By Kari Haahr The Huhugam Ki: Museum celebrated its 36th anniversary on November 4 with the opening of a brand-new exhibition, “Coming Home.” The day began with the staples of kui si’ovī svadagam cemait / ‘anaaly aschaak (mesquite pancakes) and, for those late to arrive, eggs and bacon with fresh-made cemait / modiily (tortillas). As […]

At the corner of 44th and Washington streets in Phoenix, on traditional O’odham land, the wall surrounding the site formerly known as Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park now displays a new title: the S’edav Va’aki Museum. The name S’edav Va’aki is the SRPMIC O’odham spelling for “Central Vahki,” which refers to the large platform […]

On October 11, 2023 Matthew Lakin, deputy director of the Air and Radiation Division at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9, met with staff members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Air Quality Program. Region 9 of the EPA has its headquarters in San Francisco, California. “I wanted to prioritize visiting here […]

On October 20, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community employees came together for the annual Fall Overhaul cleanup event held throughout the boundaries of the Community. The Community Development Department (CDD) and Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Department (EPNR) put the event together with the assistance of many different SRPMIC government departments. This year’s theme was […]

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Human Resources Department’s Underfill Program continues to successfully help Community members gain employment and get the necessary education and training they need to meet the minimum requirements of the positions they were hired for. Since the SRPMIC Underfill Program Policy 2-19 was drafted and approved in 2001 to promote […]

On October 17, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community WIC program held a special Young Child Health Celebration event at the Accelerated Learning Academy gymnasium. The event was aimed at providing caregivers of children age 5 years and younger with the tools necessary to help raise healthy children. WIC (Women, Infants and Children) is part […]

In July 2021, a group of local Indigenous artists was asked to be part of applying for a new grant in collaboration with the ASU Indigenous Design Collaborative and the City of Tempe. The grant was the two-year “Our Town” grant offered by the National Endowment for the Arts, which provided the group funding to […]

Built in about 1934, the Salt River Day School near Longmore and McDowell roads is an iconic and historic piece of property located on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Although the landscape now may look bare from the outside, the school property is still filled with the stories of students and Community members who […]