On June 6, the Housing Opportunity Short Term (HOST) emergency housing development off Montecito and Country Club drives held an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony to signify the completion of the construction of the housing units in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. At HOST, there will be two versions of 21 tiny homes; 10 […]

From May 22 to 24, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Hiking Club traveled to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah for their end-of-the-year trip. Ten names were drawn at random to go on the trip. SRPMIC Recreation Coordinator II Kevin Riding-In said he chose the location because it is not too far away and […]

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 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 13 to complete the transitional housing neighborhood located across from the Two Waters campus and Tribal Court. Called the Step To Empowerment Program (STEP) Transitional Housing Program, the neighborhood consists of 10 single and double housing units that will be overseen by the […]

On April 20, the Salt River Police Department held its annual SRPD Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) to support the Special Olympics. After the torch was handed off, Salt River’s part of the course went down Beeline Highway (State Route 87) from the Salt River Landfill to the River People Health Center. The torch was […]

On April 8, Salt River Public Health put together Get Out and Move, an event held at the Salt River Community Building to motivate Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members to move around and start thinking about healthy choices as the weather changes from cool to warm. The event began with a walk/run down Longmore […]

On January 25, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Tribal Council voted to open a 30-day public comment period on proposed ordinances regarding drug and drug-related crimes, including provisions for the legalization of recreational marijuana use in the Community. At the time, Council wanted to have something tangible that the Community membership could look at […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth came out to take part in a Nike N7 football clinic on February 10. The clinic took place at the Salt River High School track and field and drew groups of youth from other tribal communities as well, including Ak-Chin, the Gila River Indian Community and urban centers.  The […]