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SRPMIC Member Turns Beading into a Business 

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Maricela Hinojosa has taken her passion for beading and turned it into a small business venture called Beaded Plume. The former Miss Salt River went from wearing a beaded crown to now making beaded crowns for future titleholders.  Hinojosa started to bead when she was a child, learning from […]

TOCC Offers Free Native Arts Workshop

Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC) offered a free Native Arts Workshop for members of the four O’odham tribes this winter to teach them about contemporary and traditional Native arts. The eight-week, non-credit course taught students about history and culture in addition to encouraging artistic skills.  Each Saturday from January 7 through February 25, members of […]

‘Soda With Security’ Focuses on Suicide Prevention

In January, the Salt River Schools security team partnered with the Office of the Arizona Attorney General and Community Outreach and Education to raise awareness of the stigmatized, and often taboo, topic of suicide with a Suicide Prevention & Awareness presentation at the Accelerated Learning Academy Lecture Hall. Suicide is the second leading cause of […]

Burrowing Owl Sightings and Their Cultural Significance

Since December 2022, there have been multiple sightings of a peculiar, tiny burrowing owl near a drainage pipe at a construction site within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Burrowing owls nest in the ground instead of in trees. These owls, their young, their nests and eggs are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. […]

Salt River Youth Gather for Inauguration

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Young River People’s Council (YRPC) ushered in 13 new members on January 14 at the Way of Life Facility (WOLF). The YRPC was joined by tribal leadership and Salt River royalty, who offered their support of the aspiring youth.  “We had all of our Executive Council sworn in first, […]

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