At the Two Waters complex on May 23, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Veterans Services Office (VSO) hosted a special meet-and-greet with members of the United States Coast Guard, SRPMIC leadership and veterans. The VSO arranged the event so Coast Guard members could talk about careers among its enlisted and commissioned officer ranks.  According […]

On May 23 at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Department of Corrections (DOC) facility, several inmates were recognized for taking the opportunity to make a positive change while incarcerated. Community members under DOC supervision graduating from the Rio Salado Reentry program were recognized for obtaining a college degree from Rio Salado Community College.  To […]

Christopher Lomahquahu O’odham Action News Christopher.Lomahquahu@srpmic-nsn.gov Sarah Edwards-Bradley, a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member from the Lehi Community, and her husband Kevin Bradley Jr. together operate Sea of Ink Tattoo Studio, which is located on Main Street just east of Val Vista Drive in Mesa.  We spoke with Bradley, while the couple was on […]

On May 12, the newly branded Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to signify the name-in-title sponsorship and partnership between Talking Stick Resort and Live Nation. The 20,000-seat outdoor venue in west Phoenix was originally named Desert Sky Pavilion from 1988 to 1996, and it was most recently known as the Ak-Chin […]

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 […]

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 […]

Leaders from the City of Tempe and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community met on May 8 to bolster relations between the two governments. SRPMIC and the City of Tempe hosted a council-to-council joint meeting at the Round House Café.  “It is really good to have everyone here this evening, and I want to welcome […]

On May 16, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and tribal leaders gathered at the state capitol for a press conference addressing the fraudulent billing practices of certain behavioral health treatment centers across the Valley.  “Today we are announcing actions against over 100 providers of behavioral health, residential and outpatient treatment services […]