Monthly Archives: December, 2023

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs Speaks at Salt River Shares 2024

December 22, 2023

By OAN Intern Nalani Lopez Up on the Pepsi Deck at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs congratulated the successful...

Strength/Endurance Challenge and Bench Press Competition Return Tops Off 2023

December 22, 2023

Story and photos by OAN Newspaper Assistant Kari Haahr There was a sharp inhale, then a beat as Joseph Garza completed his bench press...

Kimberly Enos Recognized as Employee of the Year at Annual Employee Holiday Luncheon

December 20, 2023

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community celebrated its employees with the annual Employee Holiday Luncheon at the Ballroom at Talking Stick Resort on December...

SRPMIC Commemorates 82nd Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

December 20, 2023

On December 7, the 82nd anniversary of the tragedy at Pearl Harbor, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community held a commemoration ceremony at the...

President Makil Receives Phoenix Indian Center Lifetime Achievement Award

December 20, 2023

For the last 40 years, the Phoenix Indian Center has hosted its annual Arizona American Indian Excellence in Leadership Awards. The event began as...

Fiesta Bowl Football Camp Scores a Touchdown with Community Youth

December 11, 2023

The last time Matt Ware and Hamza Abdullah were on the same football field together was when they were teammates on the Arizona Cardinals...

Community Comes Together for Annual Thanksgiving Dinner

December 7, 2023

After a wet and rainy morning, the clouds parted over the Two Waters Courtyard just in time for the annual Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian...

FEMA Continuity Planning for Tribal Governments Course Held at SCC

December 5, 2023

As students and faculty attended their classes at Scottsdale Community College (SCC) on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on November 1 and 2,...

St. Mary’s Food Bank Gives Away Turkeys at SRPMIC

December 5, 2023

St. Mary’s Food Bank made a stop at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Accelerated Learning Academy parking lot on November 20 to distribute...

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Community Member Appears on the Big Screen at Phoenix Film Festival

May 8, 2024

By Nalani Lopez Native American representation in films has come a long way. Leaving behind the stereotypical “Indian” portrayal in Westerns, cartoons and animated children’s...