Volume XXVI, Number 12 September 2 , 2005

HEADLINES
Color Guard Attends National Powwow 2005
High School Students Visit the 'Last Frontier'
High School Grads Celebrate in the Islands
Twelfth Annual Seminole Wellness Conference
Seminole Tribe Celebrates Its Independence Day
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Color Guard Attends National Powwow 2005

By Iretta Tiger

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Education and camaraderie are two words that come to mind when describing the National Museum of the American Indian’s (NMAI) National Powwow 2005. The powwow was held at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. from Aug. 12–14; various presentations and events were also held at the museum. (continue...)

High School Students Visit the 'Last Frontier'

By Emma Brown

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — High school students from Brighton who earned a 2.5 GPA or higher received an incentive award trip to Alaska. The destination was actually chosen during the year by the high school students themselves, which allowed them to have a goal to work towards. (continue...)


High School Grads Celebrate in the Islands

By Shelley Marmor

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — For the week of Aug. 15–19, the 2004 and 2005 Seminole high school graduates received a gift courtesy of Chairman Mitchell Cypress–a trip to the Bahamas. The 13 grads, along with several family members and chaperones, stayed at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. (continue...)

Twelfth Annual Seminole Wellness Conference

By Judy Weeks

MARCO ISLAND, FL — The Seminole Tribe wants everyone to be of sound mind, body and soul. To this end they have set up numerous departments and are sponsoring both clinics and conferences. The 12th Annual Seminole Wellness Conference on Marco Island incorporated many of these programs into a week full of opportunities. Participants in this very important event began arriving at the Marco Island Hilton on July 17. (continue...)


Seminole Tribe Celebrates Its Independence Day

By Iretta Tiger

HOLLYWOOD — “This last Fourth of July Gloria [Wilson] and I were talking and we started wondering why the Tribe didn’t have its own version of the Fourth of July,” said Hollywood Representative Max B. Osceola Jr. “Soon after that conversation Gloria started to organize the event and here we are today” (continue...)


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