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Editor’s Note: This story contains sensitive subject matter that readers may find upsetting. A grassroots movement is drawing attention to some of the major systemic shortfalls they say enables the cross-generational abuse for Native relatives. “Stolen People Stolen Benefits” is a movement led in partnership with Turtle Island Women Warriors...
Now in its 19th year, the Westwood Powwow in Mesa continues to improve with age. The event is organized by the Native American Education Program (NAEP) in collaboration with the Native American Club at Westwood. The gathering took place Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28 on the high school...
Editor’s Note: This story contains sensitive subject matter that readers may find upsetting. “Justice for Emily,” they demanded as the group marched down a busy street, their unified chants carrying over the background of car horns honking in support in north Mesa, Arizona. At the front of the group, a...
As one of the best ranked employers in Arizona, it is no surprise that the service awards banquet presented by Human Resources Department of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community continues to reveal a pattern of commitment among employees. For this year’s banquet honoring employees who reached milestones in 2024,...
Students and families donned their best costumes and showed up ready for cheer and fear at the Halloween Spooktacular, held on October 24 inside the Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy gymnasium. Visitors were greeted with a gruesome graveyard as they approached, and inside they found photo booths and a sign-in...
For victims’ advocates Rosa Cruz and Shanna Stewart, domestic violence isn’t a private issue, but a community issue. One in four women and one in 10 men experience domestic violence at some point in their lives. What’s more unsettling, these statistics reflect only the cases that are reported. Many times,...
The Huhugam Ki: Museum rang in its 37th anniversary with a celebration of what’s new by following traditions that never grow old. Everyone was welcome on the morning of November 2 for a breakfast of mesquite pancakes with sweet prickly pear syrup and an egg scramble before the museum reopened...
SRPMIC Day, Community Celebration Day, Community Day—whatever you choose to call it, June 14 is the anniversary of the day in 1879 when President Rutherford B. Hayes signed the currently accepted Executive Order establishing the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Though this was after the initial order was signed on...
By Kari Haahr The Public Works Department is tasked with maintaining the infrastructure of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community—meaning the roads, parks, buildings and facilities, along with everything that goes into making them operate smoothly and safely, like water, power and waste collection. Because Public Works covers such a broad array of services, it’s […]
