With help from numerous donors this holiday season, the Salt River Christmas Angels Program was able to provide gifts to more than 500 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth.  The Christmas Angels Program started accepting donations and sponsors in October, and in December all the donors began dropping off their gifts to the SRPMIC Social […]

Two members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Young River Peoples Council, Isaiah Wateuma and Damian Escovedo, attended the 79th Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians in Sacramento, California, which took place October 30 through November 4.  Wateuma and Escovedo attended both the youth and tribal leader sessions. They attended a […]

This holiday season, keep your home and family safe with a few safety tips from Salt River Fire Department’s Office of the Fire Chief, Captain Robert Scabby.  First, the basics: Check your home’s smoke detectors and fire extinguishers to ensure they are in working order. Make sure you have a fully stocked first-aid kit, and […]

On November 19, students and faculty from the Labriola National American Indian Data Center, an Indigenous-centered library within the Arizona State University Library, took a tour of Tempe Butte, also known in O’odham as Oidbaḍ Do’ag and in Piipaash as Xwe Nyakuuly. The butte is a culturally significant site for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian […]

The O’odham Piipaash Language Program’s (OPLP) new “Living Languages” series is now live on its social media channels. The series is produced by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Cultural Resources Department (CRD). The series features the animated character likenesses of CRD Director Kelly Washington and OPLP Manager Luis Barragan, and their actual voices, as […]

As part of its annual Arizona American Indian Excellence in Leadership Awards, Phoenix Indian Center named Native Art Market as the 2022 Business of the Year. The market, which features artists, performers and demonstrations, also sells authentic Indigenous handmade jewelry and provides a safe cultural space to meet, interact with and support Native American communities. […]

Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff has announced that tuition will be covered for any student who is a member of one of Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes, starting in the Fall 2023 semester. First-time undergraduate students and transfer students who enroll at any NAU campus may qualify for the program. With the goal of being […]

On November 18, at the Mesa Fire and Police training facility, the Legacy Burn was more than just a time during fire academy training when recruits have the opportunity to practice real-world firefighting. For the Miles family, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for a father, son and grandson to work together as three generations of […]