On November 5, the Huhugam Ki: Museum celebrated its 35th anniversary with a special gathering held outside the museum by Two Waters on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Many things have changed in the last 35 years inside and outside the Community, but Cody Achin, outreach coordinator for the SRPMIC Cultural Resources Department, said […]
The Valley’s internationally renowned museum dedicated to the presentation, interpretation and advancement of American Indian art has received a grant to upgrade its archives. The Heard Museum, founded in 1929, recently received a grant in the amount of more than $245,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to upgrade the museum’s collection […]
On July 1, Dr. Eric Leshinskie was named president of Scottsdale Community College after serving as the interim executive vice chancellor and provost for Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). Leshinskie said his passion for education started when landed his first job out of college as an eighth-grade English teacher. “That’s where I truly developed […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Anthony “Thosh” Collins and his wife, Chelsey Luger, celebrated their new book The Seven Circles: Indigenous Teachings for Living Well on October 25 at a book-signing at Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix. The book reviews the seven circles of Movement, Land, Community, Ceremony, Sacred Space, Sleep and Food, a […]
On Friday, October 28, families gathered at the Accelerated Learning Academy football field (formerly the Salt River High School football field) to learn about the public safety departments in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community at Safety Day, an event hosted by the Salt River Fire Department and the Salt River Police Department. The event […]
The Piipaash Matasheevm (People’s Gathering) has been staple among the Lehi Community since 1998, when Earl and Carolyn Stacey founded the event to celebrate the Piipaash culture on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. In the last issue of O’odham Action News, we touched upon the day of the event, on October 1 this year. […]
On October 6, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community hosted a job fair for Community members to seek employment at the River People Health Center. According to Crystal Banuelos, SRPMIC assistant human resources director, 107 attendees came out to the job fair. Of those individuals, 55 were Community members, 40 were enrolled with another tribe […]