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With a high priority for the safety of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Salt River Police Department held a seatbelt safety check on January 12 at the Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) in a joint operation with the SRPMIC Injury Prevention Program. The seatbelt safety check assists families with the safe installation and […]
On December 23, the Town of Gilbert presented a proclamation from Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s office to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier which references the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River. The proclamation was presented by Gilbert Mayor Brigette Peterson, Miss Gilbert Danielle Skranak and Les Presmyk, chairman of Gilbert Veterans […]
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. […]
Good deeds did not go unnoticed in December 2020, as Bishop Tyronne Stowe and members of Victory Life Church in Chandler donated 50 bikes to Salt River foster children. With limited resources, and realizing the need for and benefit of bikes for children in foster or kinship care, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community foster/kinship licensing […]
On December 15, 2020, Great Wolf Lodge Arizona delivered 494 plush animals to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Social Services Department on behalf of Great Wolf Resorts. Approximately 350 of the plush animals went to Angel Tree Program families in need before Christmas, with the remaining going to the Salt River Fire and Police […]
At the end of 2020, the Salt River Police Department had something very big to celebrate: a new mobile command center. The new dark-gray SRPD Command Center was purchased through a grant and built on a Freightliner M2 truck, which has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of up to 66,000 pounds. Built by LDV […]
Salt River Ba’ag basketball is still going strong, and games are scheduled over the next three months to keep the players active during the pandemic. The team was in Tucson on January 16 for the one-day 2021 New Year Tip-Off Tournament. “We love to travel to this tourney because they are very strict on spectators. […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study on December 17 which shows that American Indians (AI) and Alaska Natives (AN) have a death rate from COVID-19 at 1.8 times greater than non-Hispanic whites, based on data from 14 participating states. According to the study, there is excess risk, especially for […]
For Thanksgiving, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Social Services Kinship Program collaborated with Bashas’ grocery stores to provide a choice of a boxed meal or a Bashas’ store voucher for 50 families. The meal came with a turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls and a pie. Meals went to kinship […]
