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As Halloween is approaching, the Salt River Tribal Library held Pumpkin Story Time for Community youth on Wednesday, October 5. The kids enjoyed two stories read by Librarian Lessie Dingler and Library Assistant Sophenia Begaye. Begaye read Pete the Cat’s Five Little Pumpkins; she handed out paper pumpkins to the youth for interactive storytelling. Dingler […]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and on Monday, October 3, to start the month, various Behavioral Health Services divisions of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community provided information on programs and services available to Community members who may find themselves in an unhealthy relationship or a domestic violence situation. Community health educators, victim advocates […]
On October 8, two young ladies from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Sistine Lewis and Manderee Jose, participated in the 61st Annual Miss Indian Arizona Scholarship Program held at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Lewis and Jose competed against six other contestants: Maria Pablo (Tohono O’odham Nation), Emile Eich (Navajo Nation), Morgan Smith […]
Families and educators came together for the Salt River Schools (SRS) Superintendent Forum to hear about the various programs that serve students of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The event was hosted by SRS at the Accelerated Learning Academy lecture hall and streamed live on Facebook on September 13. “We are doing the best […]
A special tribute to the lives of first responders lost during the September 11, 2001, attacks was recently held on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The sixth annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb took place from 4 to 9 p.m. at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on September 10. The event was organized by […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs’ (OCLA) Get Out the Vote Committee has launched a new initiative to increase voter turnout in the Community. Since September 2, new billboards with the slogan “SkoVoteDen” have been attracting the attention of drivers along McDowell Road between the Loop 101 and Longmore […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community received a boost in support from the federal government to help with recovery efforts after storms caused widespread damage on July 17 and 18. On September 2, President Joe Biden signed a disaster declaration to release federal aid to the Community. Earlier, to reinforce the request for aid from […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Kennise McGertt has had quite an adventure since graduating from Mountain View High School in May. McGertt traveled to more than 20 states while on tour with the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps over the summer. When she returned in mid-August, she began her first year of college, attending […]
The opioid epidemic is affecting people everywhere in the United States, including in Indian Country. “Native communities are a little bit more adversely impacted by it, but not by much; every ethnicity is being hurt by the opioid epidemic,” explained John Godfrey, chief behavioral health officer for Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Behavioral Health Services […]
