that Native American children and others in academic, governmental and teamed up with the University of Arizona nongovernmental organizations, especially appear to be split on whether the state needs $40,000 to each First Nations child — along reported excessive punishment and being casino gambling. People who support it to create a neuroscience training program, with their parents or grandparents — who were singled out for punishment, and were at in using information and tools that have aimed at advancing Native American become more available in recent years, say Nebraska could take in more than $120 forced to leave their homes to access services, or times suspended when they reported being million a year in tax revenue. This would scholars in biomedical sciences and who were denied services covered by the policy bullied or stereotyped. according to the climate report. increasing their population in graduate In March, Muscogee (Creek) Nation allow the state to offer property tax relief to known as Jordan’s Principle. The research team calls on school and its senior citizens. Since many Nebraskans schools and research careers. A $1.3 million Under Jordan’s Principle, the needs of school districts to implement a number of Environmental Services hosted a climate grant from the National Institutes of Health training workshop for the South Central own farms or homes, this would be a a First Nations child requiring a government solutions, namely to: welcome relief. Advocates also point out will fund the endeavor. service take precedence over jurisdictional Provide training in partnership Climate Adaptation Science Center, which The goal is to mentor 34 students over is housed at the University of Oklahoma. that the stigma against gambling has largely issues over who should pay for it. with tribal nations for K-12 teachers, disappeared because social gambling is WKHQH[W¿YH\HDUVLQODERUDWRU\DQGUHVHDUFK The Jordan’s Principle portion of the order educators and administrators to help The two-day workshop in Okmulgee skills. focused on the basics of climate change and now acceptable. They also note that many covers a time frame from Dec. 12, 2007— generate understanding about the lives and people visit casinos for other reasons besides University of Arizona’s Kathy Rodgers when the House of Commons adopted Jordan’s experiences of Native American studies. future projections of the impacts. Topics also hopes the program will empower students included vulnerability assessments, drought gambling. For example, many people like Principle — to Nov. 2, 2017 — when the Introduce culturally aware going to casinos for the food and beverages. to bring what they’ve learned back to their WULEXQDORUGHUHG&DQDGDWRFKDQJHLWVGH¿QLWLRQ processes as part of the review for planning, weather hazards, climate tools and community. data resources. People also go to casinos to see concerts or of Jordan’s Principle and review previously suspensions, which would consider cultural participate in events. “Every one of the students in their denied requests. beliefs and values. Such a process would Workshop attendees represented the Sac applications talked about wanting to give and Fox Nation, Chickasaw Nation and the However, there are other Nebraskans Compensation for child welfare could not serve to uncover held biases. who are opposed to having additional back and being personally touched by a be combined with compensation for Jordan’s Collaborate with parents, families Citizen Potawatomi Nation. neurodegenerative disease within their Hannah Jacobs, an environmental gambling offerings. They say that gambling Principle cases, said the tribunal. DQGWULEDORI¿FLDOVWRGLVFXVVLVVXHVWKDWPD\ will increase crime. People who oppose family,” she said. Cindy Blackstock, who heads the First lead to suspensions and expulsions before specialist for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, There’s no doubt going to be some said climate resiliency plans are in the early gambling also say the rate of business Nations Child and Family Caring Society, said engagement with law enforcement. failures and bankruptcies will rise if the state challenges for the students who leave Navajo this latest ruling shows Ottawa learned little Involve Native American students stages of development. Nation for the program. According to a “It’s a huge undertaking,” she said. “We legalizes gambling. Legislators who are from what happened in residential schools and in discussions at school about policies and against gambling argue that gambling leads study by the Postsecondary National Policy during the Sixties Scoop era. practices that may implicate them. are in the process of installing two weather Institute, only 10 of Native Americans stations so that we can start obtaining data. to divorces and the breakdown of families. “They knew better and did not do better Adopt a restorative justice practice There is a deadline for proponents to attain bachelor’s degrees, while 17 attain resulting in tragedy for First Nations children, when managing disciplinary issues, which We are also installing a water monitoring associate degrees. Once they’re in college, station in Okmulgee. We’re going to try and gather signatures to put the legalization of families and First Nations,” said Blackstock in calls for conversation and compassion rather casino gambling on the ballot. If proponents the students deal with a lot of barriers — a statement. than a punitive and purely bureaucratic plot out future projections and impacts, and such as a lack of support and understanding we are working on hazard mitigations.” collect enough signatures, Nebraska “We must demand Canada stop its approach. residents will get the opportunity to vote for from the universities. piecemeal approach to remedying cross cutting Create memoranda of understanding Rodgers said university staff - The Oklahoman casino gambling next November. inequalities in First Nations public services by between school districts and local tribes, participating in the program will be trained fully implementing the Spirit Bear plan to end allowing tribal nations information and data - SAonlinecasino.com to meet the needs of the students and build all of the inequalities once and for all.” related to suspensions and expulsions and 1DWLYH$PHULFDQQDWLRQ¿OHV trust with them. Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the also other practices. uit o er o ter p n Din College provost Geraldine Garrity Assembly of First Nations, said Canada must - SDS News inne ot t orce unched said students in the program are going to on i ing nd urdered ti e respect the tribunal’s decision. have to “learn how to balance the Navajo “This is about our children, their safety, S The Tap Pilam eric n o en cultural and the Western perspective and try dopt or t te ent &RDKXLOWHFDQ 1DWLRQ VDLG LW ¿OHG D ODZVXLW their right to be with their families, kin and recogni ing oc tion on eric n to integrate the two” while navigating the communities, and their right to quality of Sept. 10 against the Texas General Land Tribal elders spoke aloud the names of QHXURVFLHQFH¿HOG ndi n nd 2I¿FH DQG WKH VXEVLGLDU\ $ODPR 7UXVW FDUH1RJRYHUQPHQWVKRXOGEH¿JKWLQJWKHVH loved ones murdered or missing, and with 7KHSURJUDPEHQH¿WVERWKSDUWLHVVDLG fundamental values,” said Bellegarde in a Inc, the Texas Historical Commission tears and smiles, they made a commitment: Fred Boyd of Din College, who is leading The University of Minnesota Duluth and the City of San Antonio, claiming statement. to end the epidemic of violence against the program with Rodgers. Scientists and - CBC News has adopted a formal statement to recognize the organizations have “mismanaged and Native American women and girls. researchers working with these students its location on traditional and ancestral disregarded processes to protect sacred The Minnesota Missing and Murdered might learn and understand new things about American Indian land. remains located on the historic campus.” Indigenous Women Task Force on Sept. 19 Native Americans, he says, while students eport ti e eric n 80'LVWKH¿UVW8QLYHUVLW\RI0LQQHVRWD The lawsuit names several requests. PHW IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH VWDUWLQJ D PRQWK will get the opportunity to work beside top- u pended t di proportion te r te campus to adopt the land acknowledgment, ³7KH¿UVWLVWRUHFRJQL]HWKHH[LVWHQFH timeline to write a report guiding law tier researchers. though individual departments and schools of the cemetery here at the Alamo,” said enforcement and the Legislature on the “I want to give our students the The state-level school suspension rate on other campuses have similar statements. attorney Art Martinez de Vara. “The second systemic causes of violence against Native opportunity to realize their vision for among Native American children and youth The acknowledgment was crafted in is to allow the participation of lineal American women and girls. themselves and so whether it’s remaining is more than twice the average in California, cooperation with UMD’s Department of descendants in the human remain protocols, In an emotional ceremony, tribal elders on the Navajo Nation, whether it’s going off presenting inequities in the treatment of and American Indian Studies, Campus Climate so when remains are found, they’ll be DQG OHDGHUV ODZPDNHUV DQG VWDWH RI¿FLDOV to Johns Hopkins or the Mayo Clinic to do outcomes for Native American youth in Leadership Team, Campus Climate Change involved in the process of deciding what acknowledged that the creation of a board a 40-year career in cutting-edge research, California, according to a new report. Team and participants from the school’s KDSSHQVZLWKWKRVHUHPDLQV)LQDOO\ZH¿OHG to study the epidemic of missing and that’s their vision that I want to enable,” he San Diego State University researchers 2019 Summit on Equity, Race and Ethnicity. a claim under the American Indian Religious murdered Native American women was a said. “If they’re happy 10 years from now, worked with the Sacramento Native In June, the statement was endorsed by Freedom Act because they refused access to long time coming and the state had work the program will have been a success.” American Higher Education Collaborative the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, which their chapel for a religious ceremony.” to do in repairing relationships with tribal (SNAHEC) to co-author the study, acts as a liaison between state government 7KH7H[DV*HQHUDO/DQG2I¿FHGHFOLQHG communities. - WB R (Boston) “Suspensions and Expulsions of Native and Minnesota’s 11 sovereign tribal nations. to comment Sept. 10, citing pending For years, survivors and advocates American Studies in California Public The land on which UMD sits, as with litigation. The city released a statement have asked the state to investigate the Schools,” published today. The report also most of northeastern Minnesota, was ceded on behalf of City Attorney Andy Segovia, tt ordered to co pen te Fir t disappearances and murders and for media tion chi dren i p cted presents a series of solutions to mitigate the to the United States in an 1854 treaty with writing: outlets to take them seriously. Earlier this disproportionate suspension rates among the Anishinaabe people. “The Alamo Trust, City of San Antonio year lawmakers unanimously approved the on re er e chi d e re te Native American youth. “We collectively acknowledge that DQG WKH 7H[DV *HQHUDO /DQG 2I¿FH DUH proposal, teeing up the task force. “The data shows that Native students, the University of Minnesota Duluth is following the strict legal protocols set forth “Today we start with the signing of Ottawa must pay potentially billions particularly Native boys are not being served located on the traditional, ancestral, and by the Texas Health and Safety Code as it what should have happened centuries ago,” of dollars in compensation to First Nations by our educational system,” said J. Luke contemporary lands of Indigenous people,” relates to the possible discovery of human Ojibwe elder Mary Lyons said. “Today we children harmed by the on-reserve child :RRG6'68¶V&KLHI'LYHUVLW\2I¿FHUDQG the acknowledgment reads. “The University remains at The Alamo. This means the as Indigenous women rise. We’re not being welfare system, following a ruling Sept. 6 by Distinguished Professor of Education, and resides on land that was cared for and called project will obtain the necessary permits forgotten