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**This article was originally an online exclusive published on March 20. It has since been updated.** U.S. Army Veteran Michael Leon completed his duty on a recent March morning in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The duty, unforeseen only months ago, overwhelmed Leon with emotion once it was completed. Leon...
The lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic still linger on in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, as the Community lost nearly 100 members during the pandemic. To ensure they are never forgotten, on March 18, nearly five years to the date from the worldwide shutdown, the SRPMIC unveiled a...
The first Indigenous educator to be named Arizona’s Teacher of the Year has been inducted into the Grand Canyon University Hall of Fame. Lynette Stant, a third-grade teacher at Salt River Schools, earned her master’s degree in 2006 from GCU. In 2022, she was named Arizona’s top teacher. She’s been...
O’odham Action News continues to remain at the forefront of helping end the public stigma against HIV/AIDS, especially in Indian Country. This year, National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day takes place on March 20, the first day of the spring season. The commemorative day was established in 2007 by three...
Curious to know what’s inside of the large black and yellow kiosks around the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community? The Public Health Care kiosks provide a wide range of health and safety items, free of charge for Community members. Items inside the kiosk include condoms, sharp bins, fentanyl test strips,...
After more than two years of construction, the Gilbert Road Bridge is open. Funded by the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), the city of Mesa, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Salt River Project and the Maricopa County Department of Transportation Highway User Revenue Fund, the bridge was given a...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Public Works Department installed three bus benches around the Community for students who use school buses as their main transportation to school. The Public Works Department, Utilities and Roads Division Roads Section were approached by a resident regarding placing benches at high traffic bus...
When Major League Baseball’s 2025 spring training season officially began, it was also time for everyone’s other favorite purple dinosaur to make an appearance in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Colorado Rockies’ mascot, Dinger. On February 12, Salt River Schools’ students and their families gathered underneath the Salt...
Before colonization, Two Spirit people were held in high regards. Originating from the Ojibwe words, “niizh manitoag” (two spirits), Two Spirit people have been respected as fundamental components of ancient teachings, cultures and traditions within tribal communities across Indian Country since the beginning of time. The phrase Two Spirit is...
