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During the last week of August, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. was in the Phoenix area visiting family and wanted to learn more about healthcare delivery here. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community learned on August 29 that Kennedy would like to pay a visit...
Tinja Myllykangas and Alex Schwarz operate Wilderness Huskies, an off-grid Alaskan huskie mushing and horse-riding tourist destination in the Muotkatunturi wilderness area within the Inari municipality of northern Lapland, Finland. Inari is the traditional homeland of the Indigenous people called the Inari (Aanaar) Sámi, who still reside to this day...
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Thosh Collins (On Akimel O’odham/Osage/Seneca) has been staying busy since he and his wife Chelsey Luger released their 2022 book The Seven Circles: Indigenous Teachings for Living Well. If you scroll through Collins’ Instagram, you’ll see an abundance of well-produced videos showing traditional-inspired workout...
The O’odham Action News team endured another sweltering July this year, driving from gym to gym across Phoenix to catch a glimpse of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community hoopers representing their people on their traditional lands in the 22nd Annual Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI). From July 22-25, 204 teams...
Young eyes and ears absorb everything adults say and do. The way adults speak, act and handle challenges can leave a lasting impact on each child. Witnessing and being directly affected by drug addiction can potentially lead to a similar path that was set for them by their parents. The...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Human Resources department kicked off its inaugural quarterly employee recognition program on July 14 at Scottsdale Community College’s Indigenous Cultural Center. The program honored hardworking employees from the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 who demonstrated the values of the O’odham and Piipaash Community...
Diabetes Prevention Services and Public Health/HHS, in a partnership with SRPMIC Council, held the ultimate summer dance fitness series Dancing with Deanna from June through July. Dancing with Deanna was the latest in the Leadership in Motion series, which was highlighted with the Moving with Martin fitness series last year....
Rianna Tate continued her success on the mat by winning the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) No-Gi title for the third consecutive year on June 27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tate had two fights and came out on top with two submissions. She faced...
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Johanna Tate was one of only 28 Native youths from across the United States, out of 100-plus applicants, selected for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) Youth Indian Police Academy (YIPA) program this summer. Tate submitted a five-paragraph essay...