today. We can call each of our the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that also one of the co-authors on the report. home by the Anishinaabe people, and the for archaeology and the protection and missing and murdered women’s name out called for payments to some of their parents and “These aren’t just bad numbers, these Dakota people before them, from time preservation of designated burial grounds. loud and we can embrace them in prayers. grandparents. are stories of pain and it needs to stop. As immemorial. No further comment will be provided by the Today we let them know they did not fall to The tribunal ordered the federal educators and community members, we “Ceded by the Anishinaabe in an 1854 City due to pending litigation.” their deaths only to be forgotten.” government to pay $40,000 to each child — the should all be ashamed at the lack of attention treaty, this land holds great historical, Minnesota is one of seven states to maximum allowed under the Canadian Human to this issue and action to address these VSLULWXDO DQG SHUVRQDO VLJQL¿FDQFH IRU LWV - K NS5 create a task force to study the prevalence Rights Act — who was apprehended or taken disparities,” Wood said. original stewards, the Native nations and of missing and murdered Native American from their homes on reserve, no matter what the A joint publication of the SNAHEC peoples of this region. We recognize and e r e ident d oc te or ZRPHQ $QG VWDWH RI¿FLDOV RQ 7KXUVGD\ reason. and SDSU’s Community College Equity continually support and advocate for the C ino ing egi tion on vowed to take seriously the panel’s The ruling covers all children in the care of Assessment Lab (CCEAL), researchers, sovereignty of the Native nations in this ot recommendations and advance them in the the on-reserve child welfare system at any point including graduate student Mohamed territory and beyond. Legislature rather than shelving the group’s from Jan.1, 2006, to a date to be determined by Abdi, evaluated California Department of “By offering this land acknowledgment, report. the tribunal. Education data on school suspensions. ZHDI¿UPWULEDOVRYHUHLJQW\DQGZLOOZRUN According to some members of its “We must tell these stories, but we must Some estimates place the number of “The report shows that little has changed to hold the University of Minnesota Duluth legislature, the state of Nebraska has a tell these stories to action,” Lt. Gov. Peggy potentially affected children at about 50,000, in the way that Native people have been accountable to American Indian peoples and gambling problem. The problem is not that Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band with the largest proportion in the Prairies and assimilated and excluded from education,” nations.” people are gambling too much. In Nebraska, of Ojibwe, said. “Stories simply for stories British Columbia. The ruling also covers First said Molly Springer, Dean of Engagement - Twincities.com they are barely allowed to gamble at all. sake, putting our trauma on display. 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BY BEVERLY BIDNEY Kaliyanita Hodge r r e b stro e ol ers Colon earns Staff Reporter Micah Jimmie Caysie Platt Kowi Osceola BRIGHTON — Late summer showers st r e b stro e ol ers Kulipa Julian professional didn’t stop the action at the Pemayetv Embree Woodward Uriah Bowers Emahakv Charter School swim Olympics Malarie Alvarez Sept. 20. Students came to the Brighton pool Tyse Osceola r r e bu r e ol ers certificate prepared to get wet and compete, so water Miguel Estrada Ciani Smith and Azariah Washington falling from above was no problem for these Aiyana Robinson Elainna Fonseca and Kulipa Julian young athletes. Matthew Peaden from AVEDA The PECS K-5 swim program aims to Kaliyanita Hodge t r e reest le ol ers get students familiar with the water and learn Micah Jimmie Dali Nunez strokes. The three-week program allows the Jayshawn Henderson Institute students to progress at their own pace and r e reest le ol ers Case Prescott culminates with the Olympics in the fall. Travis Mitchell Marley Jimmie BY TRIBUNE STAFF The program will resume in the spring, but Kayden Peaden without the Olympics. Cadayden Sardina t r e b stro e ol ers Seminole Tribe of Florida Center Families gathered poolside to cheer Levi Peacock Melaine Bonilla for Student Success and Services higher their swimmers on. When the rain came Damahni Bonilla Jesse Gabbard education student Carrisa Colon recently down, they huddled under colorful pool Silas Snow Marley Jimmie HDUQHG D SURIHVVLRQDO FHUWL¿FDWH DV DQ umbrellas or took shelter in cars. There Margaria Fudge Case Prescott esthiology full specialist from the AVEDA was no thunder or lightening, so the event Jaiden Fludd Institute Tampa Bay. She earned her continued uninterrupted. Even the award Raylee Turtle t r e bu r e ol ers FHUWL¿FDWH RQ $XJ  DQG KHOG D  ceremony was held in the rain. Meleah Billie and Dyani Kayda average throughout the program. She plans By the end of the day, students earned r e b stro e ol ers Walt Fortner and Case Prescott to open her own salon in the near future. medals and ribbons for their efforts in gold, Jeremiah Johns silver and bronze categories. Hayden Nunez t r e reest le ol ers Damahni Bonilla Serene King er rte reest le ol ers Silas Snow Etanis Torres Bradley Villanueva Jakiyah Johns Rylee Bowers Chayton Robinson Margaria Fudge Devon Mitchell Ryker Miller Okalani Collins Maddox Newkirk t r e b stro e ol ers Lily Banda r e bu r e ol ers Hannah Platt Isabella Virto Jeremiah Johns and Josiah Gopher Adarius Ford Beverly Bidney (3) Aries Serrano Hayden Nunez and Jaelle Weimann Josiah Robinson Above, PECS students race across the pool Rylee Bowers during the schoool’s swim Olympics Sept. 20 as er rte b stro e ol r r e reest le ol ers family members cheer them on. At left, Augustice ers Elainna Fonseca t r e bu r e ol ers Jumper participates in the third grade freestyle Kowi Osceola Waniya Fortner and Hannah Platt race. Below, these first graders aren’t dismayed Bradley Villanueva by a brief downpour during the competition. Chayton Robinson Stellar King Rylee Bowers and Serene King Ryker Miller Uriah Bowers Charlie Julian Lily Banda Isabella Virto Aries Serrano

