The Arizona Ironman made its way through the Community on November 20. This year, there were three relay teams representing the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, one individual athlete, and a SRPMIC-sponsored athlete.  The Ironman race is a full distance triathlon that consist of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and a full marathon (26.2 […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members gathered at the Way of Life Facility to take part in the last district meeting with Tom Largo on Monday, November 28.  “I want to tell each and every one of you that it’s been an honor and pleasure to serve you,” said Largo, who has served for 24 […]

Longtime Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community employee Janet Johnson has reached her 40-year milestone working in the Community Relations Office. On Wednesday, November 30, Johnson’s staff held a celebratory reception marking her years of service to the Community. Current and former colleagues came by to reminisce and congratulate Johnson for all her hard work and […]

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 […]