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Pathways to Homeownership Helps Guide Community Members to Become Homeowners

On Tuesday, September 27, the Salt River Financial Services Institution (SRFSI) and Salt River Community Tribal Housing Program presented Pathways to Homeownership, a home readiness workshop, to a group of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members interested in becoming homeowners. SRFSI Financial Education Training Coordinator Gracie Briones and Health and Human Services Prevention and Intervention […]

Behavioral Health Services Provides Information on Domestic Violence Services and Programs

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and on Monday, October 3, to start the month, various Behavioral Health Services divisions of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community provided information on programs and services available to Community members who may find themselves in an unhealthy relationship or a domestic violence situation. Community health educators, victim advocates […]

Sistine Lewis Crowned Miss Indian Arizona 2022-2023

On October 8, two young ladies from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Sistine Lewis and Manderee Jose, participated in the 61st Annual Miss Indian Arizona Scholarship Program held at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Lewis and Jose competed against six other contestants: Maria Pablo (Tohono O’odham Nation), Emile Eich (Navajo Nation), Morgan Smith […]

Homeless Population Along Salt River Vacated by City of Tempe

On August 31, the City of Tempe began an initiative to relocate the homeless population living along the Rio Salado river bottom, west of the Tempe Town Lake dam. After that date, those who do not leave within seven days after receiving an official notice would be cited or arrested for third-degree trespassing. Activist groups […]

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 […]

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