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The 2019-20 school year kicked off for four kindergarten Tampa area students on Aug. 12 and Aug. 19. Three of the students attend Lithia Springs Elementary School in Valrico; one attends Brandon Academy in Brandon. Amari Osceola is attending Brandon Academy and is the son of Brian Osceola and the grandson of Connie Osceola. Liam Patton is attending Lithia Springs Elementary School and is the son of Alana Henry. Jayla Foster is attending Lithia Springs Elementary School and is the daughter of Jamie Henry Foster. Nolan Little is attending Lithia Springs Elementary School and is the son of Tiffany Foret. These bright, young minds are beginning their journey toward high school graduation, which would be with the class of 2032. Amari Osceola Liam Patton Jayla Foster Nolan Little PECS Students of the Month - August 2019 Elementary School Alakai Bert Logan French Middle School Ollie Jones Ameliana Osceola Layda Choquette Alyssa Madrigal Hendrix Osceola Cassie Pearce Jayshawn Henderson Jaydence Urbina Kailin Coleman Jaiden Fludd Waniya Fortner Saniya Rodriguez Aries Serrano Rosalie Jones Serenity Billie Claire Randolph Stellar King Jeremy Urbina James Law Kulipa Julian Troy Billie Dylanie Peak Geonnie Ward Kaison Bush

