In the fall of 2019, a partnership between Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Behavioral Health Services (BHS) and Salt River Schools (SRS) was created to provide behavioral health services for students and their families in a familiar, safe and accessible environment. The Children’s Resiliency Group was born out of this partnership, with the goal of […]

Salt River Education Assistant Superintendent Cynthia Clary is retiring after a long career in the education field.  Clary started down the path of biology and pre-med in college, but after losing her parents during that time she switched to a focus on secondary education. Losing her parents at that young age and having to take […]

Senior Human Resources Manager Crystal Banuelos and Workforce Development Manager James Smith of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Human Resources Department gave a presentation at the Lehi Council District meeting on Tuesday, June 15, describing the work-readiness and job-training opportunities that the Community offers its members.  “Our outreach is a critical aspect that our […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community artists Anthony “Thosh” Collins, Dwayne Manuel and SRPMIC resident Thomas “Breeze” Marcus are represented in artist Cannupa Hanska Luger’s exhibition “Passage” at the Mesa Arts Center. The exhibition opened on May 14 and will be on display through August 8.  The centerpiece is “Something to Hold Onto,” Luger’s immersive installation […]

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Jr. Miss and Miss Salt River pageants were held virtually this year, on June 17 and 18, respectively. The crowning ceremony was held on Saturday, June 19, and posted to the Community’s Vimeo. (To view the events, go online to www.srpmic-nsn.gov/community/msr/). This year’s pageant theme was “Integrating O’odham and […]

Three Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community women were recognized on June 18 by Greg Stanton, who represents Arizona’s 9th District in the U.S. Congress. During a virtual presentation that was available to watch online, Rep. Stanton read statements into the Congressional Record honoring SRPMIC Council Representative Diane Enos and SRPMIC members Ruth Chough and the […]

On May 10, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan signed a notice that reinstates an Obama administration rule established in 2016 to limit greenhouse-gas emissions for municipal solid-waste landfills. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is covered by the federal plan, which also imposes testing, reporting, monitoring and recordkeeping requirements on 41 states and […]

For the past two decades, the Southwest has been in the midst of a megadrought. The Colorado River, which supplies water to the state of Arizona and other southwestern states through the Lake Mead and Lake Powell reservoirs, has seen its flows drastically reduced. However, stakeholders from across the Southwest came together in recent years […]