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 […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier, staff from the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, members of the Young River People’s Council and staff from the River People Health Center met with U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) on Friday, October 14, at the River People Health Center to discuss a few issues that […]
In August the U.S. Department of Labor awarded $70.8 million to 166 tribal nations in the form of grants. Among the recipients, was the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, which was awarded $87,995 for adult programs and $52,630 for youth employment. According to a U.S. Dept. of Labor press release, the funding is to, “Help […]
On September 28, the Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), along with the Salt River Schools (SRS) Security Team and the Salt River Police Department (SRPD), came together for a “Pizza With Police” event. Barro’s Pizza was served to 40 families and about 20 staff and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community partners, while the ECEC provided […]
On the first Thursday of each month through at least January 2023, the Salt River Tribal Library will be hosting the LGBTQ2S+ Book Club, where Native LGBTQ2S+ books and authors will be discussed. LGBTQ2S+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, and two-spirit. The plus symbol stands for all other gender identities not […]
On Tuesday, September 27, the Salt River Financial Services Institution (SRFSI) and Salt River Community Tribal Housing Program presented Pathways to Homeownership, a home readiness workshop, to a group of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members interested in becoming homeowners. SRFSI Financial Education Training Coordinator Gracie Briones and Health and Human Services Prevention and Intervention […]