Community Awareness

Ways to Stay Healthy and Hydrated During Record Temperatures

During the record-breaking heat wave this summer in the Valley, it is especially important to keep cool and stay hydrated. But with convenience foods and beverages readily available everywhere, it is increasingly difficult for consumers to make healthy dietary choices on the go that not only provide vitamins and minerals, but also provide additional hydration […]

July 27, 2023

SRPMIC 12 Percent Committee Presents Funds to Phoenix Human Services Campus to Combat Homelessness

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s 12 Percent Gaming Grant Committee provided a 12% grant for the 2023 calendar year to the Human Services Campus (HSC) in Phoenix to assist the homeless population that is living on the streets around the campus. The grant funds from the Community are limited to this purpose. The HSC […]

June 20, 2023

Public Works Week Community Day Brings Awareness to Important Services

On May 23, about 100 people attended the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Day at the Salt River Community Building to join the Public Works Department as they celebrated National Public Works Week (May 21-27). The American Public Works Association announced that the theme for the 2023 week would be “Connecting the World Through Public […]

June 15, 2023

1979 Centennial Edition SRPMIC Newspaper

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community looks back at the history of our Community, we want to share the June 14, 1979 Special Centennial Issue of the SRPMIC Newspaper. Check out the full issue on the OAN archive page. http://oan.srpmic-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1979-Centennial-Edition-SRPMIC-Newspaper-BW.pdf

June 1, 2023

SRPMIC Council Members and Chief Prosecutor Appointed to Governor Hobbs’ MMIP Task Force

On May 5, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced the members of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Task Force, which she created on March 7 by executive order. Three representatives from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community are on the task force: Chief Prosecutor Alane Breland, Council member Mikah Carlos and Council member Wi-Bwa Grey. […]

May 31, 2023

Traditional O’odham Plants: Desert Ephedra

As more O’odham and Piipaash members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community are going back to their roots and getting to know more about the traditional uses of the plants on the land, O’odham Action News spoke with community garden technician Amson Collins to help educate the Community about these plants. In January 2022 […]

May 26, 2023

Missing and Murdered Awareness Day Prayer and Walk

The Scottsdale Community College Indigenous Cultural Center organized and hosted a Missing and Murdered Awareness Day Prayer and Walk on May 5 to remember Indigenous individuals who have been victims of violent crime. Scottsdale Community College students, faculty and leadership were invited to take part in the morning’s events. Since the campus is situated on […]

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Traditional O’odham Plants: Desert Ephedra

SRPMIC 12 Percent Committee Presents Funds to Phoenix Human Services Campus to Combat Homelessness

Salt River Animal Control and Lost Dogs

By Nalani Lopez Residents and visitors in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community come across a variety of animals, both domestic and wild. The Animal Control Unit, one of the Salt River Police Department’s specialty units, protects and serves the four-legged creatures that call the Community home. “We enforce the [SRPMIC Code of Ordinances] regarding […]