EVERGLADES, Fla. — The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has long fought to heal and protect the Everglades and what remains of their ancestral lands. Curtis Osceola, right, chief of staff for the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, speaks to members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local agencies working to restore and …
EVERGLADES, Fla. — As a boy, when the water was low Talbert Cypress from the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida rummaged through the Everglades’ forests, swam in its swampy ponds and fished in its canals. Miccosukee Tribal elder Michael Frank, top left, rides an airboat with members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local …
Miami’s little-known Indigenous history AFP/Stringer/Getty Images Miami Circle is a 2,700-year-old Indigenous site that has been called "America's Stonehenge" Miami is one of the US' youngest major cities, but it's built atop one of America's oldest Indigenous civilisations. Lisette Morales McCabe Osceola, a Miccosukee member and environmental activist, has spent decades teaching people about the Miami area's Indigenous past The …
MIAMI — After decades of planning and pleading for political support and dollars to restore the Everglades, there are growing signs that the massive multibillion-dollar effort is beginning to “get the water right.” That’s long been the measure of success for the federal and state agencies tasked with the job. And scientists are seeing rising rates of bird and alligator …
