The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community celebrated Veterans Day on November 11 at the Salt River Community Building by honoring Community members who have served in all branches of the military. Veteran’s representative Amanda White said that she’s happy that there were more Community members attending than on previous Community...
The Indigenous Artist Continuum Hekiu, which means “past” in O’odham, aims to go above and beyond land acknowledgments on the ancestral lands of the O’odham, Piipaash and Yoeme and has offered its multifaceted cultural expertise via consultation and art-for-hire services to businesses and municipalities across the Valley. Three Hekiu members,...
A Mesa Park just south of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has been given a new name in the O’odham language. On the morning of November 4, Mesa Mayor John Giles and tribal officials from the SRPMIC, Gila River Indian Community, Ak-Chin Indian Community and Tohono O’odham Nation gathered...
In the moments leading up to a recent Salt River Schools board meeting, Accelerated Learning Academy Principal Barbara Wilkinson was smiling from ear to ear as she had fantastic news to share with the Education Board and school families. “For the first time ever, the ALA has achieved an A...
On October 26, the Arizona State University (ASU) Sun Devils women’s basketball team paid a special visit to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth for a basketball clinic at the Way of Life Facility (WOLF). The visit brought out a huge crowd of youth and family members to the gym....
On Tuesday, October 15, a group of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members participated in an Astronomy 101: Night with the Stars class at the Scottsdale Community College planetarium. The session started with a brief introduction from Dr. Carver Bierson, SCC’s newest astronomy instructor and the instructor for the night....
Over the next few issues of O’odham Action News, we will be highlighting the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s four assistant community managers (ACM) as part of a new awareness campaign to spotlight ACM responsibilities and the government departments they each oversee. The idea is to allow the Community at...