If you went outside Tuesday, July 1, in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, you likely noticed the thick, hazy air around you. The Community Development Department Environmental Protection & Natural Resources (CDD-EPNR) issued a high pollution advisory (HPA) on Tuesday for high levels of PM10 and PM2.5. This means...

Young River Peoples Council President and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Jizelle Juan was selected by UNITY, Inc. to be one of 10 2025-2026 Earth Ambassadors. The announcement was made on Earth Day. “I was honored to be selected,” said Juan, who will be representing the Western Region of...

One of the largest all-Native American basketball tournaments on Turtle Island serving high school-aged youth returns to the Valley for another sizzling summer of high energy rez ball style basketball. Get ready for the 22nd Annual NABI (Native American Basketball Invitational), which will hold its pool and bracket games at...

The Salt River Cultural Resources Department along with SRPMIC leadership and Dallas Construction, celebrated a construction milestone with a “topping off” ceremony on June 9 at the former Day School site, which is being turned into a cultural center called Kavaḍ/Kushov, or “the shield” in O’odham and Piipaash respectively.

Native American baseball fans showed up in large numbers at Chase Field on June 1 to enjoy Native American Recognition Day (NARD) Presented by Talking Stick Resort. The Diamondbacks faced off against the Washington Nationals after the opening festivities. The annual special day at the ballpark began before the game...

The Salt River Fire Department’s tagline “Serving Today to Protect Your Tomorrow” was especially appropriate for a groundbreaking ceremony on May 12, at the future home of the new Station 295/Resource Center that will be built on 92nd Street and McKellips Road. Project partners for the build include Perlman Architects,...

In this whirlwind of a political climate under the Trump administration, if you blink, you might miss something big. That is the case with news pertaining to Oak Flat (Chi’chil Bildagoteel in Apache); the federally owned land in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest that contains a large copper deposit 7,000 feet...

The hardworking sound of Singer sewing machines filled the room on this late April evening as the setting sun sprayed its light through the windows of a classroom at the Way of Life Facility. To bring awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Day, the Salt River Tribal Library...