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www.seminoletribune.org Free Volume XLV • Number 8 August 31, 2021 Delta Tribal members’ hard work reaps benefits variant during saw palmetto berry season BY BEVERLY BIDNEY takes toll Staff Reporter BIG CYPRESS — The harvest season for saw palmetto berries, or bolitas, is on tribe underway and tribal members in Big Cypress and Immokalee lined up for permits to harvest them Aug. 16. BY DAMON SCOTT The permits, valid from Aug. 16-22, Staff Reporter were granted on a first come, first served basis for just 15 sites in Big Cypress and two in Immokalee. Palmetto berries were put on the The Covid-19 Delta variant has officials state’s list of commercially exploited plants in overdrive to deal with new cases while in 2018 and permits have been required ever encouraging those who haven’t received a since. vaccine to do so. Under the hot summer sun at Big The Seminole Tribe’s Health and Human Cypress’s old bingo hall site, Environmental Services (HHS) executive director, Dr. Resource Management Department forester Vandhana Kiswani-Barley, said there’s been a Grant Steelman was prepared with permits, steep incline of those in the tribal community a printer and maps of the harvesting sites. He testing positive for the virus in the past several started distributing them at 8:30 a.m.; within weeks. Since the beginning, more than 1,000 90 minutes all the permits were gone. have tested positive. The sites, or units, were mapped out “The Delta variant has done a number using trail lines. Formerly a wildland fire on the tribe,” she said. “It’s much more management officer, Steelman is familiar contagious.” with the land and its trails. He knows where Kiswani-Barley said that in the earlier the palmetto bushes are located on each site. days of the pandemic when a family member “A small area could have a lot [of sharing a household with others tested berries]; a big area could have nothing,” positive, quarantine procedures worked well. Steelman said. It’s not always the case with the Delta variant, The berries, which sell for just under however. $2 per pound, can be lucrative since pickers “Almost everyone in the same household can harvest thousands of pounds in just one has been testing positive,” she said. morning’s work. The riper the berries, the In addition, she said, hospitals are once more they weigh. again reaching capacity and critically ill people who require oxygen and a ventilator are being prioritized. Beverly Bidney F See BERRIES on page 4A F See DELTA on page 9A Gil Yzaguirre strips berries off a low to the ground palmetto bush Aug. 16 in BIg Cypress. Native THPO monitors FPL population soars in new solar panel project Census count near Big Cypress BY DAMON SCOTT BY BEVERLY BIDNEY the FPL agreement are some specific areas Staff Reporter Staff Reporter where old trails are thought to be located. There is a point in which the old trail crosses paths with a newly graded construction road Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau BIG CYPRESS — Since Seminoles have lived throughout the state for hundreds in an area that is not in the conservation area. on Aug. 12 shows the number of people who “You can’t fully protect those areas identify as Native American or Alaska Native of years, preserving evidence of the past can be a challenge when faced with off- because the trail is unique, transitory and alone grew by 27.1% to 3.7 million people File photo not physical,” Cancel said. “To offset any from 2010 to 2020. The number represents reservation construction projects in areas Seminole Tribe repatriation committee members Tina Osceola, left, and Domonique deBeaubien, went that are part of the tribe’s history. impact, we created the alternative mitigation 2.9% of the overall U.S. population, up from to Washington, D.C., in late 2020 to push for changes in the National Museum of Natural History’s agreement, which has some covenants and about 1.6% in 2010. That’s where the Tribal Historic repatriation policy. Preservation Office comes in. THPO is obligations.” Another 5.9 million people identified as For instance, all solar panels must be 50 Native American or Alaska Native and another responsible for documenting and preserving any historical evidence they can find, some feet from the center line of the trail to avoid race group, such as white, Black or Asian and minimize disturbance of the cultural American. The alone and in-combination Tribe’s repatriation of which is no longer visible. A recent example is the Florida Power & Light’s solar area. The access road was constructed before population comprised 9.7 million people in the agreement, but THPO took video of the 2020 – an increase of 160% since 2010. panel project just north of the Big Cypress Reservation. site before the road was built. At 15.2% (111,575 people,) Alaska efforts extend beyond Tribal monitors were present during had the largest percentage of its population The FPL Sawgrass Solar Energy Center, under construction now, will cover more the access road construction, but any identifying as Native American or Alaska new discoveries will be addressed by the Native alone; New Mexico was second with than 500 acres and contain about 250,000 Smithsonian solar panels. It is expected to be operational tribe, archeologists and FPL through the 10% of its population (212,241 people); and in the first quarter of 2022 and will generate unanticipated discoveries section of the first California had the largest population in total BY DAMON SCOTT Protection and Repatriation Act, was put agreement. numbers with 631,061 people. 74.5 megawatts of energy at any given time, Staff Reporter in place in 1990 to protect the cultural and enough to power about 15,000 homes per During the next two years, THPO plans The new Census numbers mark the largest biological remains of Native Americans and to create a website with a story map of the Indigenous population in the U.S. in modern year. BIG CYPRESS — The Seminole their ancestors. While the federal law applies The tribe recently approved an area and its history, including the old trail. history – astonishing when one considers that to museums, universities, the National Park Cancel said it will connect the oral history after decades of mass extermination efforts Tribe’s ongoing goal to recover ancestral alternative mitigation agreement with FPL remains and funerary objects from the Service and other institutions, it does not to ensure culturally significant sites are and maps with video clips of the site today the population was fewer than 250,000 just apply to the NMNH or other Smithsonian and create a legacy of the cultural landscape. before the 20th century. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural respected and left alone when possible. The History has gotten a lot of focus in recent entities which are covered by a separate challenge is to preserve an area known only “Tribal history goes beyond reservation The jump in the numbers also lines up repatriation law. Every other federal agency borders,” Cancel said. “[The tribe has] with an increasingly diverse U.S. population. years. It’s for good reason – the NMNH from oral histories and old maps but is no has a vast collection of about 1,500 or landowner falls under NAGPRA, and longer intact, such as an old trail on the always been part of this landscape. If we can Census officials said the white, non-Hispanic there are also state-level repatriation laws in connect the history, we can tell the story for population (without another race) decreased Seminole ancestors and tens of thousands of property that THPO is researching. archaeological artifacts. While the effort has play. “How do you find something from old the community and the youth so we don’t by 8.6%. The U.S. is now 57.8% white, “On the state side, we’ve had 15 lose it. That’s the goal.” 18.7% Hispanic, 12.4% Black and 6% Asian. been described as frustrating, tedious and maps and oral histories when nothing is slow, it has also yielded results. inadvertent discoveries throughout the physically there,” pondered Juan Cancel, “America is more diverse than ever. state of Florida that we’ve consulted on,” Today’s news is great news. It’s a strength, In late 2020 the tribe’s eight-member THPO assistant director. “A lot of stories are repatriation committee, part of the Tribal deBeaubien said. “This would include there; you can go back to hundreds of years of not a weakness,” Yvette Roubideaux, a projects that come in from archaeological member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Historic Preservation Office (THPO), maps and find a road that has been used and were successful in pushing the NMNH to companies, developers … where we have sometimes still is. It’s difficult to find where vice president for research and director of to consult quite rapidly and figure out how the policy research center at the National revise its policy regarding human remains the road would have been historically.” and other items. The updated policy to protect remains that have been disturbed THPO’s tribal employees monitor the Congress of American Indians (NCAI), said during construction.” during an online press briefing Aug. 12. includes provisions to repatriate that which construction process. The monitors, with was previously identified as “culturally For example, a contractor that is having vast cultural knowledge, spot things others a road built or a developer in work on a Numbers could be greater unidentifiable,” considered a significant may miss. The goal is to protect historical breakthrough. housing community might find remains. sites while working within the bounds of the Those cases are a big percentage of the tribe’s Even with Indian Country’s increased Domonique deBeaubien, THPO FPL agreements. The original agreement has collections manager and member of the repatriation caseload, deBeaubien said, been in effect since April 2016. numbers, officials said there was still likely although such incidents tend to be resolved an undercount. Reasons include wide- repatriation committee, said as important as THPO has surveyed and investigated the the NMNH effort is, there’s other outreach more quickly. The 15 inadvertent discoveries site since 2014 using drones, metal detectors spread pandemic shutdowns, a lack of are relatively recent ones and don’t include broadband internet needed for what was the consistently in progress, too. and maps. Before construction began, THPO “So far in just this calendar year those from previous years that “roll over,” also reviewed archeological surveys and set first all-digital Census, a general distrust in she said, making it a time consuming and the U.S. government among some, online I’ve worked with at least 28 federal aside conservation areas which are protected agencies on NAGPRA repatriation-related complex process. from construction. Courtesy photo F See CENSUS on page 4A consultations,” she said. Cancel believes the likelihood of finding The solar panels at FPL’s Hammock solar energy NAGPRA, the Native American Graves F See NAGPRA on page 4A anything significant is low, but included in center in LaBelle.

INSIDE: Editorial...... 2A Sports...... 4B Visit the Tribune’s website for news throughout Community...... 3A Education...... 1B the month at seminoletribune.org 2A • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021 Indian Country would see $12B from Editorial infrastructure bill BY DAMON SCOTT (and often the general public) for medical, Staff Reporter educational, commercial and recreational services. Congress needs to pass the The U.S. Senate passed a $1 trillion The infrastructure bill also includes $2 infrastructure package Aug. 10, known as billion for more tribal broadband access. the “Invest in America Act.” It is a major Tribes recently received $1 billion for Native American Voting Rights Act priority for President Joe Biden and one broadband expansion through Department that has bipartisan support and broad public of Commerce grants. approval. Indian Country has seen record levels • Levi Rickert 2020 presidential election. Echohawk says it is important for The bill now goes to the U.S. House of federal investment from the Biden “Regardless of whether they live in urban Congress to pass a comprehensive voting of Representatives for a vote – set to arrive administration so far this year – $44 billion or rural areas, members of the 574 federally rights law to protect the Native vote. He with a larger $3.5 trillion companion budget in all. The American Rescue Plan accounts recognized tribes face many contemporary said Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D—N.M.) plans resolution for efforts toward health care, for $31 billion of the total, including ate last month, one of Indian barriers to political participation. Although to reintroduce the Native American Voting climate change and tuition-free community investments in the Indian Health Service to Country’s leading legal scholars, many other American voters share some Rights Act (NAVRA) originally introduced college. It will likely be months before either help combat the effects of the pandemic and John Echohawk (Pawnee), of these obstacles, no other racial or ethnic by Sen. Tom Udall in 2019. The legislation would reach Biden’s desk to be signed into hundreds of millions of dollars for housing L group faces the combined weight of these that would ensure equal access to voting for addressed the Coalition of Large Tribes law. and housing assistance initiatives. (COLT) on the topic of Native voting at its barriers to the same degree as Native voters all Native American voters living on tribal Rehabilitating the nation’s roads, Much of Indian Country has been quarterly meeting in Las Vegas. in Indian Country,” the report says. lands will empower tribal communities bridges, airports and waterways are the top supportive of the Biden administration’s Echohawk was part of a voting rights The report cites several factors that in their efforts to improve access to voter goals in the infrastructure package, which overall efforts as it applies to Native program that also included vice president discourage political participation in elections. registration, education on voting procedure, has $12 billion set aside specifically for Americans. Highlights include restarting of Fair Count Jeanine Abrams McLean, Among the factors are (1) geographical and ensuring equal treatment of tribal Indian Country needs. and increasing tribal consultations, and the sister of voting rights advocate Stacey isolation; (2) physical and natural barriers; identification at the ballot box. It includes $6 billion for water, sewer the nomination and confirmation of Deb Abrams. Echohawk’s message was that (3) poorly maintained or non-existent roads; “On top of geographic and linguistic and sanitation projects and $4 billion for Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) as the first Native Native people have to stay involved and (4) distance and limited hours of government barriers that make it harder for tribal Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) roads and American to run the Department of the persuade those who represent them in offices; (5) technological barriers and the members to vote, restrictive and burdensome bridges. BIA roads and bridges are corridors Interior. She is also the first Native American Congress to pass voting rights law. digital divide; (6) low levels of educational voter registration requirements and I.D. that provide access to tribal communities to hold any cabinet-level position. Echohawk, who has served as the attainment; (7) depressed socio-economic laws are suppressing the Native vote executive director of the Native American conditions; (8) homelessness and housing across America,” Luján said in support of Rights Fund (NARF) since 1977, recounted insecurity; (9) non-traditional mailing reintroducing the Native American Voting the many years of legal fights against voting addresses such as post office boxes; (10) Rights Act while visiting the Navajo Nation discrimination towards Native voters. lack of funding for elections; (11) and in July. Newland confirmed by Senate “From Alaska, Montana and North discrimination against Native Americans. “We really need the Native American Dakota, we have fought and won cases While Echohawk was pleased with the Voting Rights Act,” Echohawk said. We all to serve under Haaland against discrimination cases that tried to court victories upholding the voting rights of have to get involved in the political process Native Americans, he said he was troubled in Washington, D.C. This is our only hope. suppress the Native vote,” Echohawk said. BY DAMON SCOTT “Particularly up in North Dakota – it by the Brnovich v. Democratic National Congress needs to fix what the Supreme to Native News was very obvious. They knew most of our Committee decision by the U.S. Supreme Court did. We need to get Congress to act Staff Reporter Online. “Bryan reservation residents did not have street on July 1, 2021 that overturned two Arizona on this now,” Echohawk said to conclude his is a brilliant and addresses so they passed a law that said you laws that were deemed as restrictive against remarks at the COLT meeting. Deb Haaland’s historic run as secretary pragmatic problem cannot vote unless you have an ID with a the Native vote in the state. Indian Country needs to heed the advice of the Department of the Interior has made solver. As a former street address, not a post office box number Echohawk said NARF represented the of John Echohawk and show our votes and inroads through Indian Country since her tribal leader and on it. Of course, that disqualified our people. National Congress of American Indians in our voices count. confirmation in March. She now has a right- attorney expert in That discrimination was very obvious. court by filing an amicus brief in Brnovich hand man serving under the DOI at Indian Indian law, he is It was a violation of our rights under the to address these issues. Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Affairs – Bryan Newland. uniquely qualified Constitution,” Echohawk said. On the same day the Supreme Court’s Nation) is the founder, publisher and editor Newland was confirmed Aug. 7 by the to be an excellent Echohawk referenced NARF’s Native decision was released, Navajo Nation of Native News Online (nativenewsonline. U.S. Senate as assistant secretary of the assistant secretary American Voting Rights Coalition that held President Jonathan Nez told Native News net). He can be reached at levi@ Interior at Indian Affairs. He is the former of Interior.” nine public hearings among Native voters Online “the opinion ignores the unique nativenewsonline.net. This editorial was president of the Bay Mills Indian Community After his during 2017 and 2018. The group produced challenges that many tribal nations face published Aug. 10 on nativenewsoline.net. in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Bay Mills is confirmation, a 176-page Obstacles at Every Turn: Barriers during every election and does nothing to a reservation that forms the land base of one Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to Political Participation Faced by Native protect our voting rights and increase voting of the many federally recognized Sault Ste. DOD American Voters report last June prior to the access.” Marie bands of Chippewa. Chairman Bryan Schatz, D-HI, also Bryan Newland is Newland was first nominated by assistant secretary of President Joe Biden in April to serve in the noted Newland’s experience as a the Interior at Indian position – it makes him the highest-ranking Affairs. Senate-confirmed official in Indian Affairs tribal leader, his in- Saginaw Grant passes on at age 85 at DOI. He was previously tapped by Biden depth knowledge in February to serve as the principal deputy of tribal issues, BY BEVERLY BIDNEY recalled. “His words attached to the music assistant to the secretary of Indian Affairs at his expertise in federal Indian law and his Staff Reporter he presented was awe inspiring. The few DOI. understanding of the DOI’s role in fulfilling times we’ve crossed paths over the years According to the DOI, Newland is and enforcing federal trust responsibilities to were always special to me. We were blessed responsible for maintaining the government- Native Americans. Saginaw Grant, a distinguished Native to have him on this earth.” to-government relationship with 574 Newland previously served in the American actor and hereditary chief and Although Grant planned to pursue an federally recognized tribes. He also oversees Obama administration as a counselor and citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation of apology from the U.S. government similar Haaland’s Indian boarding school initiative policy advisor to the assistant secretary of Oklahoma, passed away from natural causes to the one the Canadian government made that was established in June to help uncover the Interior at Indian Affairs, where he helped July 27 at age 85. to First Nations about Canada’s past actions histories of the institutions where she said develop policies on Indian gaming, Indian Grant’s face may have been against Indigenous people, he didn’t dwell children endured routine injury and abuse. lands and reforming the DOI’s policy on unmistakable from movies and television, on the negative. “We must shed light on what happened reviewing tribal-state gaming compacts. He but his acting career started accidentally “Say to yourself when you wake up, at federal boarding schools,” Newland said also led a team that improved Indian leasing more than 30 years ago. While attending today’s going to be a good day,” he said. to Mvskoke Media in early August. “As we regulations at Indian Affairs and worked a writing seminar near San Francisco, a “Don’t focus on the negative. We all know move forward in this work, we will engage with key officials to help enact the HEARTH director noticed him and asked if he would right from wrong, we just need to do the in tribal consultation on how best to use this Act of 2012 (Helping Expedite and Advance appear in a car commercial. He said yes right thing.” information, protect burial sites and respect Responsible Tribal Home Ownership). and his Hollywood career began. His first Grant was a veteran of the U.S. Marine families and communities.” Before his federal service, Newland movie was “War Party” in 1988. Since then Corps and served in the Korean War. He More than 40 tribes and tribal was an attorney with Fletcher Law in he has been featured in television shows and often participated in the National Gathering organizations supported Newland’s Lansing, Michigan. He represented tribal movies, including “Breaking Bad” and “The of American Indian Veterans and danced at nomination. clients on the regulation of gaming facilities, Lone Ranger.” pow wows throughout Indian Country. “I have known Bryan Newland since negotiation of tribal-state gaming compacts, He received a lifetime achievement Some of Grant’s notable quotes were he was an undergrad and his mother Vicki the fee-to-trust process and the leasing of award from the Oceanside International posted on his Facebook page after his death: as a tribal leader in her own right before Indian lands. Newland earned his law degree Film Festival in 2014 and was the recipient “Everyone on earth is born with that,” Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa from Michigan State University College of of the American Legacy Award from the San spirituality.” Indians chairperson Aaron Payment said Law. Diego Film Festival. During a 2014 visit to “Remember to take your time. When the Seminole Tribe, he said the highlight of you take your time, you’ll take in everything his career was meeting and connecting with that comes into your life and not just rush Chickasaw Nation’s Janie Simms people. Courtesy photo through it.” Acting was Grant’s profession, but Seminole singer, songwriter, performer and actor “If everyone used the philosophies that his passion was preserving and protecting Spencer Battiest and Saginaw Grant hold the I talked about, this would be a completely Hipp named USDA general counsel Native American culture. NAMMY awards they won in 2016. different world.” STAFF REPORT the strong senior Grant spoke to tribal students at an Grant died peacefully in his sleep best pop recording in 2016 for “Stupid in leadership team at education expo at the Seminole Hard Rock at a private care facility in Hollywood, USDA will only Hotel & Casino Hollywood, but his words Love” and spent some time with Grant then California, according to his publicist and WASHINGTON – Janie Simms Hipp and when he won record of the year in 2018. (Chickasaw Nation) was confirmed July 30 further our efforts to were meant for adults as well. His mission longtime friend Lani Carmichael. expand opportunity was to ensure the future is filled with Native “It was an amazing night,” Battiest by the U.S. Senate to be general counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture. for those who live, Americans who are proud of their work and raise heritage and work to keep their culture Hipp was nominated to the post by President Joe Biden on March 15. their families in alive. rural communities, “The responsibility of an elder is “She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as a leader and legal expert especially in those to pass on the traditions and culture of communities that our people,” Grant said in Hollywood. in farming and agriculture,” Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby stated on social have experienced “Your responsibility is to listen to persistent what your grandfather told you. Learn media. “She has dedicated her career to USDA promoting the important role of women and poverty, make Janie Simms Hipp is your language and do the things our good on USDA’s people have done for centuries.” First Americans in advancing food security, general counsel for the sustainable agriculture and equitable responsibility to USDA. In 2016, Grant was presented the provide nutrition Living Legend Award by the Native agriculture policy. ” Hipp’s career in domestic and assistance to American Music Awards (NAMA). In children and families, and contribute to 2018, his album “Don’t Let the Drums international law and policy spans more than 35 years. She’s been a leader for several removing barriers to access to USDA Go Silent” received the NAMA record programs wherever they exist.” of the year. USDA programs and was director of its Office of Tribal Relations and senior advisor Hipp’s background in agriculture and Seminole performing artist as a lawyer and policy expert includes being Spencer Battiest won a NAMA for for tribal relations to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. CEO of the Native American Agriculture Beverly Bidney “In this new role, she will carry out the Fund and founding director of the Saginaw Grant met with tribal students duties to enforce the laws and regulations Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative in 2014 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & of the USDA and ensure the interests of at the University of Arkansas, where she has Casino Hollywood. the American public are served by USDA’s a Masters of Law degree in agriculture and programs and services,” Vilsack said in food law. Hipp earned a Juris Doctorate from a statement. “Adding Janie’s expertise to Oklahoma City University.

