A total of 303 employees were recognized on February 2 for their years of service to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The employees were honored at the 2023 Service Award Luncheon at Talking Stick Resort, which was attended by the honored employees, their supervisors and Community leadership. The 2023 Service Award Recognition Program was […]
After sitting out a few games before becoming eligible to play on the varsity basketball team after transferring to Mesa High School, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Israel “Izzy” Loring is happy to be suiting up as a Jackrabbit. O’odham Action News followed Loring as the Jackrabbits played at Westwood High School vs. the […]
It was a night four years in the making for Westwood High School student-athlete and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Angie Montoya. As the varsity girls basketball season winds down to an end, Westwood hosted their yearly Senior Night celebration on January 30 for their last home game of the season, against Red Mountain. […]
By Nalani Lopez Each February, UNITY, United National Indian Tribal Youth, hosts a midyear conference in preparation for the organization’s annual conference in July. The three-day conference held February 2-4 in downtown Phoenix brought together more than 700 tribal youth from communities across the United States. Members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Young […]
By Nalani Lopez In recent decades, the traditional game of toka has found its way back to the O’odham women of the Sonoran Desert. In the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Community member Jessica Ruiz, shared the ins and outs of the recreational sport with interested women on January 31 at the Salt River Tribal Library. The […]
By Nalani Lopez Residents and visitors in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community come across a variety of animals, both domestic and wild. The Animal Control Unit, one of the Salt River Police Department’s specialty units, protects and serves the four-legged creatures that call the Community home. “We enforce the [SRPMIC Code of Ordinances] regarding […]
“I rented a house in Phoenix about seven years ago,” began Memory Long Chase, domestic violence response director for the Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition (SWIWC) during her webinar presentation on stalking on January 10. “My neighbor was very interested in getting to know me, and it was really weird to me. He was constantly looking […]