Our Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) Tribal Affairs Team is dedicated to ensuring that Girl Scouting is accessible to all girls in tribal communities, while also supporting our Native American Girl Scouts, families, volunteers and partners.
GSACPC serves 19 of the 22 tribal communities within our jurisdiction, including the Navajo Nation which extends into Utah and New Mexico.
Our Tribal Affairs Team
Our council has a long history of working with tribal communities in Arizona, dating back to the 1930s. Our Tribal Affairs Team is committed to making Girl Scouts accessible to all girls in tribal communities and supporting our Native American Girl Scouts, families, volunteers, and partners. Our priorities include:
- Increasing the visibility of our council in urban and rural tribal communities.
- Developing partnerships and trust without our tribal communities.
- Supporting current volunteers by providing training and programs.
- Adding culturally-relevant programs for our Girl Scouts.
Annual Native American Programs 
Our Tribal Affairs Team Can Help
Highlighting the Navajo Nation & Hopi Lands Service Units
Tribal Map
Meet the Tribal Affairs Staff
Trudy Pekala
Shannon Hadley
Jerri Thomas
Althea James
The team also supports the following tribal communities in our council’s jurisdiction:
- Colorado River Indian Tribes
- Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
- Havasupai Tribe
- Hualapai Tribe
- Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians
- Pueblo of Zuni
- Tonto Apache Tribe
- Yavapai-Apache Tribe
- Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
Join our Native American Outreach Committee
Contact Shannon Hadley for more information shadley@girlscoutsaz.org / 480-828-2737.
We have land acknowledgments for each of our camps. This is a general Land Acknowledgement for GSACPC, and if needed, we can submit a request to create a more detailed version of this.
Land Acknowledgement for Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council
Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) respectfully acknowledges that our camps and offices are situated on the ancestral lands of Indigenous peoples who have called this land home since time immemorial. We honor and give thanks to the original caretakers of these lands. We honor our Native American Girl Scouts, volunteers, families, and communities that we serve.
