Community health educators Vurlene Notsinneh-Bowekaty and Melanie Nosie from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Health and Human Services Suicide Prevention and Intervention program spent the morning of January 8 at the Round House Café promoting Community Outreach Day. The hour-long event featured free goodies such as pens, lens wipes, notepads and stress balls. The […]

Recently, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Health and Human Services Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program hosted an online Microsoft Teams gathering to help eliminate the stigma against HIV/AIDS.  “December 1 was World Aids Day,” began Community Health Educator Vurlene Notsinneh-Bowekaty as she detailed her department’s event last month, which she facilitated, along with Melanie […]

Na:pt biugim? (“Are you hungry?” in O’odham). This is the question that the Early Childhood Education Center, WIC and SRPMIC Public Health Injury Prevention are asking expectant mothers and ECEC families as the programs work together to show families how to use traditional Indigenous ingredients in baby food. Families learned about traditional foods for babies […]

As the year 2023 wound down to a close, the Salt River Fire Department hosted its annual dinner and awards presentation at the Courtyard Marriott on Saturday, December 16.  Acting Fire Chief Tsosie Wood served as the emcee for the event, which took place in the banquet hall inside the Courtyard Marriott. Dinner was served, […]

The Salt River Fire Department recently welcomed new graduates from the 2023-2 “Heat Seekers” recruit class. With 39 recruits total in the graduation class, SRPMIC had a massive presence at the graduation ceremony, as 10 of the recruits will join the SRFD. Joining the ranks of the SRFD are firefighters Damian Castro, Michael Diaz, Daniel […]

By OAN Intern Nalani Lopez With two vans packed full of camping tents, warm clothes and 10 excited participants, the SRPMIC Outdoor Recreation Adult Hiking Club headed west to Southern California to hike in the Joshua Tree National Park on the weekend of December 2. The weekend in the Mojave Desert started on Saturday afternoon […]

St. Mary’s Food Bank made a stop at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Accelerated Learning Academy parking lot on November 20 to distribute turkeys, tribal food boxes and fresh fruit to Community members. The event was a collaboration between St. Mary’s and the SRPMIC, with SRPMIC day workers, government employees and Council members volunteering […]

On October 11, 2023 Matthew Lakin, deputy director of the Air and Radiation Division at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9, met with staff members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Air Quality Program. Region 9 of the EPA has its headquarters in San Francisco, California. “I wanted to prioritize visiting here […]