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 […]

The 2023 Spring Training schedule at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick has been announced for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. In keeping with the yearly tradition, the Diamondbacks and Rockies, who share the facility, will face off in the opener on February 25 at 1:10 p.m. The Diamondbacks will host the West Virginia […]

On September 15, about 150 people attended the Fall Into Reading literary event at the Accelerated Learning Academy gymnasium to kick off the school year. The theme of the event was ‘Be Your Own Hero,’ with a focus on storytelling and literacy through cosplay, which is wearing costumes of characters and studying and acting like […]

Families and supporters of candidates gathered at the Community Building in anticipation of the results of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s 2022 general election on September 6. Some supporters donned T-shirts to advocate for their candidates as the election board worked on tallying votes. After the primary election on July 26, the top five […]

On September 19, a new road and street sign will be unveiled in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: Taḏai Vo:g. The new road, located off the corner of North Center Street and East Clarendon Avenue, will be one of a handful of small streets to be established that are not already named elsewhere within […]

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are at higher risk of dying by suicide compared with other Americans. In 2019, non-Hispanic AI/AN people had a suicide rate 60% higher than that of the general population. The Indian Health Service (IHS) says that complex, interrelated […]