Don “Wild Eagle” Wuebber is an enrolled Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member who grew up on the East Coast in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix and was adopted at 3 months old. Now, at 57, he lives in Pennsylvania...

The new Journey to Recovery (JTR) treatment and rehabilitation facility in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community officially opened its doors on September 8, beginning operations at about 70% occupancy through the end of the year and gradually scaling up to full capacity early in 2026. Female patients were moved...

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...