On May 9, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community broke ground on the new Program to Develop Adult Living Skills (PALS) housing facility, located on the northeast corner of Alma School and Osborn roads. The new housing for PALS, a Social Services program that helps young adults transition into adulthood, will have 14 new two-bedroom/two-bathroom […]

On April 28, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s O’odham Piipaash Language Program (OPLP) and the Arizona State University Humanities Lab collaborated on a presentation called Language Emergency, which was held at the Hayden Library ASU Tempe Campus and streamed live on Zoom. Language Emergency is a collaboration between ASU and the SRPMIC to document […]

By Tori Paukgana Youth Services Director On Friday, April 22, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Youth Services staff and member youth attended the Boys & Girls Club Celebrate Youth Gala at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort and Spa. The event included a silent auction, entertainment, dinner and program.  The youth nominated this year was […]

Original Press Release via The Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks and Casino Arizona, an enterprise owned and operated by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC), today announce a new partnership naming the popular casino and its sister property, Talking Stick Resort, as the ​​Official Casino and Resort Partner for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The new agreement […]

After more than a year of restoration, the historic Hayden House in Tempe has reopened and is now home to the offices of the Downtown Tempe Authority. The Hayden House, originally built in 1873, is the oldest continuously occupied building in Maricopa County and served as Monti’s La Casa Vieja restaurant beginning in the 1950s […]

Barb Wilkinson, interim principal at the Accelerated Learning Academy (ALA) on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, is showing her adult students and coworkers that you can thrive while balancing being a new parent and having to work. The previous principal at ALA resigned in March, and Wilkinson was asked to fill the position in […]

Legacy Village of Salt River, a luxury senior living facility, is officially open for business after waiting for over a year due to the pandemic. On April 28, Legacy Village held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in their center courtyard in front of staff, community partners and residents to mark the occasion. “We are so honored and […]

One of the services offered at the new River People Health Center helps Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members, employees and other enrolled affiliated tribal members gain knowledge about eating well as part of a healthy lifestyle. The Nutrition Services department started serving diabetes patients with one-on-one appointments in April. It welcomes any patient who […]