Salt River Schools Communications and Public Affairs Director Taté Walker (Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota) has released a new poetry collection called “The Trickster Riots” with illustrations by their 14-year-old child, painter and graphic artist Ohíya Walker (Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe/Red Lake Ojibwe/Mvskoke Creek). For […]
After Mother Nature has left a path of destruction, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) is there to assist in the recovery efforts. FEMA representatives visited the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community August 1-3 to aid in assessing the damage caused by the severe monsoon storm on July 17. The Community and FEMA are working […]
A Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member recently had the opportunity to stream with one of the gaming industry’s leading brands. Marissa Johnson was given the chance to stream on the popular social gaming platform Twitch on August 12. “I was ecstatic, I was super excited and happy with a whole wave of positive emotions, […]
A novel way to get Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members into the information technology field is starting a seven-month-long course this August. Called the SRPMIC Apprenticeship Training Program, the initiative aims to train individuals to become IT professionals. The goal is to create opportunities for Community members to enter the IT field, while providing […]
One way to address the housing needs of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is by asking Community members what they want. With that in mind, the SRPMIC Community Development Department (CDD) is conducting an online survey about a proposed 160-unit apartment complex consisting of one, two- and three-bedroom units. The survey feedback and opinions […]
SRPMIC Diabetes Prevention Services began a new program in early August to help Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and their families develop a healthy lifestyle through tracking their progress with a Fitbit. The Health and Wellness Tracking Program has a limit of 200 people, and in less than a week all 200 of the […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s WIC Program helped celebrate World Breastfeeding Week at the River People Health Center’s (RPHC) First Friday event on Friday, August 5. World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7 annually, is a time for organizations to help inform mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding and to help those who advocate for breastfeeding […]