Monthly Archives: February, 2024

Arizona Indian Festival Closes Out Scottsdale’s Western Week Celebration

February 16, 2024

By Kari Haahr To cap off Scottsdale’s annual Western Week celebration, which began on January 27, the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association held its...

Learning the O’odham Women’s Game of Toka with Jessica Ruiz

February 15, 2024

By Nalani Lopez In recent decades, the traditional game of toka has found its way back to the O’odham women of the Sonoran Desert. In the Salt...

Big Wheel Day at the Early Childhood Education Center

February 14, 2024

Rolling up to the Early Childhood Education Center, a ladder from one of the Salt River Fire Department fire engines stood tall in the...

What to Plant in Your Garden During the Early Spring

February 13, 2024

While gardening in the Valley can be quite a challenge due to extreme heat, one of the unique things about growing plants here is...

Vaila Night Brings Families to the Dance Floor

February 13, 2024

By Nalani Lopez Inside the Accelerated Learning Academy on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, sounds of cumbia music filled the halls as students and...

Salt River Animal Control and Lost Dogs

February 12, 2024

By Nalani Lopez Residents and visitors in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community come across a variety of animals, both domestic and wild. The Animal Control...

SRPMIC Educates on the Dangers of Stalking

February 12, 2024

“I rented a house in Phoenix about seven years ago,” began Memory Long Chase, domestic violence response director for the Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition...

Seniors Play in Cornhole Challenge at WOLF

February 9, 2024

It’s a backyard pastime that never gets old. Cornhole, a popular game in which players toss beanbags into a hole on a raised wooden board,...

River People Health Center’s Pharmacy Commemorates Human Trafficking Awareness Day

February 8, 2024

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Health and Human Services Suicide Prevention and Intervention department invited all Community employees to wear blue to the...

Tigg Bakes Cakes in Salt River

February 7, 2024

Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, Victoria “Tigg” Wood grew up in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community influenced by the drive and successes...

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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...