In O’odham, we say ske:g taṣ for “good day.” To say good, we say sape, or in Piipaash xotk. At the Culture Teacher Gathering, it was sape all around. Jokes and he’hem (laughing) were present from everyone in the room. Everyone at the gathering was sekik (happy) to be there and had a story to tell. The gathering took place...
3 Takeaways: During National Breastfeeding Month in August, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community WIC program made sure to champion mothers and their important role in the Community. On August 21, WIC held a “celebration of breastfeeding support” at the River People Health Center lobby with the theme “Honoring Moms...
3 Takeaways: For the penultimate installment of the inaugural Summer Speaker Series, host and Assistant Community Manager Lena Jackson-Eckert invited Katie Gertz to share how she got started tracing her family history and learning about genealogy. Gertz is president of the Family History Society of Arizona and leads the genealogy...
Learn the history of the commemorative day and how Indigenous communities honor the lives lost due to atrocities caused by boarding school systems on Turtle Island Every September 30, it’s important to wear orange to acknowledge the atrocities caused by the federal governments of the United States and Canada from...
Do you remember when actor Charlie Sheen visited with the Community children in Lehi in the late 1980s/early 1990s? The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community digital archiving team does. They even have a photograph to prove it. The SRPMIC digital archiving project was the focal point for a presentation held...
Doing their best and putting their best foot forward has always been the main goal for Elijah and Ezekiel Norris. Winning the Boys & Girls Clubs Jr. Suns championship game in overtime, 29-28, was a dream come true for these brothers. The players on the team received a championship ring,...
Don “Wild Eagle” Wuebber is an enrolled Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member who grew up on the East Coast in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix and was adopted at 3 months old. Now, at 57, he lives in Pennsylvania...