For the past two decades, the Southwest has been in the midst of a megadrought. The Colorado River, which supplies water to the state of Arizona and other southwestern states through the Lake Mead and Lake Powell reservoirs, has seen its flows drastically reduced. However, stakeholders from across the Southwest came together in recent years […]

On May 4, the Biden administration proclaimed May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, which recognizes the efforts of activists who have been working since 2017 to raise awareness about the growing instances of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (known as MMIW or MMIWG) throughout Indian Country and honors their […]

In February, O’odham Action News reported that a wild horse from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community took a journey to Siperia, an Arctic-experience tourist destination in Finland, in fall 2020. It turns out that horse, named Nube by owner Tinja Myllykangas, was pregnant during the trip across the Atlantic Ocean. A healthy and active […]

June 14 is Community Day in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and what the day represents holds different meanings to Community members. On June 14, 2004, SRPMIC Council established the day with an official proclamation to recognize the 125th anniversary of the June 14, 1879, executive order signed by President Rutherford B. Hayes, which […]

On March 15, chair of the Natural Resources Committee Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) introduced the Save Oak Flat Act, H.R. 1884, with plans to permanently protect the Oak Flat (or Chi’chil Bildagoteel) area of Arizona’s Tonto National Forest from recent mining proposals. In the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, a provision mandated that the federal […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Engineering and Construction Services (ECS) Director Todd Auger is retiring after 28 years working for the Community. Auger’s last day was May 24, and he made quite an impact on the Community, as measured by the number of staff members who were more than glad to share their experiences with […]

On May 19, the O’odham Piipaash Language Program hosted its first virtual sandal-making class, which was offered to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members. Daryl Lynn Jay of Hu’u Consulting was the instructor of the event, and the class also included virtual instruction for making O’odham strand necklaces. According to Senior Multimedia Specialist Helema Andrews, […]

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15, and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Senior Services Department (SSD)/Adult Protective Services (APS) team wants to bring to light some things to look out for while protecting our elders from preventable harm. To acknowledge this day, APS will be hosting its own Community Elder Abuse Awareness […]