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Rendering courtesy TCD Brighton’s culture center, library and Boys & Girls Club complex.

Rendering courtesy TCD The Immokalee recreation center.

Courtesy TCD Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School’s immersion program building in Brighton.

Rendering courtesy TCD Immokalee’s public safety building.

Rendering courtesy TCD The Groves residential development in Big Cypress. 4A • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021

F BERRIES From page 1A

Maverick Osceola scoped out some sites before he chose one. He started harvest- ing berries three years ago with his mother and is carrying on her legacy. “It’s a good way to make some money,” Osceola said. “It’s a good side job. The chal- lenges are snakes, animals and stuff.” This was Sam Caldwell’s first year pick- ing the berries. “I don’t know too much about it, but I’ll find out today,” he said. Florida black bears eat a lot of the ber- ries since 80% of their diet consists of plants, nuts and berries. Gary Frank, who collects palmetto fiber for dolls from the plants, wants to see if harvesting the berries will have an impact on wildlife and the growth of more palmetto plants. “We want the fiber to last and the bears to have a good food source,” Frank said. “Why not let the berries drop so we get more Beverly Bidney sprouts? It’s the process of nature; how do From left, Maverick Osceola, Sam Caldwell and Gary Frank look on as Grant Steelman points out the things flourish if you’re taking the seeds?” locations on Big Cypress available to pick palmetto berries. With this harvest, Steelman will begin a research project on the possible production vice, so someone went and got him out.” each. A buyer met the pickers at the bingo of saw palmetto berries. The research may This season was Krystal Rodriguez’s hall site in the afternoon to weigh the ber- be able to answer some of Frank’s questions, third year picking, but the first for her sister ries and make offers to purchase them. Other but Steelman won’t know until they have Amy Garza. buyers work in Immokalee, so tribal mem- more information. “I have a daughter in her senior year of bers could choose to sell on the reservation “Palmettos are highly variable,” Steel- college in Missouri and another is a senior or travel with their haul to Immokalee. man said. “What can look good in March can Beverly Bidney in high school.” Garza said when asked why The price between staying put and trav- be a bust in August. We are trying to figure Berries grow in clusters and these were about to be harvested from a palmetto bush on the Big she was picking berries. eling to Immokalee was negligible, about a out the basic ecology and how it relates to Cypress Reservation. Picking the berries may be lucrative, but couple of cents per pound difference. But plants and animals.” it is back-breaking work. The plants grow in with thousands of pounds of berries, every The research will consider rainfall, will comprise the data collected for the re- the berries in the past have some interest- a haphazard fashion among thorny vines, cent counts. moon phases, fires, droughts and floods. The search. Poundage from each site will be ing stories. The work is hot, hard and a bit bushes and pine trees. It can be treacherous Chris Briscall and his picking partner research could take years. logged. dangerous. Snakes are sometimes found and to reach the plants, which may or may not Reno DeLeon were the first ones in from “To get a pattern, you almost need Some berry processors in the state are insects, such as wasps, are plentiful in the have berries. picking. In just a few hours they had 2,139 to be generational,” Steelman said. “Like row planting the bushes. Steelman said brush where the plants thrive. Gil Yzaguirre, who has been picking pounds of berries. They had a friend in Im- most research, one answer leads to multiple anything that makes money is usually re- In 2017, Ignacia Garza was eight berries for about 20 years on and off, didn’t mokalee who wanted to purchase them, so questions. Tribal member insights can help searched. months pregnant and went out to harvest seem to mind the trek. He was well equipped after they weighed in they hit the road. tremendously since their insights are gener- Palmetto berries are dried and used in berries with her husband. The land was very with sturdy waterproof boots and a bright, Palmetto berry picking in Brighton was ational.” the production of dietary supplements such wet and their vehicle got stuck in mud. It long-sleeved shirt to keep away stinging in- held from Aug. 23-29. Those who have lived on the reserva- as saw palmetto or used in livestock feed, took several hours for someone to arrive and sects. The palmetto berry season is a short one; tions for decades can relay what they saw in cosmetics or shampoos worldwide. The in- free the vehicle, but everything worked out “There is a lot of competition now, a lot by mid-September they will all be harvested. the past as compared to what is happening ternational market is estimated to be more well. of people are picking,” said Yzaguirre, who The harvest in Big Cypress went smoothly. today. Steelman said that knowledge can be than $130 million per year, according to a “It was worth it. We got a lot of berries,” also builds chickees. “Some years you could As of Aug. 18, 15,123 pounds were picked, helpful to the research, in an ad hoc and in- manufacturer in the state. Europe is the larg- Garza said. “A couple of days later I had the get $5 or $6 a pound.” giving Steelman the first bit of data to study. formal way. est market for the berries. baby. The day I went into labor, my husband Bags for the berries come in various siz- The weight of the harvest at each site Tribal members who have harvested was out picking again. There was no cell ser- es, which can hold from 100 to 300 pounds

Beverly Bidney ERMD forester Grant Steelman calculates the Beverly Bidney Beverly Bidney amount of berries harvested by Chris Briscall in Gil Yzaguirre holds a handful of palmetto berries, From left, Chris Briscall helps to haul a bag of berries onto his pickup truck as picking partner Reno De Leon and a worker help. Big Cypress. or bolitas, as he picks the berries in Big Cypress.

Summit to focus on tribal broadband issues Feds take next steps to STAFF REPORT (Laguna Pueblo) said in a statement. include tribal leaders; representatives “This summit represents an opportunity to of tribal organizations, tribal colleges implement ‘Not Invisible Act’ leverage the Biden-Harris administration’s and universities, and schools and school A group of federal agencies have come all-of-government approach to help ensure districts serving under-connected Native together to help address internet access the federal government lives up to its students; tribal libraries, museums and BY DAMON SCOTT just 116 cases. Stakeholders also point out issues across Indian Country. The 2021 responsibilities to tribal communities by cultural centers; private sector stakeholder Staff Reporter that non-Native people commit the majority National Tribal Broadband Summit is bringing broadband to Indian Country, organizations; and federal program of the murders on reservations. They say scheduled to take place Sept. 17, Sept. 24 fueling economic development, and ensuring managers and policymakers. Two federal agencies are working the lack of communication with federal and Oct. 1 in a virtual format. everyone has opportunities to succeed.” Participants are also invited to submit together in an effort to reverse the scourge agencies combined with jurisdictional The event is designed to serve as a Tribal lands are some of the most best projects, programs, or initiatives in of missing and murdered Indigenous people issues involving law enforcement makes platform for leaders to share best practices, digitally disconnected areas in the planning, constructing, delivering and using and violence toward Native Americans. it extremely difficult to begin investigative new ideas, and lessons learned from U.S., where 1.5 million people lack tribal broadband networks. The Department of Justice and the processes. their real-world experience of bringing basic broadband and wireless services, Agencies participating in the event are Department of the Interior announced Aug. “The Justice Department is committed high-speed internet to tribal businesses, according to the Federal Communications the Department of the Interior, Institute of 4 its next steps toward implementation of the to working with the Interior Department to governments and homes, according to an Commission. The pandemic further exposed Museum and Library Services, Department “Not Invisible Act.” Interior Secretary Deb address the persistent violence endured by Aug. 16 news release. Indian Country’s lack of reliable broadband of Agriculture and the Department of Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) was the sponsor of Native American families and communities “Tribes have been left further behind as students were forced to shift their learning Commerce. The summit is free. For more the bill while serving in Congress. It passed across the country,” Attorney General in the digital divide than most areas of online and others needed to transition to information and registration options, go to and was signed into law by President Donald Merrick B. Garland, head of the DOJ, said in the country due to the consistent lack remote work. doi.gov/tribalbroadband. Trump on Oct. 10, 2020. a statement. “The membership of this joint of infrastructure investment in Indian Those expected to attend the summit The DOJ and the DOI are now soliciting commission must represent a diverse range Country,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland nominations for a minimum of 28 people of expertise, experience and perspectives, to serve on a joint commission and are and we will consult with tribal leaders who planning a schedule of consultations with know best what their communities need to When remains or funerary objects has been bulldozed or it has a development tribal leaders. make them safer.” F NAGPRA are released to the tribe, a very intentional on it, often a state or federal park is used. According to the agencies, the Haaland said the law provides a unique From page 1A process is followed. Legal paperwork is Nothing is ever collected or put on display commission will consist of federal opportunity for the agencies to marshal completed and there are approvals that and funerary objects are buried together with and nonfederal members, including resources in the effort. “Some agencies we’ll talk to once, and come from senior tribal leadership. Travel the respective ancestor. representatives of tribal, state and local law “Doing this successfully means seeking they’ll disappear forever. Other’s I talk to arrangements are made that are “very secure For more information, go to enforcement; tribal judges; health care and active and ongoing engagement from experts every single week or multiple times per week and very private,” deBeaubien said. stofthpo.com. On social media, follow mental health practitioners with experience both inside and outside of the government; and probably will continue to do so for the The repatriation committee consults with #NoMoreStolenAncesetors on Facebook, working with Native American survivors of incorporating Indigenous knowledge, tribal next five to 10 years or more,” deBeaubien cultural advisers on a location for reburial as Twitter and Instagram. trafficking and sexual assault; urban Indian consultation and a commission that reflects said. close to an original site as possible. If an area organizations focused on violence against members who know first-hand the needs of women and children; Native American their people will be critical as we address survivors of human trafficking; and this epidemic in Native American and Tribal Nations worked really well with of dollars in annual federal funding. The family members of missing and murdered F CENSUS Census officials,” Evans, who spoke at the data released Aug. 12 is meant to inform the Alaska Native communities,” Haaland said Indigenous people. in a statement. From page 1A media briefing, said. official redistricting process at the state and Indigenous women and girls have been Evans said NCAI would be analyzing local levels. Once the commission is formed, hearings particularly affected in Indian Country. For will be scheduled to receive testimony and misinformation and new privacy measures the Census data in more detail in the coming “We are encouraging all Tribal example, as of 2016, the Federal Bureau that may have caused problems with the weeks and would release its own report. Nations to participate in their local and evidence to develop recommendations for of Investigation’s (FBI) National Crime the federal government to act upon. quality of data in small, rural and remote “The results we saw today with the state redistricting efforts to ensure that Information Center reported 5,712 cases of populations. increase compared to 2010 was a pleasant Tribal Nations are fairly represented and More information is available by missing Native American women and girls, searching “Not Invisible Act” at bia.gov. Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva (Hopi surprise,” she said. have access to the resources they need and but the DOJ missing persons database listed Pueblo), a researcher at the NCAI policy The Census is mandated by the U.S. deserve,” NCAI president Fawn Sharp research center, said that despite multiple Constitution to take place every 10 years. (Quinault Indian Nation) said in a statement. challenges, Indian Country showed The data affects much of American life and Census officials said more data is resilience throughout the Census process. is used to determine political representation scheduled to be released Sept. 30 in an easy “We had wildfires and hurricanes and and the distribution of hundreds of billions to use format for the general public. 5A • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021 Climate Conversations Food for thought

BY ROLLIE GILLIAM AND CODY MOTLOW

This interview was supported by the Seminole Tribe’s Climate Resilience Program. Rollie Gilliam is a tribal member and serves as quality assurance analyst through the Center for Student Success and Services. Cody Motlow is a tribal member and serves as sustainability coordinator through the Heritage and Environmental Resources Office. Both Cody and Rollie volunteer on the tribe’s Food Sovereignty Committee, a multi-departmental climate action planning committee. This “Climate Conversation” was held virtually Aug. 17. Here is a summary of the conversation. (A longer version appears on seminoletribune. org).

