3 Takeaways: During National Breastfeeding Month in August, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community WIC program made sure to champion mothers and their important role in the Community. On August 21, WIC held a “celebration of breastfeeding support” at the River People Health Center lobby with the theme “Honoring Moms...
Learn the history of the commemorative day and how Indigenous communities honor the lives lost due to atrocities caused by boarding school systems on Turtle Island Every September 30, it’s important to wear orange to acknowledge the atrocities caused by the federal governments of the United States and Canada from...
Doing their best and putting their best foot forward has always been the main goal for Elijah and Ezekiel Norris. Winning the Boys & Girls Clubs Jr. Suns championship game in overtime, 29-28, was a dream come true for these brothers. The players on the team received a championship ring,...
Don “Wild Eagle” Wuebber is an enrolled Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member who grew up on the East Coast in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix and was adopted at 3 months old. Now, at 57, he lives in Pennsylvania...
The new Journey to Recovery (JTR) treatment and rehabilitation facility in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community officially opened its doors on September 8, beginning operations at about 70% occupancy through the end of the year and gradually scaling up to full capacity early in 2026. Female patients were moved...
3 Takeaways:• Stanton’s visit was part of efforts to continue improving relationships and understand the needs of the Community.• While here he discussed working with Rep. Schweikert to effectively represent constituents across Arizona as well as visited the Family Advocacy Center for updates on the MMIP Taskforce.• Council members asked...
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...