The Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community will host a Native American convocation on May 2 for graduates of Maricopa County Community Colleges. SRPMIC President Martin Harvier made the announcement on Wednesday, March 26, just weeks after the college district decided to cancel Native convocations to comply with orders handed down...

“Most people think of speech and debate as just the movie scenes of students arguing a topic,” said Nelson Deer. “But people forget there’s also a speech aspect. That’s what I do.” Deer, a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member and senior at Mesa High School took first place at the...

As one journey completes, another has just begun for Heaven Sepulveda, recent doctoral graduate from Arizona State University’s May Lou Fulton Teachers College and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member.  Her dissertation, “From Community to Classroom,” was a one-day bus tour of the SRPMIC that took place on August 17 of last...

Students at the Kerr Center for Agriscience, a public school in Mesa, have a chance to learn hands-on skills in the agriscience and environmental sustainability fields through outdoor land lab lessons. One of the school’s programs allows for students to take care of an animal of their choice in preparation...

            Gaining inspiration from the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s RedCan Graffiti Jam in South Dakota, Natasha Martinez created a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community version of the popular event. The Community’s first ever Echoes of the Akimel Festival was hosted by Youth Services and gave youth the opportunity to paint murals...

The first Indigenous educator to be named Arizona’s Teacher of the Year has been inducted into the Grand Canyon University Hall of Fame. Lynette Stant, a third-grade teacher at Salt River Schools, earned her master’s degree in 2006 from GCU. In 2022, she was named Arizona’s top teacher. She’s been...

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Public Works Department installed three bus benches around the Community for students who use school buses as their main transportation to school. The Public Works Department, Utilities and Roads Division Roads Section were approached by a resident regarding placing benches at high traffic bus...

When Major League Baseball’s 2025 spring training season officially began, it was also time for everyone’s other favorite purple dinosaur to make an appearance in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Colorado Rockies’ mascot, Dinger.  On February 12, Salt River Schools’ students and their families gathered underneath the Salt...