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On February 28, Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit high school in Phoenix, hosted a Native Land Prayer Service on Brophy’s baseball field, for which the school invited several notable O’odham and Piipaash leaders and expressed their land acknowledgment to students and guests. Brophy said that the service was meant to be not only a land […]
In the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council meeting on February 23, Council approved by motion a request to move the Young River People’s Council (YRPC) back to the Youth Services department from the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs (OCLA). The factors that went into the administrative move involve the four core areas outlined […]
The Salt River Family Read-Aloud Challenge is being promoted by Salt River Schools to encourage all Salt River families to gather together to tell stories and read aloud. The challenge lasts for 90 days, and the goal of the challenge is for each family to complete 25 oral stories or books by May 4. To […]
Hia-Ced O’odham water and land protector Amber Ortega was found not guilty of misdemeanor charges from her attempt to put a stop to border wall construction near Quitobaquito Springs in September 2020. Ortega and supporters celebrated and could be heard singing and praying in O’odham outside of the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse in Tucson. […]
A new exhibition called “FIRST: Native American Artists of Arizona” is on view through March 30 at the Public Gallery inside Scottsdale’s Civic Center Library. The exhibition was curated in consultation with Ron Carlos, potter and member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. SRPMIC artists with work featured in the gallery include Carlos, Jacob […]
This time last year, O’odham Action News reported on a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community wild mustang that made the journey from the scorching hot desert all the way to the wintry white wilderness of Lapland in northern Finland. New owners Tinja Myllykangas and Alexander Schwarz named that mustang Nube (“cloud” in Spanish), and when […]
As temperatures begin to show signs of warming up, gardeners are preparing for planting seeds this spring. According to Native Seeds/SEARCH, planting for early spring in the low desert of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is usually from mid-January through late February, when seeds such as arugula, chickpeas, cilantro, lentils, onions and peas can […]
In the last three issues of O’odham Action News, we provided an introduction to estate planning, wills and probate; broke down the probate process; and offered a more in-depth look at the American Indian Probate Reform Act (AIPRA). In this issue, we will cover the last topic in the series: the personal property probate and […]
Fans looking to see more baseball on tribal land will have to wait longer to hear the crack of the bat as the Major League Baseball lockout continues, with the start of the 2022 Spring Training exhibition season being postponed. The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and the MLB are still far apart on […]
