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Kennise McGertt Continues Flag Tossing with ASU Marching Band
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Kennise McGertt has had quite an adventure since graduating from Mountain View High School in May. McGertt traveled to more than 20 states while on tour with the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps over the summer. When she returned in mid-August, she began her first year of college, attending […]
Kennise McGertt Continues Flag Tossing with ASU Marching Band
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Kennise McGertt has had quite an adventure since graduating from Mountain View High School in May. McGertt traveled to more than 20 states while on tour with the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps over the summer. When she returned in mid-August, she began her first year of college, attending […]
SRPMIC Member Becomes IFBB Bikini Professional Bodybuilder
Leanne “Aimee” Velasquez, a 27-year-old Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member, was working as a registered nurse when she decided to change up her routine of going to the gym in February 2020. Feeling intimidated and lost, she hired a fitness coach to help her get a new routine down. Her coach turned out to […]
Jacob Butler Becomes Chair of Native Seeds/SEARCH
After serving on the board of Native Seeds/SEARCH since 2017, Community Garden Coordinator Jacob Butler will now serve as chair of the board for the nonprofit seed-conservation organization based in Tucson. Butler has a big presence in the Community, having served as Community garden coordinator for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for 16 years. […]
Taté Walker Talks ‘The Trickster Riots’ and Collaborating With Family
Salt River Schools Communications and Public Affairs Director Taté Walker (Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota) has released a new poetry collection called “The Trickster Riots” with illustrations by their 14-year-old child, painter and graphic artist Ohíya Walker (Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe/Red Lake Ojibwe/Mvskoke Creek). For […]
Recent Stories
SRPMIC Seniors Host 2024 Chair Volleyball Tournament
On Friday, April 26, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community seniors held their annual Senior Chair Volleyball Tournament inside the Community Building. The two-day tournament welcomed teams from Arizona, Nevada and California. The following teams competed in this year’s tournament: Salt River S’gvek, Once Wild, Salt River Elite, Quail B, Puy Puyum, Nyaa Thosh, Muu […]
Westwood Varsity Baseball Club Suffers Tough Play-in Loss to Basha High School
This year, the Westwood High School Warriors varsity baseball team secured a spot in the annual Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) 6A conference play-in tournament. Winners of the play-in advance to the conference playoffs, with the baseball state championship on the line. Coming into their play-in game, an away game on April 18 against Basha High […]
Scottsdale Community College’s Junior ACE Program Introduces SRPMIC Youth to College Life
Every year since 2008, middle-school youth from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community have been given the opportunity to enroll in the Scottsdale Community College (SCC) Junior Achieving a College Education (Junior ACE) program. ACE is a nationally recognized, competitive application-based college preparation program for high school students to help…
SRPMIC Hosts ACEs Webinar on Childhood Trauma
“Imagine a glass of water,” began Annamari Hogan, LPC, of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Health and Human Services Department during her May 21 webinar presentation titled “Understanding ACEs and the Impacts of Childhood Trauma.” The webinar educated attendees about the ACEs questionnaire (Adverse Childhood Experiences), a tool that…
Mesquite Pancake Breakfast Puts Traditional Spin on Classic Morning Meal
According to the Salt River O’odham Piipaash Cultural Calendar, the month of June is known as Ha:ṣañ Bahidag Maṣad (Saguaro Fruit Month) in O’odham and Xly’a Xamxuk (Sixth Moon) in Piipaash. For the O’odham, this marks the beginning of a new year. While this is the time of the year for gathering saguaro fruit, the […]
Governor Hobbs Proclaims June 2 Native American Citizenship Day
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced with a proclamation on May 31 that June 2 shall be officially known as Native American Citizenship Day in Arizona. The proclamation was handed to Indian Legal Clinic Director Patty Ferguson-Bohnee by Director of Tribal Affairs Jason Chavez, in the Office of Governor Katie Hobbs,…