Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier was a guest speaker in Phoenix recently for a special event that honored the legacy of the Navajo Code Talkers.  Navajo Code Talker Thomas Begay was in attendance for the Navajo Code Talkers Day event, held on August 14 outside the Arizona...

Showing up matters.  “Ninety percent of succeeding in your life is just showing up and staying working at it. Just show up, and the rest comes pretty easy,” said Scott Thigpen, director of Engineering & Construction Services and chairman of the Apprenticeship Program Committee in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian...

Tinja Myllykangas and Alex Schwarz operate Wilderness Huskies, an off-grid Alaskan huskie mushing and horse-riding tourist destination in the Muotkatunturi wilderness area within the Inari municipality of northern Lapland, Finland. Inari is the traditional homeland of the Indigenous people called the Inari (Aanaar) Sámi, who still reside to this day...

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Thosh Collins (On Akimel O’odham/Osage/Seneca) has been staying busy since he and his wife Chelsey Luger released their 2022 book The Seven Circles: Indigenous Teachings for Living Well. If you scroll through Collins’ Instagram, you’ll see an abundance of well-produced videos showing traditional-inspired workout...

The O’odham Action News team endured another sweltering July this year, driving from gym to gym across Phoenix to catch a glimpse of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community hoopers representing their people on their traditional lands in the 22nd Annual Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI). From July 22-25, 204 teams...

Young eyes and ears absorb everything adults say and do. The way adults speak, act and handle challenges can leave a lasting impact on each child. Witnessing and being directly affected by drug addiction can potentially lead to a similar path that was set for them by their parents. The...

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Human Resources department kicked off its inaugural quarterly employee recognition program on July 14 at Scottsdale Community College’s Indigenous Cultural Center. The program honored hardworking employees from the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 who demonstrated the values of the O’odham and Piipaash Community...

To finish something, you must start.  On August 1, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community came together to officially welcome the little ones who began their academic journeys at the Early Childhood Education Center.  Education Board Chair Kyland King, educator Ipa Dutchover, SRPMIC Council member Jacob Butler, Council member and...