Rollie: All right. So hello. This is Rollie, and with me is Ms. Cody Motlow. We're doing this interview about our perspective on food sovereignty and why is it important Damon Scott to the both of us. So Ms. Cody, can you give some insight of what food sovereignty Rollie Gilliam means to you? Cody: Yeah. You know, it's all about Beverly Bidney reclaiming. I feel like it's about reclaiming The Army Corps have said a new plan for Lake Okeechobee will include the interests of the Seminole Tribe. our land, our culture, our ancestral ways of diets. That all ties back into climate change and taking care of the land and putting time and money back into our own people instead of relying on big corporations. To me, it's all Lake O plans said to include about just taking it back and being in control, the way it was supposed to be. Because I feel when commodities were given to us, it was like another form of colonialism. It was tribe’s concerns designed to ruin our diets, and in a way, was another form of genocide, to you know, get The Corps is faced with a juggling act The Corps said it would release BY DAMON SCOTT to ensure LOSOM meets a variety of needs, more details about LOSOM’s progress rid of us. And so by taking this back, we're Staff Reporter building ourselves stronger, and that's what from sending water south to areas of the in September. It must also get approval it means to me. Everglades National Park and Florida Bay, under the National Environmental Policy Rollie: That's beautiful. Thank you for maintaining enough water in the case of Act, which will allow for additional public that. What made you as a young adult to The good, the bad, and the ugly drought conditions, and protecting estuaries comment beginning in early 2022. want to get into food sovereignty? If you concerning Lake Okeechobee has gotten from lake discharges that can set off toxic could go back to a time, a memory, maybe a renewed focus over the past few years blue-green algae blooms. Kissimmee River restoration Grandma and Grandpa had a garden. What by the many entities that have a stake in Dozens of constituents representing senses did that pick up, take you back to? it, including those directly responsible for counties, cities, utilities, farmers and Meanwhile, the Corps and the SFWMD Because you know, we often relive things in its management – the U.S. Army Corps of chambers of commerce recently wrote to celebrated a success July 29 with a the present, because of what comes back to Courtesy photo Engineers. Gov. Ron DeSantis to express concerns that ceremony that marked the completion of the The Lake Okeechobee System us from the past. Cody Motlow the federal government was attempting to Kissimmee River restoration project. The Cody: Yeah. I feel like, my grandparents Operating Manual, or LOSOM, is a new “usurp” Florida’s water rights by reducing project restored more than 40 square miles might have been the last generation to really that nature, and how food counters that and plan that has been in work since 2018. It Lake Okeechobee water levels. Officials in of the river floodplain ecosystem, 20,000 know what it was like to be sustainable and gets rid of it. is still being tweaked so that, ideally, lake Glades County, which includes the Brighton acres of wetlands and 44 miles of the historic take care of yourself. I feel like my dad's Cody: Rollie, we're all tribal members, conditions are improved, discharges are Reservation, and Hendry County, which river channel, according to the Corps. generation knew traditional ways, but also but we don't all have the same stories growing controlled and the interests of the Seminole includes the Big Cypress Reservation, The south-central Florida river forms was being introduced to modern ways. And it up. We don't all have the same background. I Tribe are addressed. The plan is expected were among those concerned that water the north part of the Everglades wetlands was no fault of his own or to his generation. want to know what did you grow up with and to go into effect in late 2022 and will guide allocations promised by the state would area and runs from south of Orlando through He couldn't help that. That was something what inspired you? the Corps’ decision-making for at least a not come to fruition under the proposed Lake Kissimmee into Lake Okeechobee. that was just forced upon them. Rollie: I'm Afro-Indigenous. My other decade. Corps officials presented a LOSOM LOSOM plan. The restoration effort began in 1999 and I feel like my generation didn't grow up side is African-American. So I grew up update at an Aug. 9 media briefing. The tribe sent a July letter to the was a partnership between the Corps and the with a garden or anything traditional. So in a eating pig feet, ham hocks, collard greens, The tribe’s interests are similar to South Florida Water Management District SFWMD. It included backfilling 22-miles way, I'm trying to reclaim it for myself, bring mac and cheese, and all those things. When I others and include ensuring that water levels (SFWMD) with concerns that if the lake of canal; the reconstruction of remnant river that back. It's something I want to give it to got a little bit older, maybe 19 or 20, I came are high enough that current and future gets too low it wouldn’t be able to distribute channels; the removal of two water control my kids so they can give it to their kids. to the clinic here and got a checkup. They agricultural needs on the Big Cypress and water to the Brighton and Big Cypress structures; the addition of two gates; and Rollie: That's beautiful. Most definitely. were like, "Do you eat a lot of bread?" and Brighton reservations are met. The tribe has reservations. The tribe did not challenge a the acquisition of more than 100,000 acres Like you said, “reclaim it.” We went to I was like, "Yeah." And they was like, "Be also long been concerned about proposed reduction in water in 2008 because it had of land to restore the river and floodplain. the Miramar Food Garden and it was a careful, because you're at risk for celiac plans for massive water storage facilities been assured the allocations were temporary The Corps said the effort also resulted in a phenomenal experience. It was very inspiring disease." I was eating a lot of hamburgers that encroach on tribal lands and stoke and would be restored when dike repairs recovery of the invertebrate community, a to see different types of tribal members come and sandwiches-type stuff, and not knowing flooding concerns. were complete. More than 12 years later, crucial food source for fish and birds. together. Those who look like me, those who I'm gluten sensitive. Then I started noticing The tribe has also sought to be treated the proposed LOSOM plan is less allocation The Corps said additional monitoring look like you, staff members, those from the other things. I said, "Hold on. Right." Let me as a sovereign entity when it comes to water than what the tribe was getting before 2008. will be conducted to measure the project’s Miramar community. It was powerful. That's tap into this dairy, I was like, so we lactose, allocations. During the briefing, the Corps' The tribe said in the letter that it doubts success, and that other projects and a memory I know that I will have, future too. I said, "What else am I?" I started going Florida commander, Col. Andrew Kelly, modifications would be enough to close the restoration efforts in the region will support wise. Just being reacclimated to the science a little bit further, and I was like, "Oh. I see stated that LOSOM’s goals did recognize gap. The Corps based the new manual on the the river’s continued restoration. of food, how serious a lot of people take what's happening. Like, I'm not even in my the tribe as a separate and distinct water- 2008 plan instead of allocations prior to that it. Why do you think this is an issue that is original body." Because I'm not eating the supply user. time. important for the tribe? original foods. Cody: The number one thing would I come from that household, my Pops is definitely be health, because I do feel like a tribe member, so I don't have a clan, but I'm we had a generation that had commodities Bird [Clan] affiliated. Tribe takes leadership role in climate forced on them. And then we kind of lost But my mom, she's Black. I come from our way of healthy eating. I mean, we've government cheese. I come from food stamps lost so many tribal members recently due to and WICs. I'm used to unhealthy eating. The resiliency compact sickness and Covid, and it's because we have system, telling you what to eat because your BY BEVERLY BIDNEY Heritage and Environmental Resources Resilient Florida Grant Program, which such poor health. The more people we lose, appearance. They give you a list of what you Staff Reporter Office. “It’s a prominent role. Hopefully it directs millions of dollars for vulnerability the more of our culture and our tradition that can buy in the store, but none of that stuff is will translate into relationships across the assessments, resilience plans and critical we're going to lose. If we don't try to fix that health conscious. No apples and no oranges, The Tribal Council unanimously voted state. We want to have a seat at every table.” projects. Local governments, universities and hold onto it, what are we going to be? nah. Aug. 6 to join the Southwest Florida Climate The tribe has been added to the list working with local governments and We're not going to be here. But I had to understand my why, too, Compact in a leadership role. of original members of the group, which regional entities are eligible for the grant. Rollie: Definitely, this comes into "Why do I love bananas?" When I heard the The goal of the group, a voluntary includes Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties; The tribe’s position on the leadership livelihood and the overall function of the story of Billy Bowlegs, everything started consortium of 15 local governments and the cities of Punta Gorda, Sanibel, Cape committee gives it a voice in how funds are tribe. Because without proper health and connecting. Because I want to be closer to non-profit organizations, is to work together Coral, Fort Myers Beach, Fort Myers, spent. Since only regional entities and local foods in our diets, how are we going to be Earth. I don't want to be far away from Earth toward solutions to climate change issues. Estero, Bonita Springs, Naples, Marco governments are eligible for the grants, able to make decisions? Food is a healer. We when it comes to this food thing. “It’s great for the tribe to be at the table Island and Everglades City; and the Captiva being part of the compact ensure the tribe heard testimonies of people, you know, who and show our leadership in the climate Erosion Prevention District. The tribe is an will benefit from its work. change space,” said Jill Horwitz, climate have high blood pressure, diabetes, things of F See FOOD on page 6A equal and active partner in the compact. resiliency officer for the Seminole Tribe’s The group will seek funding from the F See TRIBE on page 6A

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STAFF REPORT

LINCOLN, Neb. — Each year, Vision Maker Media funds media projects intended for PBS broadcasting that represent the cultures, experiences and perspectives of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Films are reviewed by a panel of public media programmers and Native American filmmakers, and board approved based on Native involvement, topics of relevance that can garner a wide audience, guideline eligibility, and meeting technical standards of PBS broadcast quality. This year’s topics communicate social justice, climate and environment, health and wellness, democracy and arts. Fourteen television projects were selected for 2021 funding and will be executive produced by Vision Maker Media for PBS television broadcasting. The filmmakers represent 23 different Native Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum nations with a total $841,522 in funding support. “Heenechatche, The Legacy of William Buffalo Tiger” is among the current exhibits at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on the Big Cypress Reservation. The films funded are at all stages of the production process, with some still in research while others are nearing the end of production. The Vision Maker Media Public Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum reopens to public for Media Fund offers up to $150,000 in support Courtesy photo for episodic programming and production, “Navajo Doctors” director/producer Billy Luther first time since pandemic’s arrival up to $100,000 for post-production, and a (Navajo, Hopi, Laguna Pueblo) range of $5,000 to $25,000 for research and BY BEVERLY BIDNEY for the reopening of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Artist Wilson Bowers is also featured in development. Staff Reporter Museum, to ensure the safe return of our the exhibit. He has anonymously produced The purpose for research and Producer: Stacey Rice (Tuscarora) staff, visitors and community,” Kate Macuen, dozens of murals and iconic images at development support is to fully develop The Tuscarora Nation faces an ongoing museum director, said in a statement. “We several locations in Big Cypress. Bowers’ a documentary or episodic program for water crisis outside of Niagara Falls. BIG CYPRESS — The Seminole look forward to welcoming everyone back commentary provides insight to the television broadcast. The purpose for Tribe reopened its Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum to the museum after 17 months of closure motivation, determination and thoughtful production support is to film, record and “Apache 8: Beyond the Fire” on Aug. 21. The date coincides with the and offering a unique and safe place where messaging these pieces provide. produce projects for television broadcast. Feature Documentary museum’s 24th anniversary and the tribe’s our visitors can learn about and celebrate The visuals are a means to encourage, The purpose for post-production support is Executive Producer: Heather Rae 64th anniversary of federal recognition. Seminole stories, history and traditions.” educate and celebrate the history and culture to bring projects to completion and deliver a (Cherokee) The museum, which had been closed In addition to the museum’s permanent of the Seminole people. The exhibit will run master cut for television broadcast. Producer: Katy Aday (White Mountain to the public since March 13, 2020, due to exhibits and the alligator wrestling exhibit through November 2021. “We’re elated by the variety of projects Apache) the pandemic, welcomed 44 visitors during which opened in late 2019, visitors can Two Worlds: “Heenechatche, the Legacy selected for the 2021 Public Media Fund,” Writer: Shepherd Tsosie (Diné) opening weekend, according to the museum. experience two new exhibits. of William Buffalo Tiger” will explore this Francene Blythe-Lewis (Diné, Sisseton- Facing catastrophic fires on the west The museum is open seven days a week Graffiti and Street Art: “Expressions of influential leader, who was paramount in the Wahpeton, Eastern Band Cherokee), coast, Native women work to incorporate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Masks must be worn to Community Pride” celebrates the art form independence of the Miccosukee Tribe. The executive director, said in a statement. “The Indigenous burning rights. enter the museum. Hand sanitizing stations and the tribal members who produce it. At exhibition will focus on Tiger’s contributions group of projects represent an array of tribes, will be positioned throughout the campus. the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown, to sovereignty and education of Native topics and impactful new stories that are The mile-long boardwalk is open to artist Alyssa Osceola used the abandoned people and his lead in the fight to protect vital to today’s dialogue. It is an honor for one-way traffic. Museum artisans were not in Big Cypress Bingo Hall to make a statement the Creator’s gifts. The exhibit will open in everyone at Vision Maker Media to be part place for opening day, but will return to the about the resilience of the Seminole people. September and run through spring 2022. of the creation of these important stories Seminole Village soon, as will the traditional She recovered her 11 by 20 foot mural For more information about the being told by and about Native Americans interpretation coordinator at the hunting from the abandoned building, which now museum. visit ahtahthiki.com. for public media.” camp. serves as an eye-catching centerpiece of the Projects selected for 2021 Public Media “We have been carefully preparing exhibition. Funding and their Native staff:

