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In 1986, when Lori Piestewa was seven years old, her softball team made it to the Tuba City Little League softball championships. The day before the game, she was practicing ground balls while playing shortstop and a softball hit her in the face, breaking her nose. Her family insisted she...
Jonathon Curry, a Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community member, taught the historical O’odham art of shell etching at Skeg Himdag Ki: on July 8 and 10. For two hours each day, Community members who signed up learned the history of shell etching and a modern method for creating and...
Ske:g Tas! Sapai cui’ig? Añi an ap ce:gig Zoe Hernandez Masad Ali. Kamuuduushthik? Nyaa Zoe Hernandez ‘iim mulyk. Nyaa mataam-shaxukk-mayk-xamxmokk. Nyip Nthaysh Felicia Ramos thlyxoxm, Nyip Nykewsh Joni Ramos duum. Arizona State University yaak. Va Shly’ay ilynyavayk aanyii piipayk aanyii kmank. Aanysh Dothm. Good day! How are you? My name is Zoe...
UNITY (United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc.) is the largest Native youth leadership gathering in the country, and this year saw over 3,000 Native youth traveling across the nation to San Diego, California. The annual gathering is a place of sharing: sharing resources, knowledge, connections, and on the final day,...
Rianna Tate continued her success on the mat by winning the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) No-Gi title for the third consecutive year on June 27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tate had two fights and came out on top with two submissions. She faced...
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Johanna Tate was one of only 28 Native youths from across the United States, out of 100-plus applicants, selected for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) Youth Indian Police Academy (YIPA) program this summer. Tate submitted a five-paragraph essay...
For 10 days in June, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members Cruz Lasiloo and Tizoc Lopez traveled across six different cities in Japan as a part of the curriculum for their Japanese class at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale. This was their first time traveling internationally for both Lasiloo and...
Despite the summer heat and humidity from recent rainfall, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community gathered in celebration of Independence Day on July 4 at the Accelerated Learning Academy’s football field. “The biggest challenge was the weather,” said Events Assistant Adrian Sixkiller, “thankfully we were more prepared to handle the...
Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy (ALA) Principal Barbara Wilkinson beamed from ear to ear as she welcomed the class of 2025 graduates to their commencement ceremony on June 26 at the Talking Stick Resort and Casino ballroom. While she is undoubtedly proud of the graduating class for their achievements, there...
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