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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 […]
As the reigns of the 2020-2021 Miss Salt River and Jr. Miss Salt River come to a close, the opportunity to end the year with a virtual event helped Miss Salt River Isabella Dockerty spread her platform message to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. On May 20, via a video on social media Dockerty […]
As temperatures start to rise, it’s important to drink enough liquids to keep your body properly hydrated. Being dehydrated means you are losing more water than you take in. According to the U.S. National Research Council, it is recommended that a person should drink eight to 10 glasses of water each day, with each glass […]
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 […]
Three Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community women will be recognized on June 18 in a virtual ceremony by Greg Stanton, representing Arizona’s 9th District in the U.S. Congress. Rep. Stanton will read a statement into the Congressional Record honoring SRPMIC Council Representative Diane Enos and SRPMIC members Ruth Cough and the late Violet Perkins for […]
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, […]
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