“Tiny Tot Nation” Animated Short NCAIED launches new magazine Producer/Director/Writer: Yvonne Russo (Sicangu Lakota Nation) BY BEVERLY BIDNEY and conditions for our people, both on and get a chance to grab one,” Frank said. “The Associate Producer: Reuben Fast Horse Staff Reporter off the reservation. NC Magazine won’t idea of the magazine ticked around for a (Standing Rock Lakota) shy away from these stories; we won’t be long time, finally getting it implemented is An adventure to find a lost moccasin in The National Center for American able to move forward unless we’re open fantastic. There’s a lot of talent out there time for the Christmas Powwow. Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) and honest about the challenges. But truth in Indian Country, so why not promote published its first issue of a new magazine be told, we need to celebrate our significant it whether it’s a tribal business or an “Navajo Doctors Project this summer, called NC Magazine. achievements and celebrate those who have individual’s. That’s what the National Center (working title)” The magazine, which will be accomplished great things – people like is all about.” Feature Documentary Courtesy photo published twice a year, will highlight the Congresswoman Sharice Davids. I hope Frank said RES was well attended, Director/Producer: Billy Luther “Drowned Land” director/producer accomplishments of Native American, NC Magazine fills this void and gives our and he was pleased to be promoting Indian (Navajo, Hopi, Laguna Pueblo) Colleen Thurston (Choctaw Nation) Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian community some needed good news.” business again. Doctors on the Navajo reservation work businesses and entrepreneurs. The first issue NCAIED is a nonprofit organization “We have so many great stories to tell,” through the COVID-19 pandemic. features an interview with Congresswoman which assists American Indian tribes and James wrote. “Not just about the National Sharice Davids of Kansas, an enrolled tribal people with business and economic Center, but about our clients and the work “The Salmon People” “And Knowledge to Keep Us” member of the Ho-Chunk Nation. development. It is the largest Indian specific they are doing across a variety of fields.” Feature Documentary Episodic Series The summer 2021 issue also includes business organization in the country and NCAIED shares the stories throughout Executive Producer/Co-Director: Producer/Photographer: Dr. Sven a legislative update, a report on the 35th works with about 1,200 clients, up from 200 the year, but the organization decided it Darrell Hillaire (Lummi Nation) Haakanson, Jr. (Sugpiaq, Athabaskan) Reservation Economic Summit (RES) as a few years ago. would be a good idea to put them in one Story Consultant/Narrator: Jay Julius Community Producers: Cheri & well as feature stories about young Native The magazine has a circulation of about location and make it easily available to (Lummi Nation) Speridon Simeonoff (Sugpiaq) leaders and entrepreneurs. 1,500, including clients, Native leaders, those interested in learning about the Lummi Nation confronts the drastic Elder Producers: Judy & Mitch “The objective of the magazine is sponsors and partners. NCAIED said it also Native American, Alaska Native and Native decline of wild salmon that is threatening Simeonoff (Sugpiaq) to share the story of the Indian Country delivered about 2,000 copies at RES 2021, Hawaiian economy. their way of life. Alaska Native kids gather to connect economy,” Chris James, president and held July 19-21 in Las Vegas The next issue will be published in with and celebrate their Sugpiaq ancestral CEO of NCAIED wrote in an email to the Tribal member Joel Frank Sr. is a board December. To view the current issue visit “Kanenon:we – original seeds” knowledge. Tribune. “We too often only hear the bad member of NCAIED and attended RES. ncaied.org and click on “About” and “News Feature Documentary stories – the stories of economic challenges “We ran out of magazines, so I didn’t and Blogs.” Director/Producer/Writer: Katsitsionni “The Land Returns” Fox (Mohawk) Feature Documentary Cinematographer: Jaiden Mitchell Co-Producer: Kevin Abourezk (Rosebud (Mohawk) Lakota) One of my goals for the future is if we could what you select. My goal is to bring over, Cinematographer: Mateo Hinojosa Co-Producer/Director/Editor: Charles F FOOD have traditional foods as an option. So when full force, without the extra bad foods. (Bolivian-American) “Boots” Kennedye (Kiowa) From page 5A events come at least we’ll have wild rice My heart is to get our people off of Indigenous women seed keepers Opportune pathways whereby and squash. But at the same time, if people anything that’s not grown from the ground. working to propagate and protect our seed Indigenous nations are regaining their land. still want their fry bread and their pumpkin I just found out that fry bread not even relatives for future generations. So I come from that, and a lot of bread, we can have those options there. I traditional, that’s from the Man, too. So if we my people forget that, because of the “Indigenous Genders (working title)” want people to have the option. To be like, gonna be tribal, let’s be tribal all the way. If “Good Fire” Episodic Series transformation that I went on. I’m a walking “Oh, hey. Let me try that.” Maybe they’ll if we’re going to do this thing the right way, testimony. I’m a strict vegetarian, I don’t eat Short Documentary Writer/Director: Raven Two Feathers like it. That’s my goal for the future. What’s with the origins of it, let’s do it. Writer/Producer: Roni Jo Draper (Cherokee, Seneca, Cayuga, Comanche) any meat, any dairy, and I limit the oils in my your goal for the future? My views do not reflect those of the body. I started eating this way in 2017 and I (Yurok) Executive Producer: Ciara Lacey Rollie: Honestly, my goal is to get Food Sovereignty Committee. I’m giving Disputing the notion of fire as our (Kanaka Maoli) see the benefits of it. I grew up on pumpkin us away from the bad eating, period. I my story and my testimony, not trying to bread, fry bread, softkee, all the good stuff. enemy. Producer: Eleni Ledesma (Indigenous understand that we all start at some spot. recruit and make people feel bad or judge. Mexican descent) On the other side, a lot of the food that we’re Everyone starts somewhere. My goal is I don’t do that, because I don’t want people eating, if we’re being honest with ourselves, (Untitled Tuscarora Short This documentary-series explores in no way to force anyone of anything. doing it to me. But they do it to me, too. Documentary) gender norms through Indigenous lenses. it’s not providing any type of healing. If First off, we’re sovereign as a whole, and They say I eat rabbit food. But I say, “I’ll be anything, it’s hurting more. Short Documentary then secondly, everyone’s individuals. a rabbit. I’ll be a rabbit, because it’s working “#MMIW: Search for Truth Cody: You know how we’ve been Everyone’s grown. Whatever you select is for me.” talking about having community gardens? (working title)” Feature Documentary Director/Executive Producer: Amanda Erickson (San Carlos Apache Nation) civic groups, business and civic leaders “The impact of and solutions for climate An Indigenous woman’s search to F TRIBE involved and the concept of being prepared change go beyond any one jurisdiction,” uncover the details of her sister’s death. From page 5A spread. Horwitz said. “They are regional in nature. “Compacts and alliances were becoming Having an equal voting seat at the table of “Alchesay” in vogue throughout the state,” Savarese this new regional entity is good for the tribe, Feature Documentary The compact is a result of the Water said. “All of a sudden there was interest both for its reputation as a local leader in the School at Florida Gulf Coast University, Director: Dustinn Craig (White from local governments.” climate space and to ensure that resiliency Mountain Apache) which has been working to organize the The compact was created in 2020. research and state-funded capital projects compact for about six years. The untold story of the first Apache Charlotte County was the first signatory, the are equitable and of benefit to the tribe.” Scouts. When FGCU began to explore the tribe was the most recent. The compact will be facilitated by the possibility of a climate resiliency compact, Each member of the compact chooses FCRC Consensus Center, a neutral third the subject of climate change was taboo “The Bears on Pine Ridge” one elected representative and one staff party nonprofit consultant located at Florida Feature Documentary in many city and county governments. member to participate in the work. The goal State University in Tallahassee. In the next The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Executive Producer: Sonny Skyhawk is to have a working structure by the fall few weeks, the leadership committee will (Sicangu Lakota) Administration proposed that FGCU and the to qualify for the Resilient Florida grant, meet with the facilitation team and develop University of Florida develop vulnerability A tribe’s suicide prevention team which acknowledges the value of regional the organizational structure of the group. mentors young suicide-survivors. assessment tools to explore what the future resiliency alliances. The grant legislation, Then the work of identifying climate change may hold. They held public presentations passed in May, guarantees $100 million per threats and responses can be crafted. with local governments. “Drowned Land” year of continued funding by establishing “This is a timely opportunity for the Feature Documentary “They were willing to accept the fact the Resilient Florida Trust Fund within the tribe to engage in meaningful collaborative that climate change was something they had Director/Producer: Colleen Thurston Department of Environmental Protection. partnership, research and decision-making (Choctaw Nation) to deal with when no one was willing to talk The compact sent two proposals with other local governments,” Horwitz about mitigation,” said FGCU Water School Editors: Gloria Shade (Cherokee, Diné) for Resilient Florida grants. One is for said. “There is a lot to talk about and thank Courtesy photo & Zach Litwack professor Michael Savarese. “They were administrative costs to get the compact up goodness we will have a forum to do it.” willing to talk about resilience.” “Kanenon:we – original seeds” Deep in the Choctaw Nation of rural and running; the second is for vulnerability director/producer/writer: Katsitsionni Fox Oklahoma, a group of water protectors fight Hurricane Irma was a wakeup call in analysis tools for the compact’s entire region. 2017. Savarese said they were able to get (Mohawk) to preserve the lifeline of their community. 7A • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021 Feds approve sports betting HRI names Kimberly Manna compact between tribe, state Sr. VP Of Retail and Licensing STAFF REPORT BY BEVERLY BIDNEY Staff Reporter HOLLYWOOD — Kimberly Manna, former chief executive officer of Panama Jack, has been appointed senior vice When the Seminole Tribe and the state president of Retail and Licensing for Hard of Florida signed a historic gaming compact Rock International. in April that would allow sports betting in “Kimberly’s wealth of experience in the state, the Department of Interior had brand strategy in the retail and licensing 45 days to approve, disapprove or take no spaces will be a great asset to Hard Rock action on the deal. The 45-day mark arrived International as we continue to grow our Aug. 5 and the DOI took no action, which retail footprint and expand our brand reach meant approval. across the globe,” Jim Allen, chairman The tribe can now facilitate sports of Hard Rock International and CEO of betting in Florida as early as Oct. 15. The Seminole Gaming, said in a statement Aug. compact also allows the tribe to add craps 11. Hard Rock International and roulette to its Florida casinos. Manna will report directly to Allen. Kimberly Manna, HRI’s senior vice president of “Today is a great day for the people “It is an honor to work with one of the Retail and Licensing. of Florida, who will benefit not only from world’s most globally recognized brands,” a $2.5 billion revenue sharing guarantee Manna said in a statement. “I look forward president for Sony Pictures Entertainment, over five years, but also from statewide to bringing new and exciting collaborations where she assisted with the development sports betting and new casino games that to Hard Rock’s international fan base.” of the brand’s franchise properties such will roll out this fall and mean more jobs for Manna served as CEO of Panama Jack as “Ghostbusters,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” Floridians and more money invested in this for more than 18 years, starting in 2003, “Men in Black,” “Godzilla,” “Jumanji,” state,” Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr. according to her Linkedin page. Long “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune.” said in a statement Aug. 5. known for its beach-related products, such Manna earned a bachelor’s degree in The 30-year compact was signed April as sun care, hats and sunglasses, Panama finance and marketing from the University 23 by Chairman Osceola and Gov. Ron Hard Rock Jack also has resorts in Mexico through a of Miami Herbert School of Business. She DeSantis. The Florida Legislature ratified it The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with the Guitar Hotel. partnership with Playa Hotels & Resorts. serves on UM’s School of Communication May 19 during a special session and Tribal Manna oversaw resort development as well Dean’s Advisory Committee. Council approved it June 17. The compact recognized class III gaming operations – Florida,” DeSantis said in a statement. “This as global wholesale, retail distribution, brand The Seminole Tribe is the parent entity guarantees the tribe will send an estimated and has been able to successfully negotiate mutually-beneficial agreement will grow our strategy and extension. of Hard Rock International. $6 billion to the state overall by 2030. class III gaming compacts with the State economy, expand tourism and recreation, Manna is also a former senior vice The DOI has jurisdiction over Indian to facilitate that expansion. We considered and provide billions in new revenue to gaming through the Indian Gaming these circumstances when conducting our benefit Floridians.” Regulatory Act (IGRA) and reviews all review, and it informed our assessment The tribe’s Hard Rock International compacts between states and tribes. In a of whether certain Compact provisions business has a new sports betting entity in Shelley Williams named to 12-page letter to the tribe and the governor, were the outcome of bilateral good-faith place. In December 2020, HRI launched Bryan Newland, assistant secretary of the negotiations.” Hard Rock Digital, a joint venture with a sales director position at HRI Interior for Indian Affairs, confirmed the Class II gaming operations by tribes group of gaming industry veterans. With typically consist of bingo. Class III involves headquarters in Hollywood and offices in compact would become effective upon its STAFF REPORT publication in the Federal Register. most casino-style gaming. Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Austin, Texas, “The tribe’s gaming operations DeSantis said the compact would Hard Rock Digital was created to serve as modernize the state’s gaming industry the online sportsbook, retail sportsbook and have resulted in an incredible success HOLLYWOOD — Hard Rock story,” Newland wrote. “Through a mix through the authorization of sports betting internet gaming platform for Hard Rock and through the tribe. Seminole Gaming. International announced Aug. 24 the of business savvy and shrewdness, the selection of Shelley Williams as director of tribe has grown its gaming operations “The final approval of this historic gaming compact is a big deal for the state of Global Sales for meetings and events. Most from limited class II facilities to globally- recently, Williams served as vice president of Sales at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. She was responsible for the recruitment and ongoing training of the sales team while leading hospitality sales Erica Deitz artwork graces cover of and convention services and serving as a key post-pandemic business recovery leader. Indian Gaming magazine Williams’ more than 25 years of experience in global hospitality includes Hard Rock International working for Caesars Entertainment, the Westmont Hospitality Group and the Shelley Williams, HRI’s director of Global Sales for BY BEVERLY BIDNEY meetings and events. Staff Reporter University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. She will report directly to Danielle Babilino, she has Executive Certificates in CRM/ senior vice president of Global Sales & Business Strategies from the Universidad The June issue of Indian Gaming Marketing. de Montevideo, Motevideo, Uruguay and magazine features artwork by a familiar Williams holds a Bachelor of Social Hospitality and Tourism Management from Seminole artist, Erica Deitz. Sciences degree with a specialty in Florida Atlantic University. The 24-by-27 inch acrylic painting International Business from Carleton “Ghost Horse Guardian” was created in 2002 University in Ottawa, Canada. Additionally, and remains in Deitz’s personal collection. Inspiration for the painting came to her from various tribes’ love of horses and how they honor the animals. Hard Rock’s 50th anniversary items available “They saw the horse as a symbol of motility, strength, power and as a blessing STAFF REPORT this year, more memorabilia commemorating and had deep respect for it,” Deitz wrote the achievement is becoming available. in an email to the Tribune. “They honored HOLLYWOOD — As Hard Rock Here are just a few of the dozens of items the horse with its own regalia. Some of the continues to celebrate its 50th anniversary available at shop.hardrock.com. regalia were commonly utilized by Lakota/ Dakota/Nakota people for a giveaway in honor or in remembrance of a relative, identification of a warrior society, in ceremonies such as a horse dance or simply to parade in celebration.” Deitz, who is Seminole, Winnebago and Ojibway, has been drawing since she was 3 years old and has been creating art ever since. Deitz comes by her talent naturally; her parents, Jo Motlow North and Robert North, met as students at the Institute of American Indian Arts and both of her grandmothers were artists. Dietz’s first one-person show was in elementary school at age 10. She continues to show her work around the world in solo and group exhibitions. She works in various mediums and offers an Indigenous perspective that is accessible to a wide range of audiences. “Many tribes also saw the horse as a Hard Rock Hard Rock spiritual guide who would bring the fallen Plush teddy bear Americana T-shirt warrior to the afterlife when they died in battle,” Deitz wrote. “This was known as the Ghost Horse, a beautiful horse that was a spiritual being and a conduit to the Spirit World. In my painting I honor the love, appreciation, and respect that all Indigenous Peoples have with their horses.” Courtesy photo Deitz believes in teaching tribal children “Ghost Horse Guardian,” an acrylic painting by Seminole artist Erica Deitz, appears on the June 2021 the knowledge, wisdom and lessons of the cover of Indian Gaming magazine. ancestors. She said her artwork is her way of keeping the spirits of her ancestors alive. The National Indian Child Welfare the April 3-6, 2022, conference in Orlando student union. Association (NICWA) recently chose (See page 9A). She is also a finalist for an art another of Deitz’s paintings as the theme for installation at Florida State University’s new Hard Rock Northern Indiana helps Salvation Army Hard Rock Cordial set of glasses

‘Christmas with the Countess’ comes to Tampa’s Hard Rock

FROM PRESS RELEASE Times. Live Nation signed her to a multi- show deal for an expanded national tour. TAMPA — Luann de Lesseps, She is involved in many charitable an original cast member of “The Real organizations, including The American Housewives of New York, will be at Hard Cancer Society, GLAAD, and ACE Rock Event Center in Seminole Hard Rock Partnership for the Homeless, and most Hotel & Casino Tampa on Dec. 28 at 8 recently partnered with The Fortune Society, p.m. with her new “Christmas With The which supports formerly incarcerated Countess” cabaret-style show. inmates by helping them build a successful Tickets are available at ticketmaster. life path as they reenter into society. com and seminolehardrocktampa.com. She’s currently working on her next In 2017, de Lesseps made her cabaret book after authoring the best-selling book debut with #CountessAndFriends selling “Class with the Countess: How to Live with Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana/Facebook out shows at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New Elegance & Flair.” Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana made a $25,000 donation to the Salvation Army of Lake County on Aug. 20. York City. The show has since received rave reviews from Vanity Fair and The New York 8A • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021 Summer acquisitions update from the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum

BY TARA BACKHOUSE The collection helps the museum fulfill its decorative objects like beadwork, baskets with majority approval in each case. class storage vaults. I would be happy to set Collections Manager mission. The museum takes responsibility for and dolls; photographs documents and maps; This month we bring you an update up a personal experience for you and your its collection and agrees to care for it using and oral histories. All acquisitions are only about some of the newest additions to the family to experience this part of the museum. professional standards that help keep the acquired after a diverse committee votes collection. 2021 has brought us unique, Just let me know if you’re interested. I can BIG CYPRESS — In February we collection safe for future generations. Since rare and beautiful pieces of art. We are be reached at [email protected]. brought you an article about the collections the museum was chartered in 1989, staff has especially thrilled to welcome eight pieces Looking forward to it! acquisitions process at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki worked hard to collect many different kinds of silver jewelry, crafted by noted artist Museum. The museum’s collection is full of of things that help tell the Seminole story. William Cypress. Work such as the diamond historic and modern items that we preserve New pieces enter the museum’s collection cutout earrings show Seminole themes. He for present and future Seminole generations. every year. They can be art or clothing; also draws inspiration from other sources. The dolphin pendant was inspired by Calusa culture and motifs. While the museum has a few historic silver pieces, Cypress’s pieces represent the first modern Seminole silverwork in the collection. The second summer highlight is a child’s patchwork dress and cape that was purchased by a tourist in Miami in 1925. It is a charming pastel outfit in good condition for its age. It has two simple strips of patchwork, which is also common for early 20th century patchwork. The cape and skirt together measure just over 3.5 feet long, so we can assume it was meant to fit someone under 5 feet tall. While it’s hard to tell from the picture, the small size of pieces like these make them special. Historic clothes made for children are much less common than pieces made for adults. Next time you are able to visit the museum, you may not see our new acquisitions in the galleries. With nearly Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum 200,000 pieces of Seminole history, we can 1920s child’s patchwork cape and dress enhance only put a small percentage of our collection the extensive patchwork collection at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum (2) on exhibit in the galleries at one time. You museum. William Cypress’s beautiful silver jewelry, above and right, now shines in the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. can see much more on a behind-the-scenes tour of the rest of our collection in our world- Montana Cypress delivers taste of Native life to movie biz

BY DAMON SCOTT Ashley, is a seamstress and Cypress said he – “Two Brothers,” (2018); “Christmas in Staff Reporter has a “nice litter of nieces and nephews back Ochopee” (2018); and “The Transcenders,” home.” His father runs a chickee business (2020). and his mother is also a seamstress. “Two Brothers” was Cypress’s first The Miccosukee Tribe is a relatively But home in Ochopee was a world away short film where he served as actor, writer small one – tightly knit – with about 700 from Los Angeles and Cypress said that and producer. It was adapted from one of tribal members. It makes Montana Cypress while there were Native Americans around, his short plays and shot in the Everglades. It fairly certain he’s the only one to pack up it took some time to connect. follows two Native brothers who move from and make his way from the reservation to “That was a hard part of the process. a reservation to Los Angeles. Southern California to direct, produce and There are Natives here but they are spread “It has very interesting themes; one of act in films. out – Lakota, Arapaho, the list goes on. I the guys has a dream to be really educated “Growing up, I made Sasquatch movies only knew [of] Miccosukee and Seminole and smart and becomes an art snob,” Cypress with my brother with a VHS recorder and and what was on ‘Dances with Wolves,’” he said. “The other one is trying to write stories, digital camera,” Cypress said by phone from said with a chuckle. screenplays and novels.” Burbank, California, where he lives. “I was Cypress forged relationships through It plays on Alaska Airlines flights and always involved in making those kinds of the Native Voices theater ensemble at the is expected to be available on YouTube later things.” Autry Museum of the American West and this year. Cypress grew up in Ochopee and left at his talents started to blossom. His second 2018 film is the farcical (in age 27 to attend the New York Film Academy “I [discovered during] acting school Cypress’s words) “Christmas in Ochopee.” in Los Angeles where he graduated with an that I knew how to write,” he said. “I started It’s a 17-minute short comedy about a Native associate of fine arts degree in acting for writing plays; all of the stories centered on who brings his white vegan girlfriend to a film. Now 33, he’s found a niche and has living on the rez. It was sometimes drama, reservation in the South. It’s available to increasingly made a name for himself in sometimes comedy.” view on YouTube. the industry after “hanging out playing rez His latest film, “The Transcenders,” ball for a good majority of my 20s with my Filmography was released last year and is scheduled to brother.” be screened at the Lumbee Film Festival in His older brother, Talbert, is a Cypress said he’s made seven or eight Pembroke, North Carolina on Sept. 18. It Miccosukee tribal leader. His older sister, movies in all, but three are more well known will be one of 18 new festival films that are

