On May 23 at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Department of Corrections (DOC) facility, several inmates were recognized for taking the opportunity to make a positive change while incarcerated. Community members under DOC supervision graduating from the Rio Salado Reentry program were recognized for obtaining a college degree from Rio Salado Community College. To […]
Christopher Lomahquahu O’odham Action News Christopher.Lomahquahu@srpmic-nsn.gov Sarah Edwards-Bradley, a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member from the Lehi Community, and her husband Kevin Bradley Jr. together operate Sea of Ink Tattoo Studio, which is located on Main Street just east of Val Vista Drive in Mesa. We spoke with Bradley, while the couple was on […]
A treatment facility with the mission to help people recover from addiction recently broke ground on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. On May 9, SRPMIC leaders, Health and Human Services (HHS) staff and Community members currently in addiction recovery turned over loose soil to usher in the Journey to Recovery treatment facility on a […]
The Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs is launching a survey of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members to learn about their voting patterns and what gets them to the polls on Election Day. During the senior breakfast hosted by the SRPMIC Senior Services program on May 3 at the Talking Stick Resort, OCLA Intergovernmental […]
On May 12, the newly branded Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to signify the name-in-title sponsorship and partnership between Talking Stick Resort and Live Nation. The 20,000-seat outdoor venue in west Phoenix was originally named Desert Sky Pavilion from 1988 to 1996, and it was most recently known as the Ak-Chin […]
On May 5, Herschel Andrews ended his service to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community with a Cinco de Mayo-themed retirement recognition and celebration at the SRPMIC Council Chambers. For the last 10 years, Andrews has been manager of the Senior Home Repair or Replacement Program (SHRRP). From 2002 to 2012 he fulfilled many roles […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Keith D. Andreas always figured he would end up having a career in the military or become a police officer. “I always felt I wasn’t meant for a regular nine-to-five job,” said Andreas. With that outlook, Andreas recently began one of the most difficult jobs on the planet: serving […]