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“Telling the Stories of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community”

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“Telling the Stories of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community”

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SRPMIC CERT Training on the Horizon Again
March 18, 2021

SRPMIC CERT Training on the Horizon Again

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) has been reactivated by the Salt River Fire Department and SRPMIC Emergency Management program. The CERT team comprises Community members and residents or those who work with the enterprise who are trained in different types of incident command systems. CERT members are currently integrated […]

Student Athletes in the Community
March 17, 2021

Student Athletes in the Community

Angel Villa  #10 SAGU American Indian College SAGUAIC Warriors  Angel Villa is playing his first year at the Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) American Indian College in Phoenix. Villa and the SAGUAIC Warriors played a full schedule this season, with games as far away as Billings, Montana, where he and his team won two […]

Fourth Session of ‘Positive Indian Parenting’ Focuses on Harmony in Childrearing
March 17, 2021

Fourth Session of ‘Positive Indian Parenting’ Focuses on Harmony in Childrearing

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Behavioral Health Services has just wrapped up a series of Positive Indian Parenting online classes open to all Community members to help build stronger children and families. The now-completed eight-week series featured class every Thursday from 12 noon to 1:20 p.m. Those who participated have learned about parenting topics such […]

Positive Indian Parenting’s Third Session Focuses on Lessons of the Cradleboard
March 3, 2021

Positive Indian Parenting’s Third Session Focuses on Lessons of the Cradleboard

The Behavioral Health Services Department of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is offering Positive Indian Parenting classes online to all interested Community members. The classes are designed to help build stronger children and families. The eight-week series features class every Thursday from 12 noon to 1:20 p.m.  So far, class participants have learned about […]

Parenting Class Focuses on Storytelling to Help Communicate with Children
February 3, 2021

Parenting Class Focuses on Storytelling to Help Communicate with Children

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Behavioral Health Services is offering Positive Indian Parenting classes online to all Community members to help build stronger children and families. The eight-week series features class every Thursday from 12 noon to 1:20 p.m. All are welcome to join and learn about parenting topics such as Traditional Behavior Modifications, […]

SRPMIC COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization
January 20, 2021

SRPMIC COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization

The COVID-19 response team of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is actively managing the Community’s vaccine distribution. The Health and Human Services staff have been contacting people in Phase 1B, the group currently receiving the vaccine, which includes dialysis patients, transplant recipients, active cancer patients, and Community members and residents age 65 and older. […]

Online Positive Parenting Classes Offered
January 20, 2021

Online Positive Parenting Classes Offered

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Behavioral Health Services is offering Positive Indian Parenting classes online to all Community members to help build stronger children and families. The eight-week sessions feature class every Thursday from 12 noon to 1:20 p.m. All are welcome to join and learn about parenting topics such as Traditional Behavior Modifications, […]

Healthy Ways to Cope with Grief and Loss
January 6, 2021

Healthy Ways to Cope with Grief and Loss

In a small community such as the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, where we are all pretty much related, our cousins are like our siblings and our neighbors are family. It’s hard when we lose anyone, but it’s especially hard when we lose someone from our Community. As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the […]

How Tribal Nations Are Handling the Pandemic Across the U.S.
January 6, 2021

How Tribal Nations Are Handling the Pandemic Across the U.S.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study on December 17 which shows that American Indians (AI) and Alaska Natives (AN) have a death rate from COVID-19 at 1.8 times greater than non-Hispanic whites, based on data from 14 participating states.  According to the study, there is excess risk, especially for […]

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The Ins and Outs of Self-Empowerment 

The Ins and Outs of Self-Empowerment 

“We are in control of our own attitude,” began Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Health and Human Services Prevention and Intervention Health Educator Melanie Nosie, LMSW. On March 25, Nosie facilitated a webinar regarding a topic we all can work on, self-empowerment.  Recently, the Community Health webinars have seen an...
SRPMIC Member Becomes IFBB Bikini Professional Bodybuilder

SRPMIC Member Becomes IFBB Bikini Professional Bodybuilder

Leanne “Aimee” Velasquez, a 27-year-old Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member, was working as a registered nurse when she decided to change up her routine of going to the gym in February 2020. Feeling intimidated and lost, she hired a fitness coach to help her get a new routine down. Her coach turned out to […]
Traditional O’odham Plants: Desert Ephedra

Traditional O’odham Plants: Desert Ephedra

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 […]
River People Health Center Opens to Community Members

River People Health Center Opens to Community Members

The River People Health Center (RPHC) is now fully open to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members, all other tribal enrollees and their family members under the age of 18. All services are now open, including primary care (family practice, pediatrics and internal medicine) as well as dental, optometry, podiatry and physical therapy. “The only […]
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