Owners: Isaac and Christina Lopez (we talked with Isaac for the interview) Year established: 2014 Services: Silkscreen T-shirts and jackets for adults, toddlers and infants, including baby onesies. Designs incorporate Native themes using humor and history. At the beginning of October, the company plans to start selling masks and a new shirt design. Q: What […]

The last issue of O’odham Action News featured a variety of essential workers in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community who have made an impact on the Community and kept it running smoothly during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article will focus on Health Service Transportation drivers in the Health & Human Services Department. The drivers […]

Rousseau Farming Company is one of three farms that cultivate leased farmland on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Since 1991, Rousseau Farming has been a mainstay in the Community; currently, they farm about 4,500 acres of land. The farm has a year-round staff of about 75 managers, irrigators, tractor drivers and mechanics. During harvest […]

A year ago, O’odham Action News sat down with Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and sisters Johanna Tate, 11, and Rihanna Tate, 13, to talk about their rigorous mixed martial arts training. Their dream is to make it to the Ultimate Fighting Championships and the Olympics as Native American representatives.  When COVID-19 shut down their […]

Owners: David Dallas and Adam Mays (we talked with David for the interview) Year established: 2012 Services: General contracting and general engineering  Q: What made you want to start your own business, and why did you choose this type of business? A: At the time I started MayDall, I had been in the construction industry for […]

In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote in the United States, USA Todayin August named 10 women from each state as “Women of the Century” for their significant contributions to their states and to the country. One of the honorees for Arizona is former Salt River […]

Hello, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members!  I wanted to start by offering condolences to the family and friends of Tohono O’odham Nation police officer Bryan Brown, who was killed on August 27 in the line of duty. On behalf of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, we extend our prayers and condolences to Officer […]

The Arizona Parks and Recreation Association (APRA) held its annual conference August 11-13 virtually on YouTube, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, August 11, winning landscape design projects were recognized in the annual APRA Awards ceremony. One of the award winners was J2 Engineering and Environmental Design in Phoenix, which received “Outstanding Facility Award […]