Courtesy photos PECS Students of the Month for August 2019 (elementary school at left, middle school above) 3B • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019 Natomah Robbins embarks on not-so- horrifying career in special make-up effects

BY BEVERLY BIDNEY on the set. Staff Reporter “They let you learn everything and then decide what you want to do,” Robbins said. The foundation to Natomah Robbins’ “It pushed me out of my comfort zone to love of art started to take shape in the fourth get out of Florida and experience something grade when she began drawing and painting. QHZ

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Courtesy photo Above, Natomah Robbins applies special effects to a character in the student film “Bad Hare” at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program. Below, she paints the full face prosthetic, which she sculpted and molded, in a make-up room at school.

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Courtesy photo Natomah Robbins is surrounded by family members at her graduation from the Douglas Education Center in Pennsylvania on Jan. 30. From left are her brother Adakai, mother Sherrie Robbins, brother Tucomah and sister Redfeather. 4B • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019 Smutgrass now a delicacy for cattle in Pasture X

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Seminole artists gather at Seminole Okalee Indian Village

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Beverly Bidney Cecilia Garcia tends to a meal being prepared in the cooking chickee at the Immokalee Indian Day culture day Sept. 23, one of this year’s early Indian Day events in the Tribe. Seminole favorites including spam and tomatoes, chili, spaghetti and plenty of fry bread were just a few items on the menu for the community to enjoy. Check out the October 31 issue of The Seminole Tribune for complete coverage of the Tribe’s Indian Day events. FEBRUARY 7-9, 2020 SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO

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Kevin Johnson St. Thomas University’s Andrew Fish (77) takes a break on the sideline with his offensive linemates. Kevin Johnson (2) Above, Tahnia Billie blasts the ball over the net during Ahfachkee’s pregame warm-up drills. Below, Athena Bert returns a serve during the match against Sheridan Hills Christian while teammate Ina Robbins looks on.

Kevin Johnson Andrew Fish (77) provides pass protection for St. Thomas University quarterback Jordan Sepulveda during the team’s inaugural game, a 38-14 loss to Thomas More University. 2C • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019 Moore Haven football rebounds from slow start Five Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School grads suit up for the Terriers

BY KEVIN JOHNSON Fish was another giant on the Terrier line Senior Editor the past couple years, but he graduated and is now playing for St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens. The departure of Fish and OOR H N — Losing football &RQQHU7KRPDVKDVOHIWELJVKRHVWREH¿OOHG games at Moore Haven High School has been on the offensive line. rare the past few years, but when this year’s “The offensive line is young and need squad started 0-2, nobody was reaching for some experience,” Harris said. the panic button. One of those youngsters on the line is Rather the Terriers simply kept working Pherian Baker, who is a backup. He played hard and it’s paid off. The Terriers rebounded in the fourth quarter against Glades Day as