Courtesy photo Montana Cypress directed by Indigenous filmmakers. Lakota-Irish actor Zahn McClarnon. “The Transcenders” follows the “[Harjo] said he saw ‘Christmas in struggles of two brothers who find a remedy Ochopee,’” Cypress said excitedly. “It’s that promises to “transform their primitive these things that inspire me to keep going.” behavior” as they transition to life in the city He’s also hopeful that Native American Courtesy photo from their upbringing on a reservation. representation in Hollywood in general is Montana Cypress, left, and cinematographer Cooper Shine, work on a scene for the 2020 film “The Transcenders.” If the plots sound familiar, Cypress said improving. One example in his own career that’s because the subject matter of his films came when he was recently asked to appear are “somehow like an algorithm” of his life on an episode about Natives in South Florida and experiences. He said he’s also found it on the Nick Jr. learning app “Noggin,” a ironic that “you write more about a place spinoff of Nickelodeon. once you’ve moved from there.” Cypress said representatives were His current project is the film “Red looking for Native Americans to help Orchid.” Its production was delayed in 2020 develop and act in an episode based in South because of the pandemic but he’s hoping Florida. to pick it back up this fall. The film takes “They could have gotten any person place in an Indian camp in the Everglades that looked like an Indian with dark hair and in the late 1800s. It’s a departure from the dark skin but they wanted the actual thing,” drama-comedy theme and is “psychological Cypress said. horror, Cypress said. He said about 70% The episode features Native history, of the film’s dialogue will be spoken in the airboat rides in the Everglades and alligators. Seminole-Miccosukee language – Elaponke He wore a vest with traditional Miccosukee – and that some of the cast will consist of patchwork for the episode. Miccosukee tribal members. Cypress said the Seminole Tribe’s Everett Osceola was brought on the project Native presence to help with the script. Cypress said he’s always seen the Seminole Tribe as neighbors. Cypress’s success comes at a time when He also has a half-sister who is Seminole. Native Americans are being seen more “On my rez you see Seminoles and frequently in front of and behind the camera. on their rez you see Miccosukee,” he said. “I think there has been a slight shift and “We’re the same to a certain extent; we share it’s an exciting time,” Cypress said. the same language and clan system. When He recently met Sterlin Harjo – the we go to Corn Dance we’re all one.” Courtesy photo Native American filmmaker behind the FX Setting up a scene in the Everglades for the 2018 film “Two Brothers” are (from right to left) Montana Cypress, actor Joseph Adams and cinematographer comedy series “Reservation Dogs” – at a Cooper Shine. coffee shop in Burbank, where he also met 9A • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021 Health Editorial F DELTA From page 1A

Rep. Tom Cole: Get vaccinated “In some ways it’s worse than the beginning of the pandemic because people BY REP. TOM COLE By no means was this accelerated and people choose to get vaccinated, they not are so tired of it. What people fail to recognize record-time turnaround a result of cutting only protect themselves, but also at-risk is that this one (Delta) kills people much corners or ignoring existing safety standards individuals, including our own families, faster,” Kiswani-Barley said. In recent weeks, our country has required by statute. friends and loved ones. The tribe is offering an incentive for experienced an alarming uptick in Indeed, building on two decades of work Put simply, vaccines save lives. A tribal members to receive the vaccine. Those COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant, in similar vaccine platforms, from research key and familiar example includes annual who get a full two shot dose by Oct. 4 will which is more contagious than initial strains and development to clinical trials to granting flu shots, which prevent thousands of receive $500 and be entered into a raffle for that spread widely and first caused the emergency use authorization, the Food and hospitalizations and deaths every single a $1 million grand prize. That means a first coronavirus pandemic last year. Drug Administration remained compliant in year. dose must be administered by Sept. 5 to allow Indeed, this variant seems to be rearing every phase of research and development. This pandemic proves no different, and enough time between shots. The grand prize its ugly head across America, largely among And now, both Pfizer and Moderna are it requires each of us to fully eradicate. drawing is scheduled to take place Oct. 5. those who are unvaccinated, with most cases seeking biologics licenses — or full FDA Unlike some countries around the While it’s true that the tribe has seen an of hospitalizations and deaths among those approval — for the vaccines they developed, world, America has the means to fight and increase in vaccinations, the number is still who have not yet received a coronavirus demonstrating even more supporting defeat this virus, including any variants that far below goals. As of late August about one- vaccination. evidence of their efficacy and safety. emerge. third of eligible tribal members had been Considering how easily accessible Regrettably, however, even while these While this process does not happen vaccinated. The goal of HHS is to have at vaccines are to Americans, this is not how it vaccines were under rapid development last overnight, by getting vaccinated, we have least 70% of those eligible be vaccinated. should be in our communities. year, some began spreading misinformation the power to keep up the momentum toward Kiswani-Barley added that while Remember, Operation Warp Speed, and causing public doubt about their efficacy normal rather than undo progress made over vaccinated people can still catch the Delta initiated by the Trump administration, and safety. the last several months. Courtesy photo variant, the vast majorities are not being allowed the United States to partner hospitalized or dying. Further, she said The unfortunate result of this If you are able to receive a vaccine, like U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (Chickasaw Nation) with talented researchers in private misinformation is that millions of Americans I did earlier this year, I urge you to do so. booster shots would soon be available to those pharmaceutical companies to scale up remain unprotected from a disease that is And if you have any lingering questions, who are in “severely immunocompromised” development and deploy safe and effective now within our collective power to stop. please do not wait to schedule a conversation Congressional District. This op-ed written categories and that eventually booster shots vaccines, free to every American over age Throughout history, vaccines have with your trusted health care provider. was originally published in early August in would be offered to the general population. 12, in a matter of months by bypassing played a vital role in ridding our world of the The Norman (Okla.) Transcript. For the general population a booster shot can bureaucratic red tape that typically keeps dangerous and deadly diseases and viruses, Congressman Tom Cole (Chickasaw be administered eight months after a second medicines waiting for years for review. such as smallpox and polio. When more Nation) represents Oklahoma's Fourth dose. Meanwhile, tribal health clinics are open for essential visits only because of the surging numbers. In addition, Kiswani-Barley said clinics would soon administer a Covid-19 NICWA’s Orlando conference theme has Seminole connection antibody treatment through Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for those who are eligible. BY DAMON SCOTT “I hope people will get vaccinated,” she about the conference theme. “This physical said. “It won’t guarantee you won’t get the Staff Reporter movement was part of the cycle of their virus, but it will give you a high probability calendars, something to anticipate and look to survive.” forward to. Through these relationships and Tribal members can call their local clinic National Indian Child Welfare interdependence, our peoples were sustained or the HHS hotline at (833) 786-3458 for Association (NICWA) officials are hopeful over generations. Similarly, today, no matter more information. Tribal employees can call that the next conference will be a marker where we work, travel, or live, home remains the hotline for more information as well. toward some normalcy. The annual gathering the place where we feel connected.” . has been a virtual one for the last two years The conference is a mix of general due to the pandemic, but its 2022 version sessions, workshops, meetings and keynote is scheduled to be an in-person affair in speakers. Those who attend are often Orlando. There will also be online options engaged in child welfare systems, including for those who don’t travel to the Sunshine government officials, young people, State. mental health workers, juvenile justice Webinar to focus The Seminole Tribe has been a staunch service providers, students, those in legal supporter of NICWA for years – it is often professions, child advocates and tribal, state on Covid-19 in the lead sponsor for the conference – and and federal leaders. this year it has even more connections. A Topics include child welfare, adoption Indian Country watercolor painting by tribal member and services, foster care, children’s mental artist Erica Deitz was chosen to represent the health, judicial and legal affairs, the Indian FROM PRESS RELEASE conference theme – “Homecoming.” Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and more. Deitz’s painting depicts a Seminole The conference also features an camp scene with chickees, women cooking exhibition space with various vendors and Courtesy NICWA OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A an awards ceremony. over a fire, grinding corn, and living a Tribal member Erica Deitz created the watercolor painting “Homecoming” that represents the theme three-part series on health equity in Indian traditional camp life. “This conference is an opportunity for for NICWA’s 2022 Orlando conference. Country will begin with a virtual roundtable “Our ancestors, in their villages and reflection and stock-taking,” the NICWA discussion Sept. 9. camps, often traveled to neighboring announcement continued. “We can observe The Native American Journalists places to visit relatives, replenish supplies, where we are now, the characteristics of this that we may serve families better.” been announced as of press time. For more Association will host “Leading the Way: celebrate seasons and hunts, and visit to place – both literally and figuratively, and The 40th “Protecting Our Children information, go to nicwa.org. Indian Country and Covid-19 Vaccinations,” enjoy each other’s company and share the status of our people. This is a chance to Conference” runs from April 3-6. The a live question and answer forum at 4 p.m. news,” NICWA said in an announcement affirm what we do and to adjust practices so Orlando venue for the conference had not (ET) via Zoom. The webinar will discuss successes and challenges of vaccination programs and share data from the American Covid-19 Vaccine Poll, a national survey focused on James Driving Hawk named CEO of IHS’s largest hospital overcoming obstacles to full and equitable FROM PRESS RELEASE experience in financial management, healthcare Stritch University and is a current member of the vaccination coverage. administration, purchased/referred care, business American College of Healthcare Executives. Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Díne), managing editor of Indian Country Today, The Indian Health Service announced Aug. office operations and tribal budget consultation. The Phoenix Indian Medical Center provides Before joining the IHS Great Plains Area, he primary care services to four Phoenix Service will host the program. Participants are 25 the appointment of James Driving Hawk as scheduled to include Raymond Foxworth the chief executive officer of the Phoenix Indian served as executive officer of the IHS Phoenix Unit tribes; the San Lucy District of the Tohono Area Office. O'odham Nation, the Tonto Apache Tribe, the (Navajo) from First Nations Development Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The center is Institute, and Adrianne Maddux (Hopi Tribe the IHS’ largest hospital, providing direct health Driving Hawk led the IHS Great Plains Area Yavapai-Apache Indian Tribe, and the Yavapai- as director and acting director for more than four Prescott Indian Tribe. The center also works closely of Shungapavi) from Denver Indian Health care services to more than 150,000 patients. and Family Services. Driving Hawk, an enrolled member of the years. During that time, he established a new with the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and the governance structure for all hospitals and clinics Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, that Visit https najanewsroom.com for more Rosebud Sioux Tribe, has served as director of the information. IHS Great Plains Area Office since 2019, where and developed a division of quality and compliance have contracted operations of their primary care. he provided leadership in the administration of a for the area. Under his leadership, all IHS health Tribal members who receive care at the center are comprehensive federal, tribal, and urban Indian care facilities in the Great Plains Area achieved full also often residents of the greater Phoenix area and IHS health care system. accreditation. hail from tribes throughout the country. James Driving Hawk Driving Hawk has more than 23 years of Driving Hawk holds a Bachelor of Science (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) degree in business administration from Cardinal 10A • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021 SEMINOLE SCENES

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum ANNIVERSARY DAY: Aug. 21 marked the 64th anniversary of federal recognition of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum posted this photo on its Facebook page showing a gathering of the first Tribal Council. From left are Frank Billie, Mike Osceola, John Cypress, John Josh, Billy Osceola (Chairman), Laura Mae Osceola (Secretary), Betty Mae Jumper, Charlotte Tommie Osceola and Howard Tiger.

Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood STONES TRIBUTE: The Guitar Hotel was lit in red in memory of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died Aug. 24 at age 80. Watts had been with the Stones since 1963. His final concert was Aug. 30, Fan Cloth (3) 2019, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. PECS PRIDE: Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School gear, including chairs, hats, hoodies, jackets, shirts, shorts, tights and other items are available at fancloth.shop/PRQ3E. Purchase of items serves as a fundraiser for the school. The final day to order is Oct. 1. Seminole Scenes Rewind: Photos from the past - canoes

File photo John Henry poles his canoe on a lake.

File photo (2) Above, Billy Cypress leads a canoe ride on the New River. Below, Bobby Henry, at left, steers a canoe on a lake.

