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On the first Thursday of each month through at least January 2023, the Salt River Tribal Library will be hosting the LGBTQ2S+ Book Club, where Native LGBTQ2S+ books and authors will be discussed. LGBTQ2S+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, and two-spirit. The plus symbol stands for all other gender identities not […]
On Tuesday, September 27, the Salt River Financial Services Institution (SRFSI) and Salt River Community Tribal Housing Program presented Pathways to Homeownership, a home readiness workshop, to a group of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members interested in becoming homeowners. SRFSI Financial Education Training Coordinator Gracie Briones and Health and Human Services Prevention and Intervention […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Social Services Department is now taking applications for the 2022 Christmas Angel Program. The department has been hosting the program for more than 10 years to help assist Community families during the holiday season. Social Services began accepting applications on October 3. There are three ways to submit an […]
As Halloween is approaching, the Salt River Tribal Library held Pumpkin Story Time for Community youth on Wednesday, October 5. The kids enjoyed two stories read by Librarian Lessie Dingler and Library Assistant Sophenia Begaye. Begaye read Pete the Cat’s Five Little Pumpkins; she handed out paper pumpkins to the youth for interactive storytelling. Dingler […]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and on Monday, October 3, to start the month, various Behavioral Health Services divisions of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community provided information on programs and services available to Community members who may find themselves in an unhealthy relationship or a domestic violence situation. Community health educators, victim advocates […]
On October 8, two young ladies from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Sistine Lewis and Manderee Jose, participated in the 61st Annual Miss Indian Arizona Scholarship Program held at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Lewis and Jose competed against six other contestants: Maria Pablo (Tohono O’odham Nation), Emile Eich (Navajo Nation), Morgan Smith […]
At the request of the Department of Agriculture–U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently provided a technical review of the 2021 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange in regard to the proposed copper mine at Oak Flat. The mine would extract an estimated available 1,970 […]
On August 31, the City of Tempe began an initiative to relocate the homeless population living along the Rio Salado river bottom, west of the Tempe Town Lake dam. After that date, those who do not leave within seven days after receiving an official notice would be cited or arrested for third-degree trespassing. Activist groups […]
Editor’s Note: This article contains the Piipaash words and phrases in parentheses. On September 17 and 19, the O’odham Piipaash Language Program (OPLP) held two sessions demonstrating how to make a gourd (xnaaly) doll ornament and a mini cape, blending contemporary gourd art with traditional Piipaash/Yuman cape making and beadwork techniques. Participants used different techniques […]
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