Kevin Johnson Kevin Johnson Moore Haven High School senior Rob Harris, a 6-foot-6, 350-pound offensive lineman, battles Glades Day’s Miguel Gonzalez on Sept. 13 at Moore Haven Ramone Baker, middle, sees action on the defensive line in the fourth quarter of Moore Haven’s victory. High School. The Terriers notched their first victory of the season, 43-7. from the slow start to notch solid victories did Ramone Baker on the defensive line. against Glades Day (43-7) and Okeechobee Ramone also saw action throughout the (26-14) and evened their record at 2-2. game on special teams. “We had to come back and practice “Ramone and Pherian came on late this hard and get better,” said freshman lineman year,” Burnside said. “They’re starting to 3KHULDQ %DNHU ZKR LV RQH RI ¿YH SOD\HUV get a little bit of experience and a little bit on this year’s varsity team who attended of success so hopefully we can set the hook Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School on the on them and keep them playing. They’re Brighton Reservation. The others are senior athletic kids and I know we can use them Rob Harris, sophomore Ramone Baker – somewhere.” who is Pherian’s brother – sophomore Hyatt In addition to Pherian Baker, other Pearce and freshman Wyatt Hines. promising rookies are Hines and Pearce. Harris is the lone starter among the Hines saw action against Glades Day in the group, but all are making an impact on the second half at defensive end. He can also team in various roles. play quarterback. At 6-foot-6, 350-pounds there’s no “He’s playing a little defensive end,” doubt Harris is the big man on campus, and %XUQVLGHVDLG³+HSOD\HGDVLJQL¿FDQWUROH RQ WKH ¿HOG 1HDUO\ HYHU\ WRXFKGRZQ WKH WKH ¿UVW FRXSOH ZHHNV EHFDXVH '¶$UULRQ team scored against Glades Day was run on Washington has been out. He’s in that D Harris’s side on the offensive line. line mix with us and he’s also got some “We run behind him. We lean on him. quarterback experience, too. We’re working He’s out-manning everybody right now so a couple of other kids in there, but he’s a we’ve got to go with what we got,” said versatile athlete.” Moore Haven coach Brent Burnside, who is Pearce, a wide receiver, is also battling LQKLV¿UVW\HDUDWWKHKHOP for playing time. Harris’s size no doubt will attract “Young at football; just needs some attention from colleges. He started playing more experience. He has the athletic ability football late and only has two full seasons and the tools,” Burnside said. under his belt. Moore Haven has four games in “He’s young at football. He started at October, including home tilts against Lake a late age. His ceiling is so high it’s crazy,” Placid (Oct. 11), Frostproof (Oct. 18) Burnside said. “I think at this point now he’s and First Baptist Academy (Oct. 25). The had to step up and be a leader. He kind of UHJXODUVHDVRQLVVODWHGWRFRQFOXGH1RY rolled behind Andrew Fish for a while; now at LaBelle. he’s in that leadership role. He’s adjusting to that a little bit.” Kevin Johnson Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School graduates are well represented on this year’s Moore Haven High School varsity football team. With head coach Brent Burnside are from left, Wyatt Hines, Hyatt Pearce, Ramone Baker, Pherian Baker and Rob Harris.

Kevin Johnson Moore Haven freshman Wyatt Hines warms up on the sideline before the Terriers game. Hines is a Kevin Johnson defensive end, quarterback and safety who played The Moore Haven High School Terriers take the field before their game against Glades Day with Robert Harris (75), Ramone Baker (10) and Wyatt Hines (15) among those leading the charge. DE as a substitute in the win against Glades Day. 3C • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019 Kaleb Thomas strives for memorable senior season on OHS cross country

BY KEVIN JOHNSON Senior Editor

BO R TON — Kaleb Thomas ZDQWV WR PDNH KLV ¿QDO KLJK VFKRRO  FURVV country season one to remember. So the determined Okeechobee High School senior trained this past summer in a way he had never before. He left a lot of sweat on the Brighton Reservation in preparation for the season. “I ran the whole summer,” he said Sept. 14 as OHS competed in the Spanish River Invitational in Boca Raton. “It was different from any other summer I’ve had. I came into this season very good. I ran every day. I put in a lot of work. I think it’s because it’s my senior year and my last year of high school cross country and I want to enjoy it. Last year I didn’t train as hard.” Except for one hiccup, the hard work has paid off as Thomas has consistently been among the team’s top three runners. The exception came in a race in early September when his time was in the 24-minute mark, which he deemed unacceptable. “That was probably my worst race at Okeechobee,” he said. “Terrible form.” Before his next race – the Spanish River Invite – Thomas regrouped and zeroed in on making improvements in practices. With the number of races left in his high school career dwindling, Thomas wasn’t about to let one bump in the road impact his entire season. “This past week I just worked on P\ IRUP DQG LW GH¿QLWHO\ VKRZHG D ELJ Kevin Johnson improvement with this race,” he said after he Okeechobee High School senior Kaleb Thomas, center with #766 bib, runs in the middle of the pack at the start of the 3A boys race in the 37th annual Spanish River Cross Country Invitaitonal high school meet ¿QLVKHGZLWKDWLPHRIDW6RXWK&RXQW\ Sept. 14 at South County Regional Park in Boca Raton. Regional Park. He said his stretch run – WKH ¿QDO SRUWLRQRI WKHUDFHZKHUH UXQQHUV behind achary Friend and Aiden Adamo. the team, he said improving empty their tanks with everything they have While Thomas said it’s important to his times is at the top of his left – was far better than his previous race. try to keep moving up in his rankings on agenda. His time was the third fastest on the team “Mostly focusing on my times. I want to break 19 this year and get into 18s. I’m just going to work very hard at practice and see where I go from there,” he said. His PR – personal record ±FDPHODVW\HDUZLWKD time. Thomas is the only senior on the squad, but he’s not the only Seminole. Dakota Entry and Jace Brown are also on the team. Thomas recruited Brown, a freshman, to come out for the team. Okeechobee, which has regular season meets in Port St. Lucie, Sebastian and Arcadia in October, will compete in the Class 3A-District 4 meet on Oct. 26. Thomas said a goal of his is to advance past district and qualify for regionals.