File photo The underbelly of a wooden canoe. 11A • The Seminole Tribune • August 31,, 2021 NATIONAL NATIVE NEWS Shinnecock Tribe receives smallmouth bass, an invasive species that and protect our national parks to make to empower Native American tribes to • The B.A.A. will donate to $18M for new medical marijuana devours young salmon before they can reach them more accessible for everyone. I look develop and deploy renewable energy the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Newton the ocean. forward to working with him to welcome to restore their self-reliance. Like the Committee working through its fiscal agent, dispensary The tribe approached ODFW Director Americans from every corner of our country MacArthur Foundation, we are committed Newton Community Pride, and intended to Melcher and Gov. Kate Brown and her staff into our national park system. The outdoors to supporting the reinvention of systems that support the work of the Indigenous Peoples’ The Shinnecock Indian Nation in recent weeks, offering to partner with the are for everyone, and we have an obligation foster just, equitable, and resilient Native Day Newton Committee, to fund their first- will receive $18 million through a new state on those immediate goals as well as to protect them for generations to come,” communities. Replacing extractive energy ever Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration. partnership to build and help manage a other Coquille River salmon and watershed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a systems with clean, regenerative energy is a • The B.A.A. will celebrate medical marijuana facility on the tribe’s problems. According to the tribe, the initial statement. transformational solution to a dire problem,” Indigenous runners, Ellison Brown territory in eastern Long Island. reactions have been promising. Sams has worked in state and tribal Smith said. (Narragansett, champion of the 1936 and Chanae Bullock runs Little Beach “Director Melcher and his staff have governments and the non-profit natural “As we emerge from this moment of 1939 races) and Patti Catalano Dillon Harvest, the Shinnecock company that will made the equipment needed to continue bass resource and conservation management crisis, we have an opportunity to improve the (Mi’kmaq, three-time runner-up), through manage the medical marijuana cultivation removals available to us and we are working fields for more than 25 years. He currently critical systems that people and places need its banner program across Boston. The and dispensary. She said the facility is together in an intensive removal effort over serves as a council member to the Northwest to thrive. Our systems and structures must be B.A.A. will also recognize another expected to open in early 2022 on tribal land the next several weeks. We are collaborating Power and Conservation Council, appointed rebuilt,” MacArthur Foundation President champion, Tom Longboat from 1907, as in Southampton. on actions to secure the full brood stock by Oregon Governor Kate Brown. John Palfrey said in a statement. “We are well as other top Native American finishers “The focus is usually where the money needed this year and communicating on a He has held a variety of roles with the committed to ensuring that our response to in race history, through campaigns, features, is going and how it’s helping: ‘Yay, everyone daily basis. If these small steps indicate a Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian the pandemic is focused on supporting the and programming. is happy because there’s money being had.’ willingness by the state to work together Reservation, most recently as their executive reimagining of systems that create a more • The B.A.A. will recognize No, it’s bigger than that. We are talking with the Coquille Tribe as a partner, and with director. He has also had roles as the president/ just, equitable, and resilient world.” Indigenous athletes participating in the the know-how. We are talking professional urgency, the salmon in the Coquille River CEO of the Indian Country Conservancy, Globally, solar energy has the potential 125th Boston Marathon over race weekend development. We are talking resources. I just might have a chance.” executive director for the Umatilla Tribal for significant positive effects on economic, and on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. mean, intellectual property of a publicly A particular concern is Ferry Creek, Community Foundation, national director of social, and ecological systems, according to traded company is huge,” Bullock said. a Coquille River tributary where ODFW the Tribal & Native Lands Program for the the Covenant Tribal Solar Initiative. It also - Staff eportr The agreement is with TILT Holdings, collects returning adult salmon for its Trust for Public Land, executive director for stated that in American Indian communities an Arizona-based company that develops hatchery program. the Columbia Slough Watershed Council, — where a smaller electric bill means tribal cannabis projects. Ryerson University to change its “We need to protect adult salmon executive director for the Community more money for food, medicine, and other name amid reckoning with history of TILT will receive over 11% of gross from sea lions and ensure that the existing Energy Project, and president/CEO for the essentials — solar makes an exponentially revenue generated by the Shinnecock brood stock trap works effectively,” Meade Earth Conservation Corps. greater impact, and aligns with Native belief residential schools medical marijuana facility, plus a sizable said. “We are pressing for a plan to collect Sams holds a Bachelor’s of Science systems. stake in their company for the first nine brood stock in other areas of the basin if degree in business administration from “For eons, my people were self-reliant. TORONTO, Ontario, Canada ⁠— years. the Ferry Creek trap doesn’t collect all the Concordia University-Portland and a The earth provided for all of our needs. Ryerson University’s board of directors has Bryan Polite, the chairman of the tribal adults needed this year so we can have a full Master’s of legal studies in Indigenous The devastating effects of colonization, voted to change the Toronto school’s name council, explained the importance of the hatchery release. We are urging ODFW to Peoples Law from the University of westward expansion, manifest destiny, and over concerns about the man the institution project to the tribe. advance actions that help the salmon that it Oklahoma. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. the deliberate extermination of the buffalo by is named for and his links to Canada’s “It’s to provide diversified revenue has been considering for a while, and also colonists stripped us of our ability to provide residential schools. streams for the Nation, so we can become to work with us creatively, applying good - From press release for ourselves, causing us to be reliant on In a post on the school’s website economically self-sustainable — not only science, and not letting aging management outsiders for survival,” Otto Braided Hair, Aug. 26, President and Vice Chancellor fund the government but also some of these plans or the status quo hamstring our joint Colorado Native Americans: Northern Cheyenne Tribal Member and co- Mohamed Lachemi announced the change is social programs that we’ve been able to forthcoming as part of 22 recommendations efforts to get more of our salmon coming Repeal of state proclamations that founder and executive director of Covenant bring to fruition,” Polite said. home now. And the Coquille Tribe is going Tribal Solar Initiative, said in a statement. made by the university’s Standing Strong The tribe is also considering a separate to be there as a partner to help.” led to Sand Creek Massacre a step “This funding supports critical efforts to (Mash Koh Wee Kah Pooh Win) Task Force. recreational marijuana proposal. It requires a A plan released by ODFW in May calls toward healing ensure that the regenerative results of solar Egerton Ryerson is considered one full vote by its tribal members to create rules for installation of a sea lion excluder at Ferry energy deployment will ignite a systems- of the primary architects of the residential for local businesses to sell pot. Creek. The excluder is basically a steel fence DENVER, Colo. ⁠— Dozens of Native level change in the economic and social school system and, in recent years, staff that blocks the predatory mammals from American and Indigenous people from conditions in our Native communities, and students had been calling for both the - WSHU Public Radio (Fairfield, Conn.) pursuing the salmon upstream. Colorado and Oklahoma gathered Aug. leading to a restoration of our self-reliance, removal of his statue and for the university The tribe has been assured that the 17 to celebrate the repeal of two 157-year- and of hope. Coming out of a pandemic, this to change its name. Tribe sues Arizona over new device is nearly ready to be deployed, but old proclamations by former Territorial is more important than ever,” said Braided The statue of Ryerson that once stood on sports betting law they say speed is crucial. Governor John Evans that harmed their Hair. the school’s campus was toppled earlier this “That fence needs to be in place now,” ancestors before the Sand Creek Massacre Leveraging U.S. Department of year, amid the discovery of unmarked grave TUCSON, Ariz. ⁠— Attorneys for the Meade said. of 1864. Energy funding, philanthropy, and impact sites on the grounds of former residential Yavapai Prescott Indian tribe filed a lawsuit State and tribal staff members also Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive investment, Covenant Tribal Solar Initiative’s schools. against Gov. Doug Ducey and Arizona plan to meet in the next few days to discuss order outside of the Capitol to mark the scope of work in the next 12 months includes In response to the growing controversy, Department of Gaming director Ted Vogt, maximizing the Ferry Creek fish trap’s occasion, rescinding Evans’ decrees issued the development of residential, commercial, the university formed the task force to alleging state lawmakers illegally passed the performance. June 27, 1864, and Aug. 11, 1864. The first and utility-scale projects totaling more than reconsider the school’s name, Egerton state’s new sports betting, event wagering Along with improved hatchery required “friendly Indians” to go to certain three megawatts on the Northern Cheyenne Ryerson’s legacy and other commemorative bill in April. production, the tribe asked the state to step camps while Indigenous families who Reservation, and more on the Standing elements on campus. The tribe filed the lawsuit Aug. 26 in up electrofishing activities to reduce bass fought “the whites” had to be kept away Rock Sioux Reservation. As more funding The group’s 22 recommendations Maricopa County Superior Court. numbers. Electrofishing uses a special boat “until they are all effectually subdued.” is secured, Covenant Tribal Solar Initiative included renaming the institution, sharing The tribe’s attorneys argue the passage to stun fish and collect them in dip nets. The The second called on Coloradans to pursue plans to expand to additional tribes. materials to recognize the legacy of Egerton of the law violated the state’s Voter state deployed its boat recently for a bass “hostile Indians” with weapons; they would Ryerson and providing more opportunities Protection Act, as it permits non-tribal population study, but the tribe asked the state get paid for doing it and could keep all stolen - From press release to learn about Indigenous history and gaming operators to gamble outside of tribal to do more, and it has. property for themselves. Indigenous-colonial relations. Student activist Sam Howden, who land. “We agreed that we are going to Evans ultimately was forced to resign COVID-19 in Indigenous transition from gathering data about the because of the Sand Creek Massacre where is Red River Métis and uses they/them As a result, the tribe argues, the new law communities: Active cases in First distorts the purpose of the “Indian Gaming bass, which we agree are a big problem, to U.S. soldiers attacked and killed Native pronouns, was one of a group of students Preservation and Self-Reliance Act,” actually removing as many of them as we people, including Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations communities on the rise who began referring to the university as “X authorizing Native American tribes in the can right now, with Coquille Tribal staff or Indians, in southeastern Colorado territory. University”, after publicly calling for the state to operate limited forms of gambling joint ODFW/Coquille Tribe crews,” Meade The soldiers spent seven hours killing and The number of outbreaks of COVID-19 school to change its name for years. in tribally-owned casinos and violates the said. mutilating hundreds of people, despite a in First Nations communities has spiked, “We got what we wanted,” they said, state’s ban on special laws granting special Though these initial steps are small, peace deal that had been brokered. following a steady drop in the rate of active calling the name change “pretty incredible.” benefits to specific entities, groups or Meade said the tribe is pleased to have made Tribal leaders who gathered with cases since January. “But I really want to emphasize that this individuals. progress toward cooperative management Polis, Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera and other The rate of reported active cases of happened because of student action, because Lawyers also say the passage of the of the resource. Meade called on sportsmen state leaders said the move was a step COVID-19 in First Nations communities is we were on the ground, because it was a law as an emergency measure, under and the area’s tourism industry to contact toward healing generational trauma and an currently 1.9 times the respective rate in the direct action and because we were bringing which it immediately took effect, was also Gov. Kate Brown to express support for acknowledgement of their history. They general Canadian population. awareness and education to community unconstitutional. saving the river’s fall Chinook run. shared their experiences, sang traditional As of Aug. 23, there were 609 active members and making sure that we centred The law grants 10 commercial sports songs and prayed together. cases of the virus in First Nations across the experiences on Indigenous people.” betting licenses to professional sports - KCBY-TV (North Bend, Oregon) “To me, hundreds of years later, the country, according to the latest data from team owners or franchises, the operator fact that we’re finally taking away those Indigenous Services Canada. - CBC News of the sports facility that hosts an annual Dedication held for first hateful words and we’re also making a place The majority of new infections in First where we’re all safe is a big step,” Northern Nations reported the week of Aug. 23 were Professional Golf Association tournament Wyoming veterans memorial Bill creating paid holiday for and the promoter of a NASCAR touring Arapaho Tribal Chairman Jordan Dresser in Saskatchewan. First Nations in Alberta state workers on California Native honoring Native American- said. “We have a long ways to go in terms and British Columbia also experienced race. Additionally, the law grants 10 licenses American Day will go to governor to Arizona tribes. Indigenous veterans of the Wind of race relations and us as Native people and outbreaks of the virus. “This means that only 10 out of 22 River Reservation people of color to feel safe at all places at all The data from Indigenous Services of the State’s federally recognized Indian times. But these are the right steps that are Canada does not include outbreaks in the A measure to grant state judicial branch employees the first-ever paid state holiday on tribes will be granted this license,” the news FORT WASHAKIE, Wyo. ⁠— The going to ensure that those things continue in territories, but the N.W.T.’s Sahtu region release from tribal lawyers reads. a good faith.” has been grappling with spread of the delta California Native American Day will head dedication of the first memorial in Wyoming to Gov. Gavin Newsom after the Assembly honoring Native American-Indigenous Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Treasurer variant of COVID-19 in its communities. - KOLD (Tucson, Arizona) Alston Turtle said Native people have been Since the pandemic began, there concurred in Senate amendments on a 73-0 Veterans and their military service was held bipartisan vote Aug. 26. Aug. 12. Several state and local leaders resilient throughout history and this is a have been 34,175 cases in First Nations time to make things right. He encouraged communities. A total of 389 First Nations The bill, AB 855, was introduced Coquille Tribe partners with state were in attendance to commemorate this by Assemblyman James C. Ramos momentous occasion. people in other states to advocate for similar people living on-reserve have died from the on salmon rescue reforms, and said the next step should be virus, with four deaths reported in the last (D-Highland), a member of the Serrano/ “It was an honor to serve the United Cahuilla tribe and the first California Native States of America. It is the most respected renaming Mount Evans. week. NORTH BEND, Ore. ⁠— State and Last year, Polis created a state Total hospitalizations have risen to American lawmaker elected in state history. position in Shoshone culture and at the Judiciary employee holidays are set in tribal officials will collaborate on emergency forefront of many tribal activities and geographic naming board to consider 1,631, and the number of First Nations action to rescue Coquille River fall Chinook changing the names of mountains and bodies people who have recovered from the disease the Code of Civil Procedure and a change ceremonies,” said Gulf War Veteran, requires legislation. Other state employees salmon, the Coquille Indian Tribe announced and Chief Washakie descendant Kristen of water with racist ties, including Mount is now at 33,177. Aug. 25. Evans. are covered in the Government Code. Washakie. AB 855 amends the Code of Civil “We’re looking at a brief window of The Path of Honor - Wind River Veterans Ruth Gardipe of the Southern and - CBC News time and a tiny breeding stock returning Northern Cheyenne tribes said her parents Procedure to recognize California Native Memorial is located in Fort Washakie on American Day as a judicial holiday to to the river,” said tribal Chairman Brenda the Wind River Reservation, The Path of came to Colorado through the relocation Boston Marathon organization Meade. “We need to act now and give these program in the 1950s, and she and her sister provide proper recognition for the state’s Honor is a tribute to all military service apologizes for race coinciding with First People and celebrate their history. fish a future.” members who live within the boundaries of were born in Denver. Gardipe said they used Meade reported successful discussions to hear stories from her mother about her Indigenous Peoples’ Day It does not create an additional paid the reservation. The memorial is a collection holiday for court personnel because between the tribe and Curt Melcher, director of stones representing four-eras of service; mother’s great-grandmother, a survivor of of the Oregon Department of Fish and the Sand Creek Massacre. BOSTON, Mass. ⁠— The Boston Columbus Day would be exchanged for Pre World War Era Service and World Wars another state holiday, California Native Wildlife, on immediate steps to maximize I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, “I feel very blessed,” Gardipe said Athletic Association on Aug. 28 issued an this fall’s salmon breeding cycle. of being part of the event, years after apology for its decision to hold the Boston American Day, which is celebrated on the and finally the Post- Vietnam & Gulf War fourth Friday in September. “Director Melcher has agreed with me Era. her parents were active in their Native Marathon on the same day as Indigenous that we must ensure a successful brood stock communities. “I feel very honored.” Peoples’ Day. Court personnel are currently the only “The Path of Honor project at its state workers receiving the existing Oct. 12 collection this year,” Meade said. “The last core seeks to unify, include, and inspire. The association will hold the marathon few years, ODFW has released less than half - The Denver Post on Oct. 11. The race was postponed from its holiday as a paid day off. Encouraging us all to come together to learn The Judicial Council, a sponsor of the of the juvenile Chinook salmon from the about, preserve, and honor the incredible usual April slot due to the pandemic. Oct. 11 hatchery that their plan requires. The reason is recognized as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. proposal, voted in January to seek authority courage, commitment, and sacrifice of all Native-led solar organization to ensure California Native American Day is that with so few adults returning over veterans who have lived on the Wind River “In selecting the fall date for the the last several years, it has been difficult receives grant from Boston Marathon, the Boston Athletic is designated as a paid holiday for court Reservation,” said Commander Wyman H. MacArthur Foundation employees. to gather enough adults to secure the eggs Weed, Sr of Richard Pogue Post #81. Association (B.A.A.) in no way wanted needed to meet the hatchery plan objectives. to take away from Indigenous Peoples’ AB 855 is sponsored by the Judicial Council of California. It is also supported We have agreed to meet and develop specific - From press release LAME DEER, Montana ⁠— Covenant Day or celebrations for the Indigenous and plans to collect the eggs needed to meet our Tribal Solar Initiative, a Native-led nonprofit Native American Community. We extend by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, goals.” organization that empowers American our sincere apologies to all Indigenous the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, The number of adult fall Chinook Charles Sams III nominated for Indian tribes to replace extractive energy people who have felt unheard or feared the the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, the Tribal returning to the river each year has collapsed National Park Service systems with clean, regenerative energy has importance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations, in the past decade – falling from more than leadership position received a $775,000 grant from the John D. would be erased. We are sorry,” the B.A.A. California Tribal Business Alliance and 30,000 in 2010 to just a few hundred by and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for said in a statement. the Nashville-Enterprise Miwok-Maidu- Nishinam Tribal Council. 2019. Those returning fish provide the brood WASHINGTON, D.C. ⁠— The White its work supporting Native American tribes The B.A.A. said it would take the stock to begin a new life cycle of juvenile House announced Aug. 18 the intent to as they pursue energy sovereignty and a following actions: salmon – fish that will mature at sea before return to self-determination. • Prior to the start of the Boston - Lake County News (Clear Lake, nominate Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III, an California) coming home to spawn. enrolled member of the Cayuse and Walla “The MacArthur Foundation is making Marathon, a land acknowledgement will In conversations over the past few Walla of the Confederated Tribes of the significant investments to combat climate take place to recognize that the race travels weeks, the tribe urged ODFW to prioritize Umatilla Indian Reservation, as director of change, placing a new emphasis on its through Indigenous homelands. 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BY BEVERLY BIDNEY motivate them to achieve success. Staff Reporter “I always knew when you are good at something, you just have to keep going,” Nunez said. “There are a lot of people who Cheyenne Nunez graduated from the look up to you even if you don’t know it. I University of South Florida on Aug. 21 with want to leave a really big legacy.” a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. A strong work ethic got Nunez through “The graduation was amazing,” said college and her collegiate softball career. Nunez, 23. “I am the first generation in my She believes in trying to get 1% better at family to get a bachelor’s degree.” something every day. After spending two years as a student “Focus on one thing and over time, you athlete at State College of Florida, Bradenton, will be a completely different person,” she Nunez transferred to the University of South said. “One thing we can’t stop or get back is Carolina Upstate where she played softball time, so you might as well use the time we for the NCAA Division I school. When the have to get better.” Covid-19 pandemic hit, she transferred to Nunez learned a lot more than playing USF for her senior year to finish her degree. the game during her years as a softball “College was a great experience, it player. She learned plenty of life skills, such changed my life,” Nunez said. “You don’t as working with people and being resilient. even realize how big the world can be. If During her sophomore year on the I would have stayed at home, I wouldn’t SCF Bradenton Manatees, Nunez broke the have known who I was as a person. It made college record for stolen bases in a season. me come out of my shell, it raised my The record was 24, so she wanted that 25th confidence.” steal. To this day, she doesn’t remember Courtesy photo After transferring to USF, Nunez what team they were playing, but she broke Cheyenne Nunez and her family celebrate her graduation from the University of South Florida on Aug. 21. From left are Justin Gonzalez, Eddy Gonzalez, got engaged to Eddy Gonzalez, became the record and her team won the game. Edelyn Gonzalez, Joleyne Nunez, Peggy Nunez, Elianna Gonzalez, Cheyenne Nunez, Daliyah Nunez and Daniel Nunez Sr. pregnant and prepared to give birth during “We were hot that year,” Nunez her last semester’s midterm exams. She recalled. “It was the hardest I ever ran in my notified her teachers, who wished her the life. I broke the record at the college level; at SCF Bradenton about her post-collegiate Nunez said. “I’m excited to take everything to take a risk,” she said. “Don’t be afraid of best, but Nunez knew she still had to take that was so unreal to me.” plans. Schuerman offered Nunez a job as I learned from the Division I level and bring the unknown; if you do are then you already the exams. She gave birth to her daughter, By the end of her career, Nunez notched an assistant coach for her old team and she it back to the junior college level. I haven’t lost half the battle.” Elianna Gonzalez, shortly thereafter. 39 stolen bases. She said it is still a record. accepted. been out of the game too long, I’m still fresh. Nunez’s family, including her father “It was hard, but worth it in the end,” Nunez used to practice sliding and reading “She is bringing a special type of I tell them I was in their shoes not too long Daniel, mother Peggy and her sisters she said. “I slowed down, but I didn’t give balls from the catcher’s hand. knowledge to our program as she has ago. I am ready to give them tips on how to attended the graduation along with her fiancé up. Elianna was my motivation to keep “Sliding isn’t as graceful as it looks, it played for us in the past,” Schuerman said be successful and become more organized, Gonzalez, his siblings Justin and Edelyn, going.” hurts sometimes,” she said. “I was the first in an email to the Tribune. “She is able to because they will have to study a lot.” and daughter Elianna. Nunez believes everyone should at batter; my goal was to get on base. I didn’t transition her role from player to coach Nunez believes courage and resiliency “It’s been a long four and a half years, least try college, including her two younger get home runs. Once I got on base, then it seamlessly. She is also young and relatable are the most important things to learn and but she has accomplished a lot in these sisters, Joleyne and Daliyah, both students was me against the catcher.” to our current athletes’ needs.” she plans to teach them to the student- years,” said Peggy Nunez. “We are very at Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School in Before she graduated, Nunez spoke to Nunez started her job a few days before athletes she coaches. proud of her.” Brighton. She wants to be a role model and her former head coach, Mandy Schuerman, she graduated. “You shouldn’t be afraid to take a “I’m excited to coach these girls,” chance, in life you should always be willing Hollywood preschoolers get Ahfachkee School special graduation gift 2021-22 safety

STAFF REPORT assistant at We Do Recover. had recently received their diplomas. “It’s really been a community effort that “We wanted [preschoolers] to know protocols will hopefully make them smile,” Board their accomplishments are just as important,” HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood Rep. McCall said. Board Rep. McCall said. preschoolers received a unique graduation Board Rep. McCall said she wanted to Board Rep. McCall said when she and The Ahfachkee School principal Dorothy Cain announced in a letter to parents, guardians gift from the office of Hollywood Board do something memorable for the kids after Frank were kids they received bikes as a and students the updated opening date for the 2021-2022 school year will be Aug. 30 and Representative Christine McCall on Aug. their drive-thru graduation was canceled graduation present from former Hollywood outlined the Covid-19 precautions that will be taken. The letter read: 13. due to the recent surge of the Covid-19 Board Representative Carl Baxley. Board Rep. McCall and her assistant, Delta variant among tribal members. “That’s always been a fond memory for Due to a recent surge of Covid-19 cases, we have returned to the Phase II level of Tiffany Frank, collaborated with volunteers Some graduates had been able to me,” Board Rep. McCall said. Covid prevention for the Community. As a result, we have made changes to our reopening in the We Do Recover program – Jay Holata, hold events before new restrictions were She said she wanted to restart the plan. These changes are being made to ensure the safety of our students, families and staff Kenny Tommie and Charlie Tiger – as well instituted across the tribe. For example, tradition and thought it was also a positive to members. We will be implementing a hybrid model of both face-to-face instruction and as Vince Billie (who is not in the program) Hollywood, Fort Pierce and Broward County give kids something that wasn’t technology- virtual instruction, limiting the amount of students and individuals on campus. Exceptional to assemble 14 Disney-themed bikes for nonresidents had a graduate dinner July 8 at related – something they could use outside Students in Mr. Hernandez’s class will be excluded from the hybrid model and will receive the graduates. Frank formerly worked as an the Hard Rock in Hollywood for those who for the last weeks of summer. full time face-to-face instruction every day. Google Classroom will be used for our virtual model. The first day of school is scheduled for August 30, 2021. Please see the chart below for the schedule of classes.

