On the weekend before Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the 38th Annual Native American Connections (NAC) Parade was held on Saturday, October 8, along Third Street in Phoenix. NAC began as a small grassroots organization in 1972, operating a program for Native American men in recovery from substance abuse disorders. Today, NAC owns and operates 22 sites […]

The Salt River Fire Department Pipes and Drums group has a new trailer to haul gear to a variety of events throughout the Valley and the country. The $11,000 trailer came locally from Big Tex Trailers and will have enough space to temporarily store the drums and bagpipes, a toolbox so the group can work […]

On September 28, the Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), along with the Salt River Schools (SRS) Security Team and the Salt River Police Department (SRPD), came together for a “Pizza With Police” event. Barro’s Pizza was served to 40 families and about 20 staff and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community partners, while the ECEC provided […]

On the first Thursday of each month through at least January 2023, the Salt River Tribal Library will be hosting the LGBTQ2S+ Book Club, where Native LGBTQ2S+ books and authors will be discussed. LGBTQ2S+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, and two-spirit. The plus symbol stands for all other gender identities not […]

At the request of the Department of Agriculture–U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently provided a technical review of the 2021 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange in regard to the proposed copper mine at Oak Flat. The mine would extract an estimated available 1,970 […]

On August 31, the City of Tempe began an initiative to relocate the homeless population living along the Rio Salado river bottom, west of the Tempe Town Lake dam. After that date, those who do not leave within seven days after receiving an official notice would be cited or arrested for third-degree trespassing. Activist groups […]

Editor’s Note: This article contains the Piipaash words and phrases in parentheses. On September 17 and 19, the O’odham Piipaash Language Program (OPLP) held two sessions demonstrating how to make a gourd (xnaaly) doll ornament and a mini cape, blending contemporary gourd art with traditional Piipaash/Yuman cape making and beadwork techniques. Participants used different techniques […]

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, in 2019 suicide was the second leading cause of death for American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) between the ages of 10 and 34. The overall death rate from suicide for AI/AN adults is about 20% higher than it is for the non-Hispanic […]