For 15 years, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has hosted the spring training home opener at Salt River Fields. Community royalty, artists, dancers, performers and singers participated in the pregame ceremonies for this year’s home opener on Feb. 20. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the co-host of Salt River Fields, the Colorado...

3 Takeaways: – For 15 years, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has hosted the spring training home opener at Salt River Fields. – Community royalty, artists, dancers, performers and singers participated in the pregame ceremonies for this year’s home opener on Feb. 20. – The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the co-host of...

3 Takeaways: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Adaptive Recreation Coordinator Ethan Larned is always looking for new ways to get Community youth involved in fun and exciting activities and games.  Late last year, Larned met with Natalie Krishna Das, who is the owner of Las ChicAZ, an Arizona nonprofit that promotes the...

Major League Baseball is back. It all kicks off with spring training in Arizona and Florida. Half of the teams play in Arizona’s Cactus League, while the other half play in the Grapefruit League in Florida. For a little over two months, baseball teams play in exhibition games throughout the...

The little ones chopped and mixed ingredients together on a recent morning at Salt River Schools. Their tiny hands were busy, and the smiling was contagious across the room.  The Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) took salad to the next level with the Blue Watermelon Project and Salt River Schools...

You’ve heard of pickle slushies, a favorite local crushed-ice treat using pickle juice as the syrup. But have you heard about pickleball? The fastest-growing sport in the United States has made its way to the Community. O’odham Action News talked with Community pickleballers to find out what the big dill...

Salt River Community Gaming Enterprises hosted its annual team member recognition luncheon on Feb. 2 with carnival games, caricature drawings, prizes, delicious food and the top enterprise awards of the year.  3 Takeaways:  As the saying goes, when you work hard, you must also play hard. Every year, leaders of...

The sound of sticks hitting the ground echoed throughout the Salt River Community Garden, a song was sung as women and girls took turns hitting sticks from the bottom with a rock into the circle formation they created, and behind that were spectators watching as they learned how the game...