The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Recreational Services held its annual Valentine’s Classic Youth Basketball Tournament on February 14 and 15 at the Salt River Pi-Copa Gym and Way of Life Facility. Youth played in one of three divisions: K through second grade, third and fourth grade, and fifth and sixth grade.  In the Kindergarten […]

Amanda White Ya’at’eeh, Hello, I’m Amanda White. I was born in Phoenix and raised both in the metropolitan area and on the Navajo Reservation. I am an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and was taught to introduce myself as well as my clans in my Navajo tradition. I’m Tabaaha (Water’s Edge) born for Todich’ii’nii […]

On Saturday, February 15, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members were invited to have a first look at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens before the official opening on February 22. SRPMIC members had the opportunity to view the USS Arizona boathouse relic, which went down with the ship in 1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor […]

In October 2007, members of American Legion Post #114 and then Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Vice-President Martin Harvier flew across the Pacific Ocean to Honolulu, Hawaii, to retrieve one of the flags that once flew over the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor National Memorial. As veterans, veterans’ organizations and the nation prepare to […]

Thursday, October 24, 2019, is a date that will forever belong to educator Lynette Stant. On this day, the third-grade teacher at Salt River Elementary School was named 2020 Arizona Teacher of the Year by the Arizona Education Foundation at a special luncheon at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. To top it off, Phoenix Mayor […]

June marked the O’odham New Year, and the month is also known as the time of hasan baidaj masad (the ripening of the saguaro cactus fruit). Ancestors have harvested baidaj for thousands of years. This tradition is celebrated by all the sister tribes: the Salt River Indian Community, Gila River Indian Community, Tohono O’odham Nation […]

As the sun set on June 22, a warm summer night began to bring in the O’odham New Year at Sacaton Flats in Gila River. “The New Year celebration is a fairly new formal celebration,” Antonio Davis said. “Some people understand the new year as the summer solstice, the new moon for the summer time. […]

Back in November, three O’odham artists took the stage at the Arizona Community Foundation’s third annual Water Sustainability Contest Finalist Showcase and Award Ceremony. They were one of five teams that were selected to develop a temporary public art project that illustrated the resourcefulness of the Huhugam people in the metro Phoenix area. The team […]