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www.vanguardschool.org Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse/Twitter [email protected] | (863) 676-6091; From left, assistant captain Cody Jamieson (Mohawk Nation), captain Jeremy Thompson (Onondaga Nation), and assistant captain Randy Staats (Mohawk Nation) lead Team Iroquois as captains for the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships that ran from Sept. 19-28 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. As of press time, Team Iroquios had reached the champoinship bracket with a 3-1 record in pool play. Their wins were against England, Israel and the United States. 4C • The Seminole Tribune • September 30, 2019

Kevin Johnson Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School’s Nena Youngblood stretches to make a service return during the Seminoles’ win in a varsity match against West Glades Middle School on Sept. 19 in Brighton.

Strong serving propels Kevin Johnson Carlee Osceola controls the ball for PECS during its varsity match against West Glades Middle School. Pemayetv Emahakv volleyball teams

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BRIGHTON — For spectators who watched the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School’s volleyball doubleheader Sept. 19, a common theme was evident throughout the afternoon with the junior varsity and varsity squads. Both teams have outstanding servers. It’s not just a matter of getting the ball over the net for these Seminoles; it’s also about placement, velocity and power. PECS’ JV starting lineup against West Glades consisted of Alyssa Madrigal, Taryn Osceola, Neela Jones, Summer Gopher, Miley Jimmie and Kashrya Urbina. The Seminoles fell behind 6-1, but CeCeThomas came off the bench and provided a spark with four aces during a 10-0 run on her serve. PECS never trailed again. Urbina and Madrigal also delivered aces and a couple of kills came from Gopher in the 25-12 win. The strong serving continued in game two thanks to Osceola, who cranked out nine service points to start the game as PECS built a 9-0 lead. Later, it was Jimmie who blasted a bunch of aces which were too hot for West Glades to handle. Madrigal stamped an exclamation point on the victory with an ace on match point. The varsity team picked up where the JV left off. Lexi Thomas started the varsity match with six consecutive service points, most of which were aces. Kevin Johnson After West Glades battled back to WULP WKH GH¿FLW WR  3(&6 ZRQ D ORQJ With her PECS teammates Preslynn Baker (2) and Saniya Rodriguez (8) next to her, Lexi Thomas makes stretch of points behind the serves of Nena a return from the back row during the varsity match. Youngblood. Truly Osceola blasted a kill toward the end of the 25-11 win. ,QJDPHWZR:HVW*ODGHVZRQWKH¿UVW two points but their lead was short lived as Thomas responded with four straight aces. Preslynn Baker also delivered plenty of quality serves as PECS’ serving kept West Glades bottled up all match. When West Glades pulled to within three points late in the match, it was a kill by Truly Osceola on a set by Thomas that squashed the visitors’ momentum. PECS won the game, 25-20. As good as PECS’ serving was against West Glades, it wasn’t as sharp against Osceola Middle in a match earlier in the week. The loss to Osceola Middle cost the Seminoles a chance at an undefeated season and a banner with their names that would have been hung in the gym. “We were trying to get another banner for undefeated, but that’s ok. We can win the tournament at the end of the season,” said PECS coach Pam Matthews, whose team improved to 4-1 at the halfway mark.

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