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Making a Gourd Doll Ornament with a Mini Cape

Editor’s Note: This article contains the Piipaash words and phrases in parentheses. On September 17 and 19, the O’odham Piipaash Language Program (OPLP) held two sessions demonstrating how to make a gourd (xnaaly) doll ornament and a mini cape, blending contemporary gourd art with traditional Piipaash/Yuman cape making and beadwork techniques. Participants used different techniques […]

ASIST Training Workshop Provides Suicide First Aid Tools

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, in 2019 suicide was the second leading cause of death for American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) between the ages of 10 and 34. The overall death rate from suicide for AI/AN adults is about 20% higher than it is for the non-Hispanic […]

‘Be Your Own Hero’ and Fall Into Reading

On September 15, about 150 people attended the Fall Into Reading literary event at the Accelerated Learning Academy gymnasium to kick off the school year. The theme of the event was ‘Be Your Own Hero,’ with a focus on storytelling and literacy through cosplay, which is wearing costumes of characters and studying and acting like […]

Acting Superintendent Hosts Forum on Salt River Schools Programs

Families and educators came together for the Salt River Schools (SRS) Superintendent Forum to hear about the various programs that serve students of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The event was hosted by SRS at the Accelerated Learning Academy lecture hall and streamed live on Facebook on September 13.  “We are doing the best […]

Salt River Launches Initiative to Increase Voter Turnout 

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs’ (OCLA) Get Out the Vote Committee has launched a new initiative to increase voter turnout in the Community. Since September 2, new billboards with the slogan “SkoVoteDen” have been attracting the attention of drivers along McDowell Road between the Loop 101 and Longmore […]

FEMA Steps in to Assist Community After Storm Damage

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community received a boost in support from the federal government to help with recovery efforts after storms caused widespread damage on July 17 and 18. On September 2, President Joe Biden signed a disaster declaration to release federal aid to the Community.  Earlier, to reinforce the request for aid from […]

SRFSI and Native-Owned Business Present Insurance Workshop for Community

The Salt River Financial Services Institution (SRFSI) hosted a workshop on homeowner’s insurance and renter’s insurance for members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on Tuesday, September 13. The workshop was held once in the afternoon and once in the evening at Two Waters Building B. Leah Cristobal, customer experience manager with Amerind, presented […]

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