Monthly Archives: January, 2023

Update on Saguaro High School 2022-23 Basketball Season

January 31, 2023

Boys’ Basketball Joseph Chavez is playing his first season at Saguaro High School on the freshman team. He previously played at Mohave Middle School in...

Cousins Join Westwood High School Boys’ Basketball Team

January 31, 2023

This 2022-23 basketball season, two cousins from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community started on the Westwood High School freshman boys’ basketball team. Cousins...

Toka Class at SRES Resumes for Fifth- and Sixth-Grade Girls

January 31, 2023

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, F.A.C.E Parent Educator Jessica Ruiz taught the traditional O’odham game called toka to Salt River Elementary School students in...

Governor Hobbs Announces O’odham Tribal Affairs Director

January 31, 2023

In January, newly elected Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced staff hires for her administration. Hobbs has made it known that she has made a commitment...

Music Venue Renamed Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

January 31, 2023

Live Nation has announced that the 20,000-seat outdoor concert venue in west Phoenix formerly known as the Ak-Chin Pavilion has a new name-in-title sponsor,...

Salt River Employees Recognized for Years of Service

January 31, 2023

Employees of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community were acknowledged for their service to the Community at the annual awards luncheon held at Talking...

Tribal Nations Gather at the Arizona State Capitol

January 31, 2023

Tribal leaders gathered at an annual event to celebrate the history of Indigenous peoples in Arizona. The Indian Nations & Tribes Legislative Day was...

Super Bowl Events Around the Community

January 26, 2023

The NFL Super Bowl is back in the Valley, and the big game will be played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Sunday,...

New Recycling Facility to Open Soon at Salt River Landfill

January 23, 2023

In October 2019, the recycling facility operated by Republic Services at the Salt River Landfill burned down. Since then, some local governments across the...

National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

January 19, 2023

“Around the world, human trafficking has stripped nearly 25 million people of their safety, dignity and freedom,” according to www.whitehouse.org. January is National Human...

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University of Arizona Holds Land Acknowledgement Game, Honors O’odham Tribes

September 22, 2023

On September 2, the University of Arizona football program held a Land Acknowledgement Game at home vs. Northern Arizona University to open the season. The...