Scottsdale Community College’s American Indian Program provides resources, assistance and services to Indigenous students attending SCC. Created in the 1970s by SCC students at the time, the program offers Native students help with enrollment, scholarship resources, a computer lab for printing/scanning/copying, as well as professional and personal opportunities.  Currently, Belinda...

With the new school year upon us, Salt River Schools hosted its annual fun-filled literacy event, “Fall into Reading.” The family-friendly, all-ages event was held on September 12 at the Accelerated Learning Academy gymnasium. The occasion allows students and Salt River Schools staff members to dress up as their favorite...

A one-day bus tour of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) took place on Saturday, August 17, marking a significant step in fostering stronger ties between Salt River Schools educators and our tribal Community. Organized by Community member Heaven Sepulveda, this initiative brought together 27 volunteers, including SRPMIC members...

Earlier this year, staff and management at the River People Health Center teamed up to brainstorm different approaches for providing community outreach to patients receiving care at the RPHC.  One of the results of that effort took place on July 31, when the RPHC team, in collaboration with two doulas...

Nearly 100 guests attended the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s webinar on understanding adolescent mental health on July 30. The presentation was hosted by Melanie Nosie, LMSW, Community health educator with SRPMIC Health and Human Services Prevention and Intervention Services.  The presentation detailed the three stages of adolescent development—early, middle...

To celebrate the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community students who recently graduated at the high school, GED, trade school, college and university levels, the Community held a Class of 2024 graduation recognition program at the Talking Stick Resort Ballroom on June 27. Monte Yazzie, injury prevention coordinator for the SRPMIC...

There was not a dry eye inside the Talking Stick Resort Ballroom on June 25 as 16 students graduated from the Accelerated Learning Academy in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Members of the 2024 ALA graduation class are Isabelle Adams, Diante Lee Anderson, Charlotte Carlisle, Larissa Chavez, Larrissa Ciarra,...

The second half of CoLang 2024 took place on tribal land at the Scottsdale Community College’s Indigenous Cultural Center, with two weeks of practica focusing on the O’odham, Piipaash and Māori languages. On the evening of June 18, participants were invited to the Round House Café at the Salt River...