Boys’ Basketball Joseph Chavez is playing his first season at Saguaro High School on the freshman team. He previously played at Mohave Middle School in Scottsdale and with various basketball leagues around the Valley.  Chavez and the freshman team beat the Coronado Dons on Monday, January 9.  “It’s good. The [team] chemistry was great. We […]

This 2022-23 basketball season, two cousins from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community started on the Westwood High School freshman boys’ basketball team. Cousins Kale Andrews and Noah Lasiloo both tried out earlier in the school year for the team, with Andrews playing center and Lasiloo as guard.  The new team is working hard to […]

The NFL Super Bowl is back in the Valley, and the big game will be played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Sunday, February 12. Super Bowl LVII is expected to bring more visitors and traffic to the surrounding area and to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Talking Stick Entertainment District. Here are […]

The 2022-23 high school basketball season has begun, and as the Westwood High School girls’ basketball reaches the middle of their season, they are sitting at No. 1 in the 6A East Valley with a record of 6-3. On Monday, December 12, the freshman, junior varsity and varsity played against Cesar Chavez. The varsity Lady […]

Three Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members, students Liam Enos and Jizelle Juan and Marcus Laslioo were featured in the Phoenix Suns’ Native American Heritage Month promotions throughout November. The three had the opportunity to join youth from Arizona’s other 21 tribes in a photo and video shoot wearing their traditional attire.  On November 10, […]

The annual event that draws the participation of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and employees, is a chance to test individual and group teamwork. SRPMIC will once again, have representation in the form three competing teams and a lone Community member, who will take-on the challenge of swimming, biking and running against competitors from […]

The 2023 Spring Training schedule at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick has been announced for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. In keeping with the yearly tradition, the Diamondbacks and Rockies, who share the facility, will face off in the opener on February 25 at 1:10 p.m. The Diamondbacks will host the West Virginia […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Kennise McGertt has had quite an adventure since graduating from Mountain View High School in May. McGertt traveled to more than 20 states while on tour with the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps over the summer. When she returned in mid-August, she began her first year of college, attending […]