On October 6, PopStroke Entertainment Group, a golf entertainment group partnership with legendary golfer Tiger Woods and TaylorMade Golf Company, opened up a brand-new PopStroke mini golf location in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Pavilions at Talking Stick within the Talking Stick Entertainment District. On the previous day, October 5, the SRPMIC and members […]
When talking about addiction, suicide, domestic violence and other forms of abuse in Indian Country, one common theme is likely to come up: Traditionally speaking, you just don’t talk about it. The 10th Annual Glow Walk on October 3, sponsored by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Department of Health and Human Services Prevention & […]
On September 5, family and friends of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Jacob Hunter Charlie came together at the Round House Café for a special meal to celebrate his decision to join the Army. The very next week, he was deployed. Beginning as a private, Charlie will be an M1 Armor Crewman MOS (military […]
On April 11, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Cultural Resources Department participated in a group activity at the Community Garden’s new farm field, spending a few hours planting tepary beans, a traditional crop for the O’odham. The beans grew in the field for a few months until they were dry and ready to harvest. […]
During their August recess, members of the U.S. Congress spent time back in their home districts to meet with constituents and others about issues of importance regarding the federal government. On August 17, U.S. Congressman Greg Stanton (D-AZ, 4th District) met with Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council members at the Council Chambers for lunch, […]
The nonprofit seed conservation organization Native Seeds/SEARCH (NS/S) recently celebrated the first major successful test of their spiral-shaped basin, after a monsoon filled up the rainwater harvesting feature at their Conservation Center in Tucson. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council member and NS/S Chair Jacob Butler inspired the basin. NS/S garden staff toured the Salt […]
If you are out in your garden, especially during monsoon season or warm weather, you might see an abundance of ants (Totoñĭ in O’odham) maintaining their home on your plants and in the dirt around you. Sometimes, ants enter your home and travel around on the floor or the countertops, or they could end up […]