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Pathways to Homeownership Helps Guide Community Members to Become Homeowners

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 […]

Behavioral Health Services Provides Information on Domestic Violence Services and Programs

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and on Monday, October 3, to start the month, various Behavioral Health Services divisions of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community provided information on programs and services available to Community members who may find themselves in an unhealthy relationship or a domestic violence situation. Community health educators, victim advocates […]

Sistine Lewis Crowned Miss Indian Arizona 2022-2023

On October 8, two young ladies from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Sistine Lewis and Manderee Jose, participated in the 61st Annual Miss Indian Arizona Scholarship Program held at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Lewis and Jose competed against six other contestants: Maria Pablo (Tohono O’odham Nation), Emile Eich (Navajo Nation), Morgan Smith […]

Bureau of Land Management Reviews Resolution Copper Study at Oak Flat

At the request of the Department of Agriculture–U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently provided a technical review of the 2021 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange in regard to the proposed copper mine at Oak Flat. The mine would extract an estimated available 1,970 […]

Making a Gourd Doll Ornament with a Mini Cape

Editor’s Note: This article contains the Piipaash words and phrases in parentheses. On September 17 and 19, the O’odham Piipaash Language Program (OPLP) held two sessions demonstrating how to make a gourd (xnaaly) doll ornament and a mini cape, blending contemporary gourd art with traditional Piipaash/Yuman cape making and beadwork techniques. Participants used different techniques […]

Salt River Launches Initiative to Increase Voter Turnout 

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Office of Congressional & Legislative Affairs’ (OCLA) Get Out the Vote Committee has launched a new initiative to increase voter turnout in the Community. Since September 2, new billboards with the slogan “SkoVoteDen” have been attracting the attention of drivers along McDowell Road between the Loop 101 and Longmore […]

FEMA Steps in to Assist Community After Storm Damage

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community received a boost in support from the federal government to help with recovery efforts after storms caused widespread damage on July 17 and 18. On September 2, President Joe Biden signed a disaster declaration to release federal aid to the Community.  Earlier, to reinforce the request for aid from […]

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