Grades K-6 Grades 7-12 Week of Aug. 30 Face to Face Virtual Week of Sept. 6 Virtual Face to Face Week of Sept. 13 Face to Face Virtual Week of Sept. 20 Virtual Face to Face Week of Sept. 27 Face to Face Virtual Week of Oct. 4 Virtual Face to Face Week of Oct. 11 Face to Face Virtual Week of Oct. 18 Virtual Face to Face Week of Oct. 25 Face to Face Virtual

We will re-evaluate this model as we receive guidance from the STOF Health Department. If you have not received a registration packet for the upcoming year, please contact Melanie Byers in the front office at 863-983-6348. For new students to Ahfachkee, please contact the office to set up an appointment to register your child. The following documents will be required to register a new student: 1. Birth Certificate 2. Certificate of Indian Blood (CIB Card). If the parent does not have a CIB card please contact the Tribal Clerk’s Office for a letter. 3. Health Physical and Immunization form (680) 4. Guardianship and/or court orders documents as applicable 5. Valid physical address and a PMB 6. Two emergency contacts with phone numbers 7. Report cards/transcripts from previous school. A student’s registration will not be complete until all documents are submitted. We look forward to the upcoming school year and seeing our students again!

Best Regards, Damon Scott (2) Dorothy Cain, Principal At left, Tiffany Frank and her son Gianni Boyce took bikes out to the vehicles of preschool parents. Ahfachkee School Above, Hollywood Board Representative Christine McCall and her office gave the bikes as graduation presents.

$10M in grants earmarked for helping increase the number of Native educators STAFF REPORT serve Native students. program will help to create a more diverse the recipients. Native individuals who serve in the “Representation matters,” U.S. educator workforce for students across The goals of the program are: education field; and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said the country and support efforts to recruit • Increase the number of qualified • Develop and implement two-year The training of Native Americans for in a statement. “All students deserve the and retain more talented Native American Native individuals in professions that serve induction services initiatives to promote education-related professions received a opportunity to be taught by educators who teachers and administrators for our schools.” in school districts, including charter and retention of effective Native teachers, financial boost Aug. 3. The U.S. Department are diverse and who reflect their backgrounds Ranging from $98,000 to $400,000, Bureau of Indian Education schools, that principals, and school leaders who have a of Education awarded $10 million – and experiences—and we know that far too the grants are earmarked for mostly higher have a high proportion of Native students; record of success in helping low-achieving dispersed in 29 grants – through the Indian few Native American students have the education institutions in Arizona, California, • Provide pre- and in-service training Native students improve their academic Education Professional Development chance to engage with Native American Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, and support to qualified Native individuals achievement, outcomes, and preparation for program. The department stressed that the teachers in their schools and as education North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, to become effective teachers or education postsecondary education or employment. funding addresses a “significant gap” in the leaders and mentors in their communities. Oregon, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The administrators; number of qualified Native educators who That must change. I am heartened that this Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is also among • Improve the skills of qualified 2B • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021 Three TCU graduates PECS students delve into receive Harvard degrees tasty experiment FROM PRESS RELEASE Indian Polytechnic Institute) received a Master’s in Education (EdM) degree BY BEVERLY BIDNEY question; do cookies sink or float in milk? statement. Three of Harvard’s 2021 graduating from the Harvard Graduate School of Staff Reporter Second, they examined the cookies using The results told the story of the day’s students hail from Tribal Colleges and Education. Garcia (Acoma Pueblo), began a magnifying lens and brainstormed their scientific work. Nilla Wafer and Oreo Universities (TCUs). her educational career with an Associate of When Pemayetv Emahakv Charter observations about the cookies; did they cookies were the floaters, the Chips Ahoy Harvard University’s May 27th Arts degree from the Southwestern Indian School science teacher Renea Salzwedel have holes, cracks, were they heavy, small, sunk right away and Nutter Butter started out commencement activities celebrated the Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. Finney teaches, she thinks out of the box; the filled? floating, but then in some cups started to sink 7,640 degrees awarded to their 2021 She would later receive her bachelor’s cookie box in this case. Students then formed their hypothesis very slowly. graduates, of which 6,161 were advanced degree from Northern Arizona University. Finney combined science with milk and and made predictions about the cookies’ But the best was yet to come. degrees given to candidates completing Upon earning her Harvard degree, Lorissa cookies to teach about scientific methods, fate in the milk; would they sink or float? “The students were then given the masters, doctoral, and professional programs. reflected on her TCU pathway, tools and safety for one tasty experiment Then came the fun; students performed the opportunity to eat their cookies and drink Among those are three TCU graduates who “I got my start at a TCU, and it was Aug. 19. experiment by dropping the cookies into their milk,” Finney wrote in an email to the now have Harvard degrees. one of the best decisions of my educational Dubbed the “Great Cookie Dunk Lab,” milk and collected the data. They drew Tribune. “We even gave them some extras Connor Veneski (BA, Haskell Indian journey thus far. Being at a TCU gave me Finney’s second, third and fourth graders pictures that showed what happened to each as those were pretty mushy. We shared as a Nations University) received a Juris a sense of comfort because the campus was had to predict whether a Chips Ahoy, Nilla cookie in the cups of milk. class what we found out and discussed what Doctorate (JD) from Harvard Law School. smaller, but more importantly it helped Wafer, Nutter Butter and Oreo cookie would Analysis was the next step. They logged they thought made some cookies float while Veneski (Cayuga Nation of New York – Bear give me a better sense of self because I sink or float when dropped into a cup of milk. what occurred on a lab activity form. From others sunk.” Clan), the first TCU graduate to be accepted was encouraged to embrace my Indigenous The methods they used were very the analysis, students drew their conclusions Finney conducted the lab with all nine into Harvard Law School, served as the co- heritage and its importance of who I am specific. First students had to pose the and restated their hypothesis into an a results of her classes during a very sweet day. president of the Harvard Native American and where I come from and why my degree Law Students Association during his second was important to my home community and year. Indigenous Country.” Heidi Brandow (BFA, Institute of There are currently 32 TCUs in American Indian Arts) received a Masters the United States. In or around tribal in Design Studies (MDes) degree from the communities. TCUs are tribally controlled Harvard Graduate School of Design. While institutions of higher education offering at Harvard, Brandow (Diné/Kānaka Maoli), a variety of apprenticeships, certificates, co-founded the Harvard Indigenous Design and degrees programs. They also provide Collective which hosted a number of virtual a unique opportunity to pair cultural and events focused on housing, Indigenous Indigenous values into their studies. For design, and the role of museums in presenting many tribal students, TCUs serve as the Indigenous histories. closest institution for higher education. Lorissa Garcia (AA, Southwestern

Courtesy photo This lab activity worksheet is where PECS second, third and fourth graders speculated which cookies would sink and which would float during the sweetest lab experiment, the “Great Courtesy photo Courtesy photo Cookie Dunk Lab” on Aug. 19. Jaiden Fludd Iverson Huggins

Courtesy photo From left, Connor Veneski (Cayuga Nation of New York), Lorrisa Garcia (Acoma Pueblo) and Heidi Brandow (Diné/Kanaka Maoli). Amber Garrison named to graduate center’s board

FROM PRESS RELEASE Courtesy photo Courtesy photo Courtesy photo Tate Matthews American Indian Graduate Center Ameliana Osceola Serenity Bishop announced Aug. 16 that Amber Garrison (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) has been named to its board of directors. Garrison is senior vice president and global general Indigenous land Roseanne Archibald sees historic win manager for the hair care brand, Bumble and bumble. For more than eight years, curriculum focus of as ‘victory for all women’ Garrison has worked for The Estée Lauder online program Companies, the parent company of Bumble BY TAYLOR HOLATA every political and bumble, where she has held roles of FROM PRESS RELEASE increasing responsibility with a focus on STOF’s Advanced Career Development Program level that has gotten me here. strategy, growth and business development. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Since inception, the American Indian In a historic accomplishment for Women are the American Indian (NMAI) and Teaching worthy. Women Graduate Center organization has awarded for Change will host a day of online Indigenous women, Roseanne Archibald, more than $350 million in scholarships to of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation of Ontario, are capable. Courtesy photo conversation, curriculum sharing, and ideas Women are over 16,000 Native scholars representing exchange Sept. 25. became the first female elected National over 500 tribes in all 50 states. Amber Garrison (Choctaw) Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in highly skilled. The Indigenous Our colonial Peoples’ Day Canada on July 8. “You can tell all the women in your life and patriarchal Curriculum systems Teach-In, this that the glass ceiling has been broken,” said Archibald as she addressed the media in a need to be Native language bill year dedicated to deconstructed “Indigenous Land: virtual press conference July 9. “My election Courtesy photo as the first woman is a victory for all women and dismantled Stewardship, so that women Roseanne Archibald, advances in U.S. Senate Relationships, and – First Nations, Indigenous, and women everywhere.” and gender- National Chief of Responsibility,” will diverse people First Nations BY PUBLIC RADIO TULSA The Senate Indian Affairs Committee run from 12:30 p.m. Archibald’s legacy as a trailblazer for also advanced S.989, the Native American Indigenous women, however, did not start can find a space to 3:30 p.m. NMAI in the leadership positions. The systems Language Resource Center Act. It would education experts, with this win. Her reputation for making A U.S. Senate committee advanced better coordinate and offer support to history dates back to 1990, when she was 23 must be able to recognize women based on a pair of bills last week to help preserve Teaching for culturally based language programs. Courtesy photo years old. our ability to hold positions of authority and Native languages, including one named for Change, and K–12 “This is an effort that we all want to Dr. Kelsey Leonard Archibald comes from a long line of influence. Taking on this role gives women a renowned Cherokee linguist. teachers will share hope everywhere, not only that they can continue, which is to preserve and revitalize curriculum and chiefs, with her grandfather serving as the Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz is a co- Native American languages, given how second chief of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation strive to be the National Chief, but they will author of S.1402, the Durbin Feeling Native teaching strategies and explore the NMAI’s also know that they can pursue their own critical they are to sustaining Native Essential Understandings for teaching about for nearly 30 years. His time in office was American Languages Act. It would direct culture and philosophy,” Alaska Sen. Lisa later followed by Archibald’s uncle and dreams, and create their own ‘her story.’” the president to keep tabs on agencies’s Indigenous peoples’ histories and their Archibald’s lifelong mission of Murkowski said. experiences around land justice today. father, in succession. compliance with existing law recognizing Durbin Feeling, who was a Vietnam With political leadership and community restructuring the political system is not just Natives’s right to use their own language Guest speaker Dr. Kelsey Leonard for the benefit of Indigenous women, but veteran, has been called the most important (Shinnecock Nation) will explore the activism rooted deep within her family’s and implement surveys of revitalization contributor to the Cherokee language since history, it made sense that Archibald would for all underrepresented people. Archibald programs every five years to see where emerging area of Earth law, explain its believes that a system that directly serves Sequoyah, who developed a syllabary connection to Indigenous law, and chart later choose to follow a similar path. In 1990, resources are needed most. making reading and writing possible. Archibald continued her family’s legacy to a specific community should continuously “S.1402, which I introduced along a path forward for our shared sustainable strive to adequately represent those people. Feeling wrote the first Cherokee- future. Leonard will discuss land rights issues become the youngest and first female chief with Vice Chairman Murkowski, makes the English dictionary and translated the of her tribe, and this is where her reputation “I will be revitalizing and evolving the federal government more accountable by and the relationship between Indigenous Assembly of First Nations organization to language into Unicode for computer knowledge and the land. for “breaking the glass ceiling” first began. setting clear goals and asking for direct input applications. Cherokee Nation named its Archibald’s list of achievements reflect the people that it serves by making the from Native communities about how federal Leonard is a water scientist, legal scholar AFN a more responsible organization that language institute after him. He died last and policy expert. She is the Canada Research continued with her time serving as the resources can be more effectively used to August at age 74. youngest and first female deputy grand chief reflects regions and nations,” Archibald said. support and revitalize Native languages,” Chair in Indigenous Waters, Climate, and “I am going to make the AFN a safe, healthy, Sustainability and Assistant Professor in of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, and later as Schatz said. the youngest and first female grand chief of and welcoming space for women and two- the School of Environment, Resources, spirited, LGBTQQIA+ plus peoples and all and Sustainability at the University of the Mushkegowuk Council. After a brief departure from political of our citizens.” Waterloo. Her work focuses on Indigenous Archibald plans to begin her term by water justice and its climatic, territorial, leadership, Archibald was called to return to politics in 2018 when she was elected instilling a new strategic plan in which Broward to hold and governance underpinnings for a shared Assembly of First Nations members can sustainable future. as Ontario’s Regional Chief. Yet again, Archibald was the first woman to ever hold find comfort in a more unified community. Cost of the program is $10. For more She plans to initiate positive change that redistricting sessions information visit teachingforchange.org. this position. Now, Archibald will bring to her new will strengthen First Nations members by FROM PRESS RELEASE Sept. 28 at Broward County West role more than 30 years of prior political ensuring that inherent and treaty rights be Regional Library in Plantation, 7 p.m. experience, and a mission to bring about respected and implemented. Broward County will hold six “I want to heal the path forward by community meetings to educate the public Sept. 29 virtual meeting through NIEA convention to positive systemic change for Indigenous Broward.org/redistricting, 7 p.m. women and people alike. Archibald creating a national consensus-based agenda on the political redistricting process and for action that includes the principles receive community input. The 2020 census Sept. 30 E. Pat Larkins Comm. Center, be held in Nebraska recognizes the influence she holds as one of 7 p.m. very few Indigenous women in power. She of peace-making through strengthening data will provide the basis for the drawing of our connections and relationships across political district boundaries. Oct. 16 at Champions Hall Comm. also realizes the importance of being a role Center, N. Lauderdale, 10 a.m. FROM PRESS RELEASE model for future generations of Indigenous Canada,” Archibald said. “Anytime we are The schedule is: in an election, we always have to figure out Sept. 23 at Miramar Town Center – City For more information visit Broward. women and girls. org/redistricting. “It’s absolutely essential that women how to come back together, and I’ve always Hall, 7 p.m. The National Indian Education said, ‘peace begins with me,’ and I will work Sept. 27 at Broward County Library – Association will hold its 52nd annual and girls everywhere can see themselves represented at the Assembly of First Nations to strengthen all of these connections and Hollywood branch, 7 p.m. Convention and Trade Show from Oct. 13-16 relationships across our country.” in Omaha, Nebraska. The theme is “Native in a leadership role,” Archibald said. “While Control of Native Education: A Time to my gender is important, it is not why I was Lead.” For more information visit niea.org. elected. 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On his way to visiting the Hollywood Reservation in 2006 for the Seminole Tribe’s sports hall of fame banquet, Bobby Bowden summed up why Florida State University’s use of “Seminoles” as a name was so important to him. “To adopt the name of a tribe of Native Americans who have struggled and withstood and survived against all odds, to me is an act of admiration and respect,” the legendary college football coach told The Seminole Tribune on the jet ride from Tallahassee to Fort Lauderdale. “Not only do I appreciate the support of the Seminole Tribe, I get excited about it. I’m proud of it.” For decades, that pride has been reciprocal. Following the coach’s death Aug. 8 at age 91, tribal members, especially those with ties to the university, expressed appreciation not only for what Bowden accomplished on the field – second most wins all-time in major college football – but also his involvement with the Seminole community. “Throughout all Seminole reservations, regardless of what football team they like, they always respect Bobby,” said Bryan Arledge, a tribal member from the Brighton Reservation who graduated from FSU in 2010, the year Bowden concluded his 34th FSU Photography Services and final year as FSU coach with a 33-21 In a return visit to Florida State after retiring, Bobby Bowden talks with Kyle Doney on the field at Doak Campbell Stadium in 2015. Bowden passed away Aug. 8 at age 91. win against West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Day in Jacksonville. what you do. It’s like our own football team.’ Arledge, Richard Osceola and Norman The students we got from the tribe [who] “Skeeter” Bowers – three of FSU’s make it to the university, it’s a privilege to biggest supporters from the tribe – fondly have them there.” remembered Bowden while sitting in the As a retirement gift in 2010, Osceola backyard of Osceola’s house on the Brighton and former FSU player Floyd Smith gave Reservation in late August. Bowden a giant tomahawk made by Leroy As a student in Tallahassee, Arledge Osceola. Two years later in Miami, Osceola met Bowden several times. Arledge said the presented Bowden with a bronze bust of the coach made sure the university never took coach made by sculptors Bradley Cooley Sr. for granted its relationship with the tribe. and his son, Bradley Jr., whose works are “He was very supportive in making sure prevalent throughout the reservations. the university reach out to the Seminoles here Bowden guided FSU to a remarkable on the reservation, and they did ask for our string of 33 straight winning seasons, approvals,” Arledge said. “They [weren’t] including an eight-year stretch in the 1990s just making decisions on their own. I think when the Seminoles won two national titles he had a lot of involvement and he cared for and lost just nine games. the Seminole community...” Osceola described Bowden as a perfect Throughout the country, as colleges, gentleman who cared about the tribe and his high schools and pro teams have dropped players. Native American names, the Seminole “Bobby was so humble. He was like connection between the tribe and FSU a grandpa to us,” he said. “I had sideline remains strong. passes one game and I heard him tell his “I love the name and I think they show players, ‘We might not win the national title, respect,” said Arledge, who is a regional but I guarantee you all that you’re going to manager in the tribe’s Housing department. get your degree. You’re going to be a true “Nothing is disrespectful in any way towards graduate.’ That’s the way Bobby was.” the Seminole name. I’m very appreciative Although there are University of Miami that they have a university called Florida fans and graduates sprinkled throughout the State University and it’s the Seminoles. tribe, FSU has the greater following, thanks As a Seminole here in Brighton as well in large part to Bowden. as an alumni, I got full support with the “Everybody supports him everywhere university.” within this community,” Osceola said. “They Those sentiments were echoed love Florida State. They get the license by Osceola, who served as sort of an plates. They raise their flags high and it’s all ambassador for the tribe with FSU during because of Bobby Bowden. He intermingled Bowden’s tenure. with us and he’s always reached his hand out “They gave me the red carpet treatment,” to us. He would come and visit us.” he said. “They would ask me ‘Are you Indeed, Bowden’s relationship with offended by us?’ I said, ‘No, we’re proud of the tribe directly or indirectly helped File photo In 2006, then-President Moses Osceola presented Bobby Bowden and Florida State University president T.K. Wetherell with new Seminole vests during their appearance at the tribe’s sports hall of fame banquet in Hollywood.

