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The O’odham and Piipaash people traditionally collected many indigenous plants in the Sonoran Desert. Many people continue to go out today and collect them when they are in bloom. The fruit of the prickly pear cactus, I:ibhai in O’odham, is one of the best traditional foods to collect from the summer through the beginning of […]
With the high demand for hand sanitizers around the world, it is important to know which sanitizers are safe and can protect you from the coronavirus. With hand sanitizers making their way back on to store shelves lately, you might notice a number of new brands. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, a number of new […]
Mieve Kochampanasken, a recent graduate of Riverside Indian High School in Anadarko, Oklahoma, is preparing to attend Mid-American Christian University (MACU) in Oklahoma City at the end of August. Kochampanasken will be playing as a guard for the MACU women’s reserve basketball team. Kochampanasken is a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. She […]
On Tuesday, August 4, School Resource Officer (SRO) Daniel Brown was a guest reader at Salt River Elementary School. Off. Brown read the book “When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree,” which celebrates the pleasures of family, patience, hard work and nature, and the importance of community. “When the opportunity came up to do a […]
On Wednesday, July 15, the Salt River Police Department (SRPD) became the fifth police department out of 140 in the state of Arizona to receive full accreditation from the Arizona Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (ALEAP.) Accreditation is a time-proven method of assisting law enforcement agencies in measuring and improving their overall performance. This foundation implements […]
On July 21, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Denver Region held a 2020 Census American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) media briefing to give an updated 2020 Census overview and field questions pertaining to census operations on tribal land. Speakers present on the teleconference were Cathy Lacy, regional director, Denver Region, U.S. Census Bureau; Chairman Jamie […]
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 […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Vice-President Ricardo Leonard provided the weekly update, including the SRPMIC COVID-19 testing update. The update can be found on page 12. Vice-President Leonard reported that the SRPMIC Council approved a fourth directive that closes the Verde River/Salt River (“Red Mountain River Area”) to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The Salt […]
On Wednesday, July 1, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier and SRPMIC representatives Joe Remitera, Dr. Nancy Mangieri and Gary Bohnee attended a meeting with Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, to get some perspective on how tribes are dealing with COVID-19 in their respective communities. Also included in the […]
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