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In a partnership between the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the City of Scottsdale, the Pima Road and Granite Reef Watershed project is expected to begin construction in spring 2023. The project is currently in the design phase, and based on the latest schedule, the design phase is expected to be completed by November […]
On Monday, October 18, Arizona’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, Salt River Elementary School teacher Lynette Stant, was recognized at the 2021 State and National Teachers of the Year event in Washington, D.C. The week began with a ceremony honoring the National Teachers of the Year for 2020 and 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
On October 23, the Household Hazardous Waste and Shredding event was held at the North Two Waters Complex parking lot in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, as part of the 2021 Virtual Fall Overhaul event. Waste was dropped off by 147 cars, and staff from the Community Development Department’s Environmental Protection and Natural Resources […]
On October 16, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Legal Services Office (LSO) held a presentation on estate planning at Council Member David Antone’s District B Community meeting. The presentation covered the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (AIPRA), which made many changes to the way trust or restricted land and property is inherited, […]
On July 15, the Department of the Interior announced that it will conduct consultations with tribal and Native Hawaiian community leaders as part of an ongoing review to update Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) regulations after repeated requests for substantive updates to NAGPRA regulations since 2010. The deadline for leaders to submit […]
One food plant traditionally grown by the O’odham since the 17th century is most commonly known as the I’itoi sivol, a type of multiplier onion, which means that the plant produces small, clustered bulbs. These onions most likely came from Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, the Jesuit missionary who traveled through this area in the late […]
On September 15, Salt River Schools’ Literacy for All Project Manager Trinidad Yazzie and Community Literacy Advocate Wendy Jefferson donated various art supplies and books to the Salt River Police Department (SRPD). The donated items included two children’s games, card games, 20 books for young children, 10 coloring books with crayons, and four small bags […]
Erikka Luitjens, Jennifer Nerat and their kids have been cleaning up trash and other items together along the Lower Salt River, the Phon D Sutton Recreation Site and other local recreation areas since 2019. Luitjens said the clean-ups started with just her and her sister-in-law taking their three kids out to the river to explore […]
Two new fire trucks debuted at Salt River Fire Station 294 on September 21 during a “wetdown” ceremony. According to a tradition that goes back to the 1800s, new fire trucks are started up and anointed with water sprayed back onto the trucks using a connected fire hose. Ceremony guests and first responders grabbed towels […]
