Each year the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Community Development Department (CDD) hosts an Earth Day event. After cancelling last year’s event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year CDD decided to hold a “hybrid” celebration for Community members to participate in and take the Green Pledge.  As part of the online virtual event, those […]

A project three years in the making is finally complete and ready for anyone in downtown Phoenix to admire. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community resident Thomas “Breeze” Marcus and fellow artist Miles “El Mac” MacGregor completed a 45-foot mural featuring a portrait of SRPMIC member Unique Suniga in April. The mural is on the walls […]

National Foster Care Month every May is a time to acknowledge foster parents, family members, child welfare professionals and others who help youth in foster care. This month is also a good time to learn about the SRPMIC Foster Care Program and how you can become a foster parent to one or more children of […]

On April 17, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Cultural Resources Department (CRD) held a virtual grand opening for the new Cultural Repository, which is located behind the old Salt River Day School at Longmore and McDowell roads. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no public attendance for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m., […]

It has been challenging for the Ba’ag basketball program to find gyms or outdoor courts to practice on for much of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the team’s spirit has soared like an eagle as they have played on and prepared the class of 2024 group for high school basketball. Ba’ag consists of four teams: Varsity, […]

Salt River Elementary School is encouraging K-3 students to step up to the challenge of using 21st-century skills such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity by joining the Little Readers, Big Leaders Book Club through the Eagles Club Afterschool Program. The Eagles Club is made possible with the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st […]

On April 1, a Spring Celebration drive-up event was held at the Salt River Schools Meal Distribution. Many Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community departments made the fun event possible, with staff from Salt River Elementary School, the Early Childhood Education Center, Food Services, the Education Board and the Miss Salt River Committee contributing to the […]

According to a new report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), American bald eagle populations have quadrupled since 2009. On March 24, the U.S. Department of the Interior put out a press release with the announcement. In the 1960s, bald eagles were almost extinct, “reaching an all-time low of 417 known nesting pairs […]