Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS), an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, was welcomed to the Community by SRPMIC leadership and the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs (OCLA) on July 19 with a tour of the Justice Center and the Salt River Police Department Dispatch Center. The SRPMIC’s...
A ceremonial wall-signing and “topping-out” celebration took place on July 26 at the construction site for the new Journey to Recovery (JTR) Center, located west of the River People Health Center on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. JTR focuses on innovative addiction treatment for Indigenous patients and is designed...
This year, boys’ and girls’ basketball teams from Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, Alaska, Oklahoma, Florida, New Zealand and more made their way to Phoenix for the opportunity to compete in the Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI) tournament, which took place July 22–27. The annual competition boasts the best of the...
Twenty-five years ago, Sam McCracken had an idea. A member of the Sioux and Assiniboine tribes, McCracken was working at the Nike warehouse distribution center in 1999 in Wilsonville, Oregon, when he had an idea to promote healthy lifestyles to members in his community. Slowly but surely, McCracken would begin...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Community Garden staff invited O’odham Action News to the small garden space outside of the Cultural Resources Department offices on July 12 to demonstrate how to prepare squash after it has been harvested. “I’m showing the youth workers and day laborers the importance of...
On June 25, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Pathway to Home Ownership program held a meeting for all SRPMIC members with the goal of outlining the process of becoming a homeowner. The meeting was held in Two Waters’ A building in room 107. Lori Calderon, community outreach supervisor from...
According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, one in every 10 elders will experience some form of abuse in their lifetimes. Only one in every 24 cases is reported. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Senior Services Adult Protective Services (APS) team hosted an Elder Abuse Awareness Walk on...