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Boys’ Basketball Joseph Chavez is playing his first season at Saguaro High School on the freshman team. He previously played at Mohave Middle School in Scottsdale and with various basketball leagues around the Valley. Chavez and the freshman team beat the Coronado Dons on Monday, January 9. “It’s good. The [team] chemistry was great. We […]
This 2022-23 basketball season, two cousins from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community started on the Westwood High School freshman boys’ basketball team. Cousins Kale Andrews and Noah Lasiloo both tried out earlier in the school year for the team, with Andrews playing center and Lasiloo as guard. The new team is working hard to […]
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, F.A.C.E Parent Educator Jessica Ruiz taught the traditional O’odham game called toka to Salt River Elementary School students in 2017, 2018 and 2019. This school year, she is resuming Eagles Club toka for fifth- and sixth-grade girls. Ruiz was a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s toka team […]
Employees of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community were acknowledged for their service to the Community at the annual awards luncheon held at Talking Stick Resort and Casino on January 19. This year, 329 employees were recognized for reaching milestones of continuous employment with the Community, ranging from five years to 40 years. The longest-serving […]
Tribal leaders gathered at an annual event to celebrate the history of Indigenous peoples in Arizona. The Indian Nations & Tribes Legislative Day was held at the Arizona Senate building on January 11. The day consists of a joint-protocol session hosted by the Arizona Senate, an information fair on the Senate lawn, and presentations in […]
“Around the world, human trafficking has stripped nearly 25 million people of their safety, dignity and freedom,” according to www.whitehouse.org. January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to help raise awareness of human trafficking through their Blue Campaign. The Blue Campaign, #WearBlueDay, is an initiative to raise […]
Former O’odham Action News reporter and Gila River Indian Community member Claude Jackson Jr. wrote a play called “Cashed Out” that will be performed at the San Francisco Playhouse this winter. The play will make its world premiere there and run from January 26 through February 25. Jackson is currently an attorney and the director […]
As the Huhugam Ki: Museum enters its 35th year of operation, the time has come to keep the current facility in good shape and useful for another 35 years. After its anniversary celebration on November 5, the museum shut its doors for some needed renovations. Years of fixing, wiring, and adding and replacing building materials […]
Back in June 2022, sisters Nani and Tirsa Reina were crowned the 2022-2023 Miss and Jr. Miss Salt River to represent the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The two have done a lot in the last seven months in a whirlwind of activities and events, along with their first attendants, Kendra Percy and Aiyanah Lerma. […]
