July 31, 2017 Tribal Members from Far and Wide Attend Non-Resident Meeting
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Calves ship out from Students gain experience Seminoles clinch spots for BC, Brighton thanks to SWEP INFR in Las Vegas COMMUNITY Y 3A EDUCATION Y 2B SPORTS Y 2C Volume XLI • Number 7 July 31, 2017 Tribal members from far and wide attend non-resident meeting BY BEVERLY BIDNEY Staff Reporter ORLANDO — About 200 Seminole Tribal members who live off the reservations gathered at the Sapphire Falls Resort in Orlando July 17-19 for an orientation of sorts. The attendees came from within the state and as far away as Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, New Mexico, Minnesota DQG 2NODKRPD WR OHDUQ ZKDW EHQH¿WV DQG programs are available to them. Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr. welcomed the group July 18 and thanked them for taking time off to get together and gain useful knowledge about Tribal services. “We want to help you have the ability to tap into programs that are available to you,” he said. “Ask us questions, we are here to work with you and assist you.” The crowd wasn’t shy and almost Maury Neipris immediately asked questions. Subjects varied After being named Miss Florida Seminole Princess and Jr. Miss Florida Seminole Princess, Randee Osceola and Kailani Osceola, respectively, are joined on stage in the Hollywood headquarters auditorium during the open forum, including alternative by President Mitchell Cypress, Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr., Miss Indian World Raven Swamp and royalty from other tribes during the 60th annual Miss Florida Seminole Princess Pageant on July 22. ways Council is considering increasing revenue to the Tribe, how they plan to groom future Tribal leaders and how culture can be learned off the reservation. Randee Osceola, Kailani Osceola Presentations and Q&A sessions for every Tribal department followed, starting with a gaming and Hard Rock update by Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming and crowned Seminole Princesses for 2017-18 Chairman of Hard Rock International. He talked about the success of the Hollywood and Tampa Hard Rock casinos and reported BY LI COHEN emotional experience that made her feel they may have to make,” he said. “But it related impromptu questions. that Tampa brings in a sizable chunk of the Staff Reporter ecstatic for the future. builds them up for the future. They’re future For the clothing contest, both young 7ULEH¶VWRWDOSUR¿W “There is no emotion to describe how leaders.” women sported traditional dresses. Kailani’s ³7KHPRVWSUR¿WDEOHFDVLQRLQ/DV9HJDV HOLLYWOOD — With their heads I feel right now,” the new Jr. Miss Florida Brighton resident Camryn Thomas, 17, aunt created her dress, made of vibrant colors LVWKH:\QQZKLFKPDNHVPLOOLRQSUR¿W KHOG KLJK DQG FRQ¿GHQFH JORZLQJ WKUHH Seminole Princess said with tears in her also competed for Jr. Miss Florida Seminole. and unique patterns. Randee represented annually and is the number two casino in the young women crossed the stage July 22 H\HV³$OORIWKLVKDUGZRUN¿QDOO\SDLGRII´ Although she didn’t win the title, she won traditional medicinal colors with her dress, U.S.,” Allen said before he noted that Hard attempting to earn the crowns of Miss and Emcee Wovoka Tommie, who is an award for Best Essay as well as a trophy wearing red, white, black and yellow. Rock Tampa is number one. Junior Miss Florida Seminole Princess. the older brother of the 2016-17 Jr. Miss IRU ¿UVW UXQQHUXS 6KH VDLG LW ZDV D IXQ “There’s a lot of work that goes into Allen gave an update on the new After a night full of talent, congeniality Florida Seminole Princess Thomlynn Billie, experience and plans to continue playing these garments. You may see them and think, construction in Hollywood and the continued and intellectuality, the 2017-18 titles went explained that earning the title is more than VRIWEDOODW/DNH3ODFLG+LJK6FKRRODQGZLOO ‘Wow. That’s nice,’ but there’s more to them expansion in Tampa. Hollywood will have to Randee Osceola and Kailani Osceola, a label. apply to the University of Florida to become than that,” Emcee Tommie said. “You’re not 1,400 guest rooms, private villas, ample respectively, during the 60th annual Miss “Whoever comes out here has to take on an agriculture teacher. JRLQJWRJRLQWRDGHSDUWPHQWVWRUHDQG¿QG Florida Seminole Princess Pageant at the responsibility. They have to be on call, and Randee, 18, and Kailani, 17, won their hundreds of them, and that’s the pride that Hollywood headquarters auditorium. sometimes they’ll even have to miss family titles after