forge further connections, including the sponsorship of a national award in his name, the princess program being prominently featured during homecoming week and the Renegade and Osceola tradition that revs up the crowd at Doak Campbell Stadium. “To be in that stadium when they do that chant, it goes right through your body. Everybody is in sync. To me, that’s like music to my ears,” said Bowers while wearing a “Renegade Team” polo shirt. Early in Bowden’s career at FSU, the Renegade and Osceola tradition was born following approval from the tribe. It features a student portraying the great Seminole warrior Osceola riding a horse named Renegade. Bowers said the selection process for the student who portrays Osceola shows that the program respects the tribe and its history. “It’s not some Joe Blow off the street. They have to have the horseman skills. They have to know the history of the Seminoles. They totally respect the tribe,” Bowers said. The spiking of the spear at midfield by “Osceola” is often regarded as one of the top traditions in college football. In fact, in 2011, ESPN’s SportsNation voted Osceola and Renegade the best NCAA football tradition in the country. Beverly Bidney Richard Osceola presented Bobby Bowden with a bronze bust of the coach during a University of Miami luncheon at the Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens on Oct. 19, 2012. The bust was funded by the File photo Chairman’s office and made by Bradley Cooley and Bradley Cooley Jr., both longtime sculptors for the Moments after coaching his final game Jan. 1, 2010, Bobby Bowden clutches the Gator Bowl trophy tribe. F See BOWDEN on page 5B following FSU’s 33-21 win against West Virginia in Jacksonville. 5B • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021

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Bowers said Bowden played a role in making sure the program was done properly. “Bill Durham (the founder of the program) ran it by Bobby Bowden, who was like in his second season,” Bowers said. “[Bowden] said that’s what we need, we need that spirit. It was Bobby Bowden that insisted that they see if they could do it.” After meeting with then-Chairman Howard Tommie and the Tribal Council, the Renegade and Osceola program received its blessing from the tribe. Jimmy O’Toole Osceola made the first regalia used by “Osceola.” As the tradition began to carve its niche at FSU, Bowers helped bring it to the Brighton Field Days celebration along with a portion of the FSU marching band.

‘A genuine person’ It didn’t take long for Kyle Doney to realize Bowden’s admirable qualities as a person away from the field. While in high school, Doney and other students from the tribe met Bowden during a tour of colleges. “From the first time I met him, I could tell from that experience that he was a genuine person because after competing for nationals championships almost four or five years straight he took the time out to meet with a group of our tribal students, myself included. You just don’t see a person of his caliber taking time out to do that,” said Doney, who graduated from FSU in 2007 and has remained active with the school, including currently serving on its alumni File photo association’s national board. Bobby Bowden and Max Osceola take some practice swings on the tee at a charity golf tournament. Doney developed a friendship with Bowden, especially after the coach retired. in California in 2014 near the site of the Bowden. It was a pretty cool sight to see,” When the tribe sponsored the Fellowship of game. Prior to the game, which FSU won 34- Doney said. Christian Athletes’ national college award – 31 against Auburn, Doney accompanied the Doney said Bowden had a strong known for a couple years as the Seminole retired coach on a golf cart as he did various connection with the tribe that he took Tribe of Florida Bobby Bowden Award – media commitments. seriously. Doney saw first-hand what Bowden meant “That gave [me] the opportunity to see “He understood the unique relationship to college football. The award was presented so many people try to chase the golf cart that the tribe had with Florida State,” said during the week of the BCS Championship wherever we’d go just to say hi to coach Doney, who is deputy director of the tribe’s Native Learning Center in Hollywood. “He definitely did his part to go above and beyond. He had taken time out of his schedule to meet with tribal students whenever he had the opportunity or whenever the tribe [brought] the students up to Tallahassee. I don’t think there was a set amount of time, but he signed every piece of memorabilia or whatever was presented to him.” Bowden’s interest in the tribe was evident when he visited the Big Cypress Reservation about 2014 while the tribe was a sponsor of the Bowden Award. Doney said he drove Bowden to the field office. Before heading back, Bowden said he wanted to see the tribe’s Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, so he received a tour of the venue that is filled with Seminole history and culture.

Special relationship File photo Bobby Bowden with Christine McCall, left, and her mother Wanda Bowers on the FSU campus. Years earlier – back on that plane trip to South Florida in 2006 for the hall of fame Kevin Johnson banquet – Bowden talked about his desire to FSU fans and Bobby Bowden supporters from the Brighton Reservation include, from left, Bryan come to where the Seminole live. Arledge, Norman “Skeeter” Bowers and Richard Osceola, on Aug. 25. Arledge is a 2010 FSU graduate. “I’ve always wanted to visit the reservation. I’ve never been there before and I’m looking forward to it. I’ve played golf with Max Osceola in Orlando and was invited down once before, but I couldn’t make it until now. We had a good time and I remember he is a Miami fan, but that’s OK,” he said. Bowden also shared his recipe for success that he relayed to kids and players. “I always tell them to get your priorities in order,” he said. “I say list God first. Make God your number one priority. Next, it’s family and then others, help others. Now if a kid will do that, I believe he will stay on track. He’ll be doing things he ought to do. After I tell them those things I tell them football stories.” Before his final game as coach at the Gator Bowl, Bowden praised the relationship between the school and the tribe. “They are so important to our university and we’re thankful for them for letting us use their name and I think they’ve enjoyed us, too,” he said. “I’m going to miss that really.”

File photo File photo Moses Jumper Jr. welcomed Bobby Bowden to the Seminole Tribe’s sports hall of fame banquet in Richard Osceola presents Bobby Bowden with a giant tomahawk the week of the coach’s final game. February 2006.

Courtesy photo A group that included Seminoles Deloris Alvarez (third from left), Tony Sanchez (fourth from right), Thomasine Motlow (third from right) and Kyle Doney (second from right), joined Bobby Bowden in presenting the Seminole Tribe of Florida Bobby Bowden Award to Baylor University quarterback Bryce Petty in January of 2014. 6B • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2021 Moore Haven volleyball With depth an issue for OHS, Carriss loaded with Seminole Chilsom-Johns fills multiple roles connections, optimism BY KEVIN JOHNSON As for players from the tribe, Baker’s Santana Alvarez earns starting spot on defense Senior Editor daughter Preslynn and Summer Gopher are both back for their second seasons on varsity BY KEVIN JOHNSON It didn’t take long for Mona Baker to while Ayana Fonseca also made varsity. Senior Editor find plenty of reasons to be optimistic as she Miley Jimmie is on the JV team, but Baker began her first season as head coach of the said she has the ability to play on the varsity Moore Haven High School varsity volleyball level. JUPITER — There is no doubt that team. Baker was thrilled with the number of Both middle school teams feature the versatility Carriss Chilsom-Johns brings girls who attended tryouts for the high school Seminole players, including the “A” team’s to the football field will come in handy for and middle school teams in August. Tahnia Billie, Aaryn King, Joelyene Nunez, Okeechobee High School this season. “Tryouts ran very smoothly,” said Baker, Tehya Nunez and Illa Trueblood, and the “B” With a young roster that is thin on who was an assistant varsity coach last team’s Laylah Billie, Mohayla Billie, Marley experience and depth, Chilsom-Johns’ ability season. “We had 46 girls come out in grades Jimmie and Bobbi Johns. to play multiple roles on offense as a running 6 to 12, an amazing turnout. The principal, Varsity and JV schedule (subject to back, on defense as a linebacker and on all athletic directors, superintendent and several change; JV starts at 5:30 p.m., varsity at 7 special teams, is a valuable asset. parents sat in as well.” p.m., except where noted) Case in point came Aug. 19 when the The numbers received a boost from Aug. 26 at Clewiston Brahmans visited Jupiter Community High some Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School Aug. 30 at Glades Day for a preseason kickoff classic. Chilsom- students who are able to play for Moore Sept. 6 home vs Sebring Johns made his presence felt immediately Haven because PECS’ volleyball season was Sept. 9 at Gateway Charter by making a tackle on the opening kickoff. cancelled for the second straight fall due to Sept. 13 home vs Clewiston He also returned kickoffs, caught a 10-yard the pandemic. (Some other PECS students Sept. 16 home vs Gateway Charter pass on a third down for a first down, rushed are playing for other middle schools in the Sept. 21 home vs Community Christian for 35 yards on a dozen carries and played area). (5 p.m. varsity only) outside linebacker. The impressive participation means Sept. 28 at Sebring “We try to do a lot of things with him because he is so athletic,” said Okeechobee Moore Haven has enough players to field Oct. 4 home vs Glades Day Kevin Johnson four teams. Ten players each are on varsity, Oct. 5 home vs SW Florida Christian coach and athletic director Kenny Buckner. Oct. 7 at SW Florida Christian With only about 30 players on its roster – Former Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students Santana Alvarez, left, and Carriss Chilsom-Johns junior varsity and the middle school’s “A” are sophomores on the Okeechobee High School football team. team while 13 players comprise the middle Oct. 12 at Community Christian School and just eight seniors – Okeechobee doesn’t school “B” team. (5 p.m. varsity only) have the luxury of being able to make a lot All four teams have Seminole of substitutions. Chilsom-Johns played most connections, starting with Baker, who is Middle school schedule (subject to downs in the first half, but received some married to tribal member and Moore Haven change) breaks in the second half as Jupiter pulled varsity head boys basketball coach Preston Sept. 9 at West Glades 4 p.m. (B), 5 p.m. away for a 37-6 win. Baker. The middle school “B” team is led by (A) “We try to give him some breaks – coach and tribal member Dallas Nunez. Sept. 14 at LaBelle Middle 4 p.m. (B), offensive, defensive, wherever we can – but “This year [we’re] only two practices in 5 p.m. (A) when it comes to crunch time, we want him and the girls already know how to move to Sept. 20 at Clewiston Middle 5 p.m. (B), in the game,” Buckner said. base positions,” Baker said. “We will work 6 p.m. (A) Chilsom-Johns saw plenty of playing on running a 5-1 and 6-2 rotation. The varsity Oct. 4 home vs Clewiston Middle 4 p.m. time as a freshman last year when team is well rounded with eager players. JV (B), 5 p.m. (A) Okeechobee went 5-4, its first season above is also catching on and have some eager, well Oct. 5 home vs West Glades 4 p.m. (B), .500 since 2016. rounded athletes. Our middle school A team 5 p.m. (A) “It was a good season last year. We really is also going to be a force to face. And our Oct. 7 home vs LaBelle Middle 4 p.m. enjoyed it,” Chilsom-Johns said. B team will get all the fundamentals needed (B), 5 p.m. (A) This season Chilsom-Johns has been from coach Dallas.” joined on varsity by fellow Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School graduate Santana Alvarez, who worked his way up to varsity after playing on JV last year as a freshman. Notah Begay III partners with Alvarez started at cornerback and looked right at home on the varsity level. He made PointsBet for golf offerings the game’s final tackle, which was for no Kevin Johnson gain. Okeechobee cornerback Santana Alvarez, left, sees his first varsity action in a preseason game STAFF REPORT anticipation that Buckner was pleased with what he against Jupiter Community on Aug. 19 in Jupiter. I pursue this saw from Alvarez and Four-time PGA Tour winner Notah new venture in Chilsom-Johns. Begay III (Pueblos of San Felipe and collaboration with “I expect a lot of Isleta/ Diné) has been named a PointsBet PointsBet. I look good things out of them. ambassador. Begay, 48, will provide analysis forward to standing I saw a lot of good for the sportsbook’s golf offerings, including alongside a things tonight and I saw through its partners at NBC Sports and The company that truly some things they need Golf Channel, where he works as an analyst understands the to work on; nothing out and on-course reporter. unique and intrinsic Kevin Johnson of the ordinary because Begay, a graduate of Stanford University values of golf but Notah Begay III they are young,” where he was a 1st Team All-American and also recognizes Buckner said. a teammate of Tiger Woods, won four times the importance of Two players from within a 12-month span on the PGA Tour in community,” Begay said in a statement. the tribe that Buckner 1999 and 2000. “Creating new opportunities and making an wishes he would see are Begay will also work with PointsBet’s impact in the communities we serve will be the Edouard brothers diversity initiatives, including within tribal the benchmark of our team.” – Lee and Leon. Both communities, according to the company. In recent years, Begay has helped the are impact players. PointsBet said it will partner with Begay’s Seminole Tribe by holding a golf clinic for Last season, Lee, a NB3 Foundation, which strives to improve kids on the Big Cypress Reservation and quarterback, earned All the health of Native American children. by playing in the Chairman of the Greens Area and was named the “It’s with great excitement and Charity Golf Tournament. team’s most outstanding player on offense. However, Buckner said Basketball league’s ambition is to grow, neither player came back to the team this showcase Native American talent season. “We will not have BY KEVIN JOHNSON “My goal is to give the same opportunity them [this season]; I’d Senior Editor to other Native Americans that I got, to love to, it would sure increase the number of Native American help the depth,” he said. Kevin Johnson The American Basketball Association players playing in the NBA,” Foster said Carriss Chilsom-Johns (1) gets set to make a tackle on a kickoff during Okeechobee’s preseason game against Jupiter has launched an initiative to form a league in a statement. “With the growth and Community. comprised of Native American players. development of the first Native American The ABA announced Aug. 23 that the team within Indian Country, additional start of the initiative will be a northeast teams and tribes can be added. The goal is to Arizona-based team named Native ABA. expand Native ABA to include 10 to 12 tribal The ABA is a professional league that teams which will allow more Native players features dozens of teams throughout the to participate and allow each tribe to manage Indigenous players among those vying for IBLA country. and operate their own team. We have put “Showcasing the talents of Native together a full expansion program and will championship in Lakeland American basketball players will allow more actively pursue tribes nationwide. And we’re also considering the same development for a teams around the country and internationally STAFF REPORT to see the skills and abilities possessed by women’s Native ABA.” all-Native run teams and some teams feature For more information visit iblalacrosse. Native players,” ABA CEO Joe Newman South Florida was briefly home to an Indigenous players, coaches and staff. com/nationals. all-Native ABA team. Native Pride, which The IBLA is the nation’s largest adult said in a statement. “By increasing the LAKELAND – The International attention surrounding Native American featured some players from the Seminole box lacrosse league. Tribe, such as DeForest Carter and Jerome Box Lacrosse Association’s Nationals will players, more opportunities will arise. The be held Sept. 17- more that is invested in Native American Davis, played in the 2015-16 season before disbanding. The team played in various 19 at RP Funding athletes, the more that can be developed and Center in Lakeland. expanded by encouraging more Tribes and gyms in South Florida, including Broward College and Hollywood Christian School. Seventeen teams players to participate.” from throughout the WarLance Foster (Lakota/Dine) has For more information about Native ABA, contact Foster at warparty@ country will compete been named CEO of Native ABA. He played for the national collegiately at Western State College and aibasketball.org, (480) 628-0710 or visit aibasketball.org or abaliveaction.com championship. professionally in Europe. He also served as Two teams are athletics director at Dine College.

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