TOCA • Tohono O’odham Community Action

 

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S-ke:g Taṣ (“Hello” or “Good Day” in Tohono O’odham.)  We  invite you to explore our work, our community, and the traditions of the Tohono O’odham – the “Desert People” – who have lived in the Sonoran region for countless generations.

Welcome to the TOCA Website

New & News at TOCA

Upcoming Events - Blog Updates:

  1. • Phone: (520) 383-4966 

             or  Email TOCA   

  1. • Visit us at Tohono Plaza in

Sells, Arizona:  Map to TOCA

  1. • Visit TOCA’s Gallery.


Join our mailing list:

Link to The Desert Rain Cafe     

Learn about TOCA’s efforts in 4 integrated Program Areas:

TOCA’s programs flow from guiding principles and community resources to local projects and collaborations:

New & News at

The Desert Rain Cafe

  1. •Health: Food System & Wellness      

  2. •Self-Sufficiency: Tohono O’odham Basketry  

  3. •Tradition: Arts & Culture Activities   

  4. •Generations: Youth & Elder Programs     

  1. •Read our Guiding Principles                                            

  2. •Learn about the Tohono O’odham Community

  3. •Read a short history of Tohono O’odham Agriculture  

  4. •Find out about Youth Leadership Activities                     

  5. •Meet our Hard-working Staff   

  6. •Get info: Links, Books, & Media Coverage 

  7. •Find out about TOCA’s New Cookbook.    

O’odham Himdag...

Wisdom from the past, creating solutions for the future.

Tohono O’odham Community Action (TOCA)

is a community-based organization dedicated

to creating a healthy, sustainable,

and culturally-vital community on the

Tohono O’odham Nation.

Contact TOCA:

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Celebrate Our Unique Cultures, Artists, & Businesses


TOCA is supported locally by Tohono O’odham volunteers, including elders, youth, growers, cooks, and artists. The Tohono O’odham Food and Fitness Collaboration, the Tohono O’odham Basketweavers Organization, the Tohono O’odham Food and Farm Working Group, and Y.O.U.T.H. (Young O’odham United Through Health) work with TOCA staff and board members to make things happen in our community. The Nation’s CDFI, EDA, and Sells District council enable our work in Sells, Arizona.


TOCA supports local economic, agricultural, and artistic development through its educational programs and its own enterprises, including the Desert Rain Cafe, Desert Rain Gallery, and Tohono O’odham Trading Company. We purchase art from Tohono O’odham artists, local food from native farmers and harvesters.


TOCA receives support from Arizona businesses,

most recently through recognition of TOCA’s

“Good Guy” from Goodman’s Interior Structures.

During this difficult economic time, and with

Arizona in the national news for all the wrong reasons,

it is important that we buy from from Arizona-based

businesses. Please join TOCA in supporting

local economic development and keeping your

hard-earned money here. We can help each other.