Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Angelina Montoya is the 15-year-old daughter of Julio and Melissa Montoya and a ninth-grade student at Westwood High School. She started playing basketball at age 9 in the Salt River Friendship Youth Sports League. Montoya has had the opportunity to play in many league games and tournaments across the […]
Valentine’s Day is a holiday that revolves around romantic love, but it also inspires friendship, appreciation and kindness. Valentine’s Day is a day to remember what is important in life: the people who surround us and how much we care for them. How we celebrate Valentine’s Day comes in all forms for all different types […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is more than just a reservation with a border. There is a whole history here, and our sister tribes share the same history. Just because the reservation has a border, that doesn’t mean that there is nothing beyond the borders related to the O’odham or Piipaash. Central and southern […]
Here at O’odham Action News, we are continuing to highlight the Community members here in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. With extra time due to COVID-19 quarantines, many people saw 2020 as an opportunity to find new hobbies or rediscover already existing hobbies. When one thinks of “collecting,” there are many possibilities that come to […]
After serving on the board of Native Seeds/SEARCH since 2017, Community Garden Coordinator Jacob Butler will now serve as chair of the board for the nonprofit seed-conservation organization based in Tucson. Butler has a big presence in the Community, having served as Community garden coordinator for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for 16 years. […]
Good deeds did not go unnoticed in December 2020, as Bishop Tyronne Stowe and members of Victory Life Church in Chandler donated 50 bikes to Salt River foster children. With limited resources, and realizing the need for and benefit of bikes for children in foster or kinship care, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community foster/kinship licensing […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Behavioral Health Services is offering Positive Indian Parenting classes online to all Community members to help build stronger children and families. The eight-week sessions feature class every Thursday from 12 noon to 1:20 p.m. All are welcome to join and learn about parenting topics such as Traditional Behavior Modifications, […]