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On October 5, the 2024-2025 Miss and Jr. Miss Salt River Courts participated in an annual retreat hosted by the Miss Salt River Committee. The retreat, a tradition in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for the past few decades, is scheduled within the first few months of the reign...
On October 6, 2023, enrolled Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Christopher Leslie underwent a successful kidney transplant. That November, his journey to learn more about his birth family and the Community’s traditions became news across the Valley. Arizona’s Family (3TV/CBS 5) and the Mayo Clinic both ran video news...
Your birthday is the perfect occasion to treat yourself, and what better way to celebrate than with some fantastic freebies? From sweet treats to special discounts, many apps and local businesses offer delightful surprises to make your birthday extra special, so you can indulge without breaking the bank. Whether you’re...
Partnering with the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center, The Sagrado Galleria, a Phoenix-based organization dedicated to helping local artists throughout the Valley, hosted its 8th Annual Ancestral Gathering & Celebration on Saturday, October 12. This free-admission exhibition featured a diverse group of local artists from different cultures and...
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Marshall Loring is a licensed funeral director (mortician), embalmer and cremationist at Messinger Mortuaries in Scottsdale. Currently he is in his fifth year in the profession. Loring is the first known professional mortician from the Community, something that he said brings him great honor....
The Youth Services Department provides Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth with enrichment and intervention services that Youth Program Manager Debra Apodaca said are served with care, compassion and cultural competence in a multidisciplinary team approach. Two of the seven mentorship programs that Youth Services provides to Community-member boys and...
The Youth Services Jr. Quail Mentorship Program is one of seven mentorship programs open to youth in grades K-12 who are enrolled in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community or who reside here. Jr. Quails have opportunities to engage in cultural, educational, social and emotional learning and wellness events that...
The Community Relations Events team put on a Native American Recognition Day (NARD) event on September 24 to celebrate other Native American tribes as well as the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC). The Community celebrated NARD at different times of the day: at the Round House Café at lunchtime,...
Over the next few issues of O’odham Action News, we will be highlighting the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s four assistant community managers (ACM) as part of a new awareness campaign to spotlight ACM responsibilities and the government departments they each oversee. The idea is to allow the Community at...
