“It’s common knowledge that we were the first Arizona National Guard.” Military veteran Pacer Reina of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community shared those words in O’odham Action News’ coverage of the removal of tribal flags from the Phoenix Veterans Affairs building earlier this year. The story behind that National Guard fact...
The monsoon season in Arizona officially began on June 15 and is expected end in mid-September. The outlook for monsoon season is expected to receive above-normal precipitation this year, in addition to the expected blazing hot temperatures. In a study conducted by the National Weather Service in May, last year’s...
The best and brightest baseball and softball athletes from Indian Country made their way to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for a multi-day intertribal tournament organized by the Arizona Diamondbacks the week of June 2. Known as the only Native American baseball tournament sponsored by a Major League Baseball...
During the week of March 20 at Westworld of Scottsdale, the diet sodas were $4, but the art was priceless. The inaugural Scottsdale Ferrari Art Show featured a who’s who of local artists from the Valley of the Sun, which also included Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community artist Dwayne Manuel,...
In November last year, the Phoenix Indian Center hosted its free Indigenous Spring ball showcase at the Accelerated Learning Academy in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. O’odham Action Newswas at the scene for November’s baseball and softball showcase which saw many student-athletes receive training from coaches and trained staff from...
As one journey completes, another has just begun for Heaven Sepulveda, recent doctoral graduate from Arizona State University’s May Lou Fulton Teachers College and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member. Her dissertation, “From Community to Classroom,” was a one-day bus tour of the SRPMIC that took place on August 17 of last...
On a warm fall morning at the Accelerated Learning Academy campus in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the best Indigenous baseball and softball athletes in the Valley flashed their leather during the inaugural Indigenous Spring Ball Showcase. This year, management and staff from the Phoenix Indian Center have been...