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Twenty-five years ago, Sam McCracken had an idea. A member of the Sioux and Assiniboine tribes, McCracken was working at the Nike warehouse distribution center in 1999 in Wilsonville, Oregon, when he had an idea to promote healthy lifestyles to members in his community. Slowly but surely, McCracken would begin...
This year, more than 4,000 Indigenous athletes from 50 tribes across Indian Country in the United States, Canada and Mexico participated in the annual Lori Piestewa Native American Games. Established in 2003, the games commemorate the life and legacy of Lori Piestewa, the first woman in the U.S. military to...
MarJon Beauchamp is a professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA Milwaukee Bucks. Beauchamp is from the Mission Indian tribes as well as the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, both located in Southern California. He was a first-round pick in the NBA Draft in 2022 and will be...
There were high-fives all around at the Way of Life Facility basketball court on June 27, as approximately 100 youth from the Red Mountain Branch of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale engaged in two hours of running and agility activities with Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members,...
The WNBA team Phoenix Mercury held a special celebration, “Inspiring Girls Night,” during their game against the Los Angeles Sparks on June 28 at the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix. Among those present were members from a few Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth programs, including Recreation, Social Services, the...
There were baseball fanatics aplenty in downtown Phoenix as tribes from across Indian Country traveled to Chase Field for the annual Native American Recognition Day (NARD) on June 15, hosted by the Arizona Diamondbacks and sponsored by Talking Stick Resort. Though the game between the Diamondbacks and the Chicago White...
Every summer, youth all across the country leave the classroom behind for the baseball diamond. This includes the youth of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community who participated in the 24th annual D-Backs Inter-Tribal Youth Baseball Tournament, held June 11-14. Games took place at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix, Salt...
On Friday, April 26, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community seniors held their annual Senior Chair Volleyball Tournament inside the Community Building. The two-day tournament welcomed teams from Arizona, Nevada and California. The following teams competed in this year’s tournament: Salt River S’gvek, Once Wild, Salt River Elite, Quail B, Puy Puyum, Nyaa Thosh, Muu […]
This year, the Westwood High School Warriors varsity baseball team secured a spot in the annual Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) 6A conference play-in tournament. Winners of the play-in advance to the conference playoffs, with the baseball state championship on the line. Coming into their play-in game, an away game on April 18 against Basha High […]
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