By Christopher Lomahquahu and Tasha Silverhorn Over three days, July-17, the Lori Piestewa National Native American Games brought tribal youth from across the country to the Valley for some great sports competition, including championship basketball and baseball tournaments. Players of all ages showed off their prowess in various sports at venues across the Valley. Basketball […]

From June 21 to 24, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth took to the hardwood to learn the fundamentals of basketball at the Youth Basketball Camp, hosted by the Phoenix Suns. Twenty SRPMIC youth took part in the camp, which was held at the Williams Field High School gymnasium.  According to Vanessa Lechuga, SRPMIC recreation […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Kennise McGertt recently graduated from Mountain View High School, where she was a member of the school’s color guard. Before her graduation, McGertt realized two of her goals: signing with the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps as a color guard member and being accepted into the Arizona State University […]

A Westwood High School graduate’s aspirations for the game of baseball are taking him one step closer toward his field of dreams. Nic Cortez signed a letter of intent to play baseball for Clarke University in Iowa during a special gathering of friends and family at the Westwood gymnasium on June 8.  The walls of […]

A popular summer pastime returned in a big way this year after being postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic. Youth from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community laced up their cleats from May 25 to 28 to compete in the 21st Annual Arizona Diamondbacks Inter-Tribal Youth Baseball & Softball Tournament, which was co-hosted by the SRPMIC. […]

Original Press Release via The Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks and Casino Arizona, an enterprise owned and operated by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC), today announce a new partnership naming the popular casino and its sister property, Talking Stick Resort, as the ​​Official Casino and Resort Partner for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The new agreement […]

On Monday, April 25, in front of a room full of her family, friends, coaches, teammates and supporters, Westwood High School senior Nyese Jones signed her letter of intent to continue her basketball career on the collegiate level at South Mountain Community College.  Jones has been on the Lady Warriors varsity basketball team since she […]

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Community Development Department (CDD) hosted a gathering of vendors, developers and SRPMIC staff on the Pepsi Patio at the Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers spring training game on March 28 at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Around 160 people responded to an RSVP for the celebration of […]