Defining what is wrong and right about relationships can be tricky. There are many different dynamics within many different social circles that can complicate things. It is vital to understand boundaries, both boundaries of others and boundaries for ourselves. February was National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, providing an opportunity to explore aspects […]

During February, the Public Works Department started installing new LED flashers on stop signs at select four-way-stop intersections in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The goal is to prevent drivers from running stop signs.  “There are various tools and strategies that we are trying to do to help prevent the problem we have of […]

The Behavioral Health Services Department of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is offering Positive Indian Parenting classes online to all interested Community members. The classes are designed to help build stronger children and families. The eight-week series features class every Thursday from 12 noon to 1:20 p.m.  So far, class participants have learned about […]

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 […]