Boys & Girls Club members from the Red Mountain and Lehi branches are two of the seven 2020-21 finalists for the Youth of the Year award, presented through the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale. Club member Kennise McGertt will be representing the Red Mountain Branch and Zaria Gonzalez will be representing the Lehi […]

On January 29, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community hosted the Navy’s annual Chief Petty Officer pinning ceremony, which was held at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River. The ceremony was virtual, with seven sailors being pinned that day: three here on tribal land and four in other areas in the Southwest. Families […]

On January 26, the Salt River Police Department celebrated the fifth birthday of a good boy named Bolo, a Belgian Malinois K-9 trained to serve the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Bolo’s mates are Moses (an almost 5-year-old Dutch shepherd), Plex (a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois), Lacs (a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois) and Barklee (a 3-year-old yellow […]

Salt River Schools hosted a “We Care About You” drive-up meal distribution celebration at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) on Friday, February 12, with the help of many partners from in and around the Community. Community members lined up down Center Street an hour before the event opened, waiting […]

Going to a museum and looking at the traditional arts of the Huhugam, one will see tightly woven baskets, clay pots and many other interesting pieces. There is a history behind those artifacts, but maybe the most impressive thing about them is that they are still being made today, by hand and using the same […]

February 27 marks the 25th anniversary of Pokémon. The day is celebrated annually by fans across the world, but the 25th anniversary is going to be special. For the entire month of February, leading up to the 27th, the Pokémon Company has been collaborating and releasing exclusive merchandise for fans. The story behind Pokémon comes […]

The O’odham Piipaash Language Program of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Cultural Resources Department offered two different language classes over Zoom at the beginning of this year.  The first was the O’odham immersion class, which started on February 8 and ends on March 24. O’odham Education Specialist Mary Garcia taught the class. The focus […]

In February 2020, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Veterans Warriors Book Club was started by four members who share the highlights of each chapter with one another. They are the staff of the SRPMIC Veterans Representatives Office: Veterans Representatives Amanda White and Troy Truax, who is also a representative of the American Legion Post […]