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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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Father, Son Complete Spartan Race
March 17, 2019

Father, Son Complete Spartan Race

Feeling euphoric even with his cut-up knees shaking from near-exhaustion, 31-year-old Zachariah Miles crossed the Spartan Race finish line knowing he left everything he had on the course.  The Spartan Race is an endurance and obstacle race series with events held around the world. Various levels exist, including the Spartan Sprint and the Spartan Super. […]

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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Northeast Ambulatory Care Center Topping Off Ceremony

Northeast Ambulatory Care Center Topping Off Ceremony

A little over six months ago, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council and staff from the Health and Human Services department gathered on an empty lot adjacent to the Beeline Pit Stop, on the southwest corner of Highway 87 (Beeline Highway) and McDowell Road, to mark the groundbreaking of the Northeast Ambulatory Care Center […]
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