By Tasha Silverhorn It’s time for the new school year to begin, and this time children are heading back to school in person. That means drivers need to remember to follow traffic laws relating to school zones, bus stops and stopped school buses. Salt River Schools open on Monday, August 2; Mesa Public Schools on […]

On June 30, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council approved a COVID-19 vaccination incentive for SRPMIC members to increase the number of enrolled members getting vaccinated. Currently, only 29% of SRPMIC enrolled members living in Arizona have received the COVID-19 vaccination. A total of 1,947 are fully vaccinated and 201 have received one of […]

Depending on where you are from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community down south to the Tohono O’odham Nation, you might see side blooms coming from the saguaros (Ha:sañ in O’odham) more often than usual these days. Typically, saguaro cacti blooms appear only at the tips of the arms. Side blooms are when blooms start […]

On June 25, Dino Crew Entertainment arrived at the Boys & Girls Club of Scottsdale Lehi Branch’s summer program with a truck full of prehistoric fun for the kids. The truck pulled up with a “dino cage” hauling Remi (an 18-year-old Utah raptor who thinks she’s a kid), a Tyrannosaurus rex named Mac, and a […]

The first year of the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Baseball Academy has been extended from the fall season through this summer, with the July Summer Camp meeting July 12-16 and the Night Camp July 30-31 from 6 to 9 p.m. each day. Salt River Fields Director of Marketing Chris Bonnell said that the […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community sister tribe member Russell “Big Chief” Moore (1912-1983) of the Gila River Indian Community has received the Legacy Circle Award from the International Trombone Association. The award recognizes his unparalleled accomplishments in the trombone community. Moore learned how to play the trumpet as a youth and later began playing the […]

The Salt River Tribal Library is offering a series of virtual workshops through its Tails & Tales Summer Reading Program. One of the recent workshops was Telling Your Family Story, a workshop focused on genealogy resource training to help Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members learn how to trace their ancestors.  The first class was […]

As of July 5, the Salt River Court has resumed regular operations, including in-person court hearings. The Court is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding Community holidays.  SRPMIC Administrative Order 21-0001, issued on July 2, makes it possible to resume regular operations. The order states that all […]