Story and photos by OAN Newspaper Assistant Kari Haahr There was a sharp inhale, then a beat as Joseph Garza completed his bench press with a loud clang as the bar dropped back into place. The surrounding group hollered whoop! and there you go! punctuated with a final sheesh! from Garza as he sat up […]

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community celebrated its employees with the annual Employee Holiday Luncheon at the Ballroom at Talking Stick Resort on December 12. As employees filed into the ballroom, they were treated to a holiday music prelude by jazz trio Lucky Devils Band, who provided the musical entertainment for the day. SRPMIC Public […]

On December 7, the 82nd anniversary of the tragedy at Pearl Harbor, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community held a commemoration ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens in remembrance of all veterans and civilians who suffered and perished on that infamous day.  Amanda White from the SRPMIC Veterans Office served as emcee for the […]

For the last 40 years, the Phoenix Indian Center has hosted its annual Arizona American Indian Excellence in Leadership Awards. The event began as a potluck luncheon years ago and has since grown into a gala that welcomes current and former tribal leaders, tribal royalty and many esteemed allies of Indian Country. The awards were […]

The last time Matt Ware and Hamza Abdullah were on the same football field together was when they were teammates on the Arizona Cardinals from 2009 to 2011. As part of the Fiesta Bowl Charities program, Ware and Abdullah reunited on the football field on November 8 for the annual Fiesta Bowl Football Camp at […]

After a wet and rainy morning, the clouds parted over the Two Waters Courtyard just in time for the annual Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Thanksgiving Dinner to begin, which brought family and friends together for a special day on November 18. Jr. Miss Salt River 2023-2024 Jizelle Juan emceed the event and provided a […]

As students and faculty attended their classes at Scottsdale Community College (SCC) on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on November 1 and 2, little did they know that at the college’s Indigenous Cultural Center, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of National Continuity Programs (ONCP) was holding a training course for representatives from […]

St. Mary’s Food Bank made a stop at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Accelerated Learning Academy parking lot on November 20 to distribute turkeys, tribal food boxes and fresh fruit to Community members. The event was a collaboration between St. Mary’s and the SRPMIC, with SRPMIC day workers, government employees and Council members volunteering […]