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In each quarter of the academic year, over the span of a week, the Westwood High School Native American Education Program partners with Salt River Schools and Community Relations to meet with every Salt River student who is enrolled at Westwood. Chris Dinehdeal and Lorena Clashin are the counselors who...
3 Takeaways: – Former Major League Baseball starting pitcher D.J. Carrasco is the founder and CEO of Native Nations, an organization that helps promote, train and educate Indigenous youth in baseball and softball. – In late March, Native Nations hosted a Community showcase clinic for baseball and softball athletes ages 12...
In this quick episode, hosted by OAN News reporter Juan Ysaguirre, we take you inside the 2026 Echoes of Akimel Mural Festival. This was a week‑long celebration of art, mentorship, tradition, and youth creativity across the Salt River Pima‑Maricopa Indian Community. Seven murals, ten visiting Indigenous artists, and dozens of...
3 Takeaways: After less than two years since the groundbreaking and several years of planning, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Veterans Memorial in Lehi is now complete. On the morning of March 29, SRPMIC held a revealing ceremony for the new memorial. Members of the SRPMIC Tribal Council, the SRPMIC...
3 Takeaways: It’s not every day that the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community gets the chance to host a world-famous celebrity chef who also just happens to be Indigenous. On March 25, chef Stephanie Pyetwetmokwe (known simply as Pyet) DeSpain hosted a cookbook giveaway at the SRPMIC Tribal Library to...
3 Takeaways: Though she serves on a different kind of plate, chef Pyet DeSpain truly is in a league of her own. On March 25, DeSpain hosted a cooking demonstration inside the Showroom at Casino Arizona for special guests that included Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and elders and...
The sixth annual Tortilla Festival, Cemait/Modiily 2026, began on March 21 with an early-morning torch run that started at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Repository and ended at the Huhugam Ki: Museum grounds. Salt River Fire Department runners finished their trek by lighting a fire under the komal/madiily cooking...
After last year’s celebration was cancelled due to safety precautions, this year’s Mul-Chu-Tha Fair and Rodeo took place in Sacaton over the March 13 weekend and featured singers, dancers, rodeo ropers and more from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. 3 Takeaways: To the delight of many, the Mul-Chu-Tha Fair...
Nearly 40 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community children participated in the annual horse camp this year, which began on Friday, March 13. The three-day event teaches horsemanship fundamentals while also providing youth ample time with adults and seniors who help them continue to learn their O’odham and Piipaash traditions. Families,...
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