“As long as there’s a viable route to launder or liquidate stolen assets, it makes little difference to the offender whether the target is a high-value watch or a crypto wallet,” Ariss said in a statement. “Cryptocurrency is now firmly in the mainstream, and as a result, our traditional understanding of physical threat and robbery needs to evolve accordingly.”
Airboats carry members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local agencies working to restore and protect the Florida Everglades, on a field visit to the Miccosukee Indian Reservation ahead of a task force meeting hosted by the Miccosukee Tribe, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)They’re working to stop oil exploration and successfully fought a wilderness designation that would have cut their access to ancestral lands. They’ve pushed for a project to reconnect the western Everglades with the larger ecosystem while helping to control invasive species and reintroducing racoons, hawks and other native animals. In August they signed a co-stewardship agreement for some of South Florida’s natural landscapes. They’ve held prayer walks, launched campaigns to raise awareness of important issues and used airboat tours as public classrooms.
Even so, a new report on the progress of Everglades work acknowledges a lack of meaningful and consistent engagement with the Miccosukee and Seminole tribes. It calls for applying Indigenous knowledge to restoration efforts and a steady partnership with tribes, whose longstanding, intimate and reciprocal relationship with the environment can help with understanding historical and present ecological conditions.Members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local agencies working to restore and protect the Florida Everglades stand beside chickees, thatched-roof, open-sided platform huts used traditionally for cooking, sleeping, and gathering, on Big Hammock, one of the largest tree islands within the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in the Florida Everglades, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local agencies working to restore and protect the Florida Everglades stand beside chickees, thatched-roof, open-sided platform huts used traditionally for cooking, sleeping, and gathering, on Big Hammock, one of the largest tree islands within the Miccosukee Indian Reservation in the Florida Everglades, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
For generations, the Miccosukee people would make pilgrimages from northern Florida to the Everglades to fish, hunt and hold religious ceremonies. When the Seminole Wars broke out in 1817, the tribe navigated the vast terrain better than the U.S. Army. By the late 1850s, Col. Gustavus Loomis had seared every tribal village and field in a region known as the Big Cypress, forcing the Miccosukee and Seminole people to seek refuge on tree islands deep in the Everglades.“That’s the reason we’re here today. We often look at the Everglades as our protector during that time. And so now, it’s our turn to protect the Everglades,” said Cypress.
Trainer Jessie Cottone, a non-tribe member employed by the Miccosukee Tribe, demonstrates traditional techniques for subduing and controlling gators, during a day-long environmental and cultural education event at Miccosukee Indian Village, Saturday, April 20, 2024, in the Florida Everglades. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Trainer Jessie Cottone, a non-tribe member employed by the Miccosukee Tribe, demonstrates traditional techniques for subduing and controlling gators, during a day-long environmental and cultural education event at Miccosukee Indian Village, Saturday, April 20, 2024, in the Florida Everglades. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)“We didn’t expect the result that we had today,” Hamilton told British broadcaster Sky Sports, adding that it had been “tough to swallow” when he and teammate Charles Leclerc both qualified outside the top 10 the day before.
“I felt I won with the car, and I think you could probably see that. It felt so great to finally get the setup right,” he added. “I mean, ecstatic. I was hoping for some more laps. It would have been great to have challenged for a podium.”The Ferrari fans cheered Sunday as Hamilton fought his way up through the field from 12th on the grid and winced when Leclerc came close to colliding with Williams’ Alex Albon.
Hamilton managed to get past both Albon and Leclerc in the aftermath, putting him on course to finish fourth. Still, it wasn’t the kind of result which Hamilton, Ferrari or their fans had hoped for when the British driver signed for the Italian team last year.It’s been nearly two months since Hamilton’s stunning win in an F1 sprint race in China — followed by a