Whether artificial intelligence, or AI, is a part of your life or something you’ve only heard about, it’s only getting more important for all of us to understand how it works and how it will likely impact the future. When you look something up online you may see an “AI...
With a hulking black helicopter parked behind them and the Superstition Mountains in the background, the Rezdogs Jiu Jitsu team from the Wa:k San Xavier District on the Tohono O’odham Nation joined Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Rianna “Ona Bear” Tate in a circle and stacked their hands in...
3 takeaways: In mid-August, six staff members from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community traveled to the Casino Del Sol Resort in Tucson for the eighth annual Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Conference, hosted by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. Nearly 300 representatives from various tribes attended. Mylo Smith (Crow Creek-Dakota)...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community hosted SAFEtalk suicide awareness training for Suicide Prevention Month. Editor’s Note: This story contains sensitive subject matter that readers may find upsetting. September is Suicide Prevention Month. To ensure that Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and staff are supported as we all navigate...
3 Takeaways: During National Breastfeeding Month in August, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community WIC program made sure to champion mothers and their important role in the Community. On August 21, WIC held a “celebration of breastfeeding support” at the River People Health Center lobby with the theme “Honoring Moms...
3 Takeaways: For the penultimate installment of the inaugural Summer Speaker Series, host and Assistant Community Manager Lena Jackson-Eckert invited Katie Gertz to share how she got started tracing her family history and learning about genealogy. Gertz is president of the Family History Society of Arizona and leads the genealogy...
Doing their best and putting their best foot forward has always been the main goal for Elijah and Ezekiel Norris. Winning the Boys & Girls Clubs Jr. Suns championship game in overtime, 29-28, was a dream come true for these brothers. The players on the team received a championship ring,...