Arizona celebrated 111 years of statehood on Valentine’s Day, February 14, and a Statehood Day Celebration was held at the Arizona Capitol Museum, on the third floor of the capitol, to mark the occasion. “As your governor, I am proud to recognize today as Arizona Statehood Day with an official Proclamation,” said Arizona Governor Katie […]

On January 20, a delegation led by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren paid a visit to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Buu Nygren, 35, was just sworn in as the youngest president of the Navajo Nation in history. Blackwater-Nygren served in the Arizona House of Representatives for District 7 […]

Thomas “Breeze” Marcus and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council Representative Jacob Butler represented the SRPMIC at the Land Stewardship from Indigenous Perspectives panel discussion held at the Tempe Center for the Arts on January 19.  According to a press brief about the event, it focused on the lessons learned from traditions from the perspectives […]

Traditional storytelling took center stage, immersing audience members in the world of O’odham lore, on January 26 when Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and guests were treated to traditional O’odham stories that are told only during the winter months.  For this year’s winter storytelling, Gila River Indian Community Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Barnaby Lewis […]

The Community Relations Office Events Division of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community hosted a walk to honor the O’odham and Piipaash cultures of the Community on Saturday, February 4 at the Salt River High School/ALA football field and track.  “We are glad that you all could make it out,” said CRO Events Manager Yvonne […]

Established in 1996 by the youth group Teens in Action to represent the Onk Akimel O’odham (“Salt River People” in the O’odham language), the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Traditional Dancers have been a part of the SRPMIC Cultural Resources Department (CRD) since 2018 but haven’t officially announced the change [to CRD] until recently. The […]

During the week of March 20, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, will hear oral arguments in the case of Apache Stronghold v. United States to decide the fate of the sacred Oak Flat site in Arizona. The site is on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 2014, the government […]

On Sunday, January 29, GoodLife Nutrition opened its doors to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth to sell their artwork, jewelry and food creations at its first-ever Future Entrepreneurs Market.  The market featured three artist tables for Vii Siymea Washington, Tiare Begay-Smith, and cousins Mataya Manuel, Kaylee Campeols and Nadia Andreas.  “We are trying to […]