3 Takeaways:• Stanton’s visit was part of efforts to continue improving relationships and understand the needs of the Community.• While here he discussed working with Rep. Schweikert to effectively represent constituents across Arizona as well as visited the Family Advocacy Center for updates on the MMIP Taskforce.• Council members asked...
Elaina Osife is officially a Thunderbird. The Thunderbird School of Global Management is a business school at Arizona State University’s downtown Phoenix campus. The school gets its name from a decommissioned World War II–era Army Air Force base in Glendale, Arizona, which was called Thunderbird Field No. 1. The school’s...
The Indigenous Journalists Association is a national organization composed of Indigenous and non-Indigenous journalists who emphasize Indian Country news. The IJA’s 2025 conference was held August 13-15 on the lands of Isleta Pueblo at the Isleta Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico. O’odham Action News staff members Chris Picciuolo, Juan...
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier was a guest speaker in Phoenix recently for a special event that honored the legacy of the Navajo Code Talkers. Navajo Code Talker Thomas Begay was in attendance for the Navajo Code Talkers Day event, held on August 14 outside the Arizona...
Showing up matters. “Ninety percent of succeeding in your life is just showing up and staying working at it. Just show up, and the rest comes pretty easy,” said Scott Thigpen, director of Engineering & Construction Services and chairman of the Apprenticeship Program Committee in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian...
Tinja Myllykangas and Alex Schwarz operate Wilderness Huskies, an off-grid Alaskan huskie mushing and horse-riding tourist destination in the Muotkatunturi wilderness area within the Inari municipality of northern Lapland, Finland. Inari is the traditional homeland of the Indigenous people called the Inari (Aanaar) Sámi, who still reside to this day...
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Thosh Collins (On Akimel O’odham/Osage/Seneca) has been staying busy since he and his wife Chelsey Luger released their 2022 book The Seven Circles: Indigenous Teachings for Living Well. If you scroll through Collins’ Instagram, you’ll see an abundance of well-produced videos showing traditional-inspired workout...