acing three components of the )See MEETING on page 7A Kailani described her win as an HYHQWV DQG WKDW¶V MXVW RQH RI WKH VDFUL¿FHV pageant: Clothing, talent and Seminole- )See PAGEANT on page 4A Seminoles strike gold in Canada BY KEVIN JOHNSON Senior Editor TORONTO — As thousands of DWKOHWHV ¿OOHG XS PRVW RI $YLYD &HQWUH Team Florida’s Seminole colors appeared to be only a speck among the colorful, ÀDJZDYLQJ PDVVHV WKDW VXUURXQGHG WKHP Compared to squads such as Team Ontario, Team British Columbia and Team Wisconsin – which brought hundreds of competitors – the two dozen young athletes from the Seminole Tribe were far outnumbered as the 12,000-seat tennis stadium hosted the opening night ceremony for the 2017 North American Indigenous Games on July 16 in Toronto. Florida athletes occupied about three rows while some of the larger teams required entire sections. 'HVSLWH ¿HOGLQJ RQH RI WKH VPDOOHU contingents, Team Florida spent the next six days not only competing in six sports, but often excelling as well. Coached in most sports by staff from the Seminole Recreation Department, Team Florida departed Canada with the proof of their success: four gold medals and one bronze. Two gold medals were earned by Santiago “Eecho” Billie, of Brighton, ZKRVH DFFXUDF\ LQ ULÀH VKRRWLQJ PDGH KLPWKHFODVVRIWKH¿HOG&RQQHU7KRPDV another Brighton resident with pinpoint accuracy, captured gold in archery with an outstanding performance over three days. 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Involvement included Threatening weather delayed the start HDUQLQJDEURQ]HPHGDOLQKHU¿UVWDUFKHU\ athletes ages 13-19 from Canada and the The Games drew plenty of attention in the city’s mayor, the Premier of Ontario, an competition. U.S., although a few younger athletes 7RURQWR/RFDOQHZVSDSHUVUDQIHDWXUHV7KH energetic opening ceremony performance )See NAIG on page 5C Editorial ..............2A Health .................9A Sports .................1C See page 7A for Fire & Rescue graduation INSIDE: Community .........3A Education .......... 1B Announcements ....6C 2A • The Seminole Tribune • July 31, 2017 Racists and colonizing metaphors: Names and symbols that Native Americans struggle with every day skins) in North America, as well as across that include federal enforcement of illegal maintain that the name or symbol has a bin Laden. Although I am not going to • Cleve Davis, Indian Europe and other places where Europeans importation of infringing or counterfeit secondary and more important meaning say the name used was insensitive, it does Country Today colonized. However, scalping is a Native goods with the registered trademarks that harms no one, or worse, they simply do give us some insight into how the U.S. American stereotype, that is obviously DQG ULJKW RI WKH WUDGHPDUN KROGHU WR ¿OH not care how it impacts Native Americans. military and CIA continue to view Native SHUSHWXDWHGE\HYHQWKHLQÀXHQWLDOHGXFDWHG infringement lawsuits, it does not mean For example, in my home state of Idaho, American resistance leaders. So, if you are n light of the current and divided and wealthy elite of the U.S. disparaging names and symbols cannot be the town of Salmon has a public high Native American, don’t get any ideas about political climate, which includes a To provide another example from an used. school called the Salmon Savages. Salmon, “starting an Indian uprising”! Also, let us Itravel ban from Muslim dominated elitist, Hillary Clinton used a colonizing The Metal v. Tam case will also likely Idaho is located at the epicenter of the not forget that Geronimo’s skull has not countries and the building of the American metaphor during the 2016 Presidential race mean trouble for the 2014 decision by the Lemhi Shoshone civilization, and near the yet been laid to rest and remains, according Wall between the U.S. and Mexico, we when she said, “I have experience with men 86 3DWHQW DQG 7UDGHPDUN 2I¿FH WKDW Lemhi Shoshone village where Sacagawea to suit brought by the descendants of must not forget about the ongoing domestic ‘off the reservation’ like Donald Trump.” cancelled the federal registration for the guided Lewis and Clark on the Corps of Geronimo, the skull was stolen in 1918 and racism and discrimination towards Native Although this phrase is part of our language, pro football team Washington Redskins. Discovery. Originally, the Savages’ mascot kept in a glass case by the Skull and Bones Americans that has existed on this continent most who use the phrase probably have The registration was cancelled due to a included various depictions of an Indian secret society at Yale University.