3 Takeaways: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier was presented with the inaugural Board of Directors Award at the annual Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame induction program organized by Unified Arizona Veterans (UAV) at the Talking Stick Resort on Oct. 24. “The UAV Board of Directors, Travis Burns,...

Editor’s note: This article contains content that involves suicide and domestic violence. 3 Takeaways: As the sun set on the evening of Oct. 14, a group of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and employees lined up behind the offices of Health and Human Services’ Prevention & Intervention Services with...

3 Takeaways: The Yavapai-Apache Nation has a new associate judge. Ryan Andrews, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member and former SRPMIC chief judge from 2010 to 2019, was sworn in by Chairwoman Tanya Lewis in October. About a year ago, former Yavapai-Apache Nation Associate Judge Brian Utsey, who was also...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials and advisors met with Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier, SRPMIC Emergency Management leaders and Salt River Fire Department leaders on Sept. 16 to discuss a variety of topics related to the security of the SRPMIC. Rodney Lockett, DHS senior director...

The U.S. Supreme Court for the second and final time has decided not to reconsider petitions for rehearing Apache Stronghold vs. United States. Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit group fighting to preserve Oak Flat, has been in religious freedom courtroom battles to halt construction of the proposed mine since 2021. The...

More than 2,000 people attended this year’s free Spooktacular event held at the Salt River Schools Accelerated Learning Academy football field on Oct. 28.  This year’s event theme was “Haunted Carnival.” After 15 years of Spooktacular, the Safe Schools & Security team has tried to build on each year’s success,...

Second graders from ‪@SaltRiverSchools‬ participated in a mindfulness cultural visit at the Cottonwood Wetlands on Nov. 6. The students took turns at different stations including journaling with EPNR, yoga with Mrs. Meyers, a mindful nature walk with SRPMIC Council member Jacob Butler and a mindful activity with Thosh Collins. Stay...

Special Olympics of Arizona and Salt River Schools team up for Unified Day on Nov. 7 at the ALA soccer fields. About 60 student-athletes signed up to compete in the event.