Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community siblings Koda and Marley Jackson are sharing their talents with the Saguaro High School boys and girls basketball teams this season. Also playing on the boys basketball teams are O’Shea Bonner and Jesse Chavez, and cheering for these players is Ky-Moni Harney, who is on the cheer squad.  Bonner used […]

Mesa National Youth Sports hosted a Turkey Bowl game for teams that did not make it to the championships this fall. Two teams with Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members, the Mesa Toros and the Outlaws of Scottsdale, faced off in the 14-and-under division on Saturday, November 20 at Mountain View High School for their […]

Basketball season began on Tuesday, November 30 for the Westwood High School girls basketball team. This year the team includes a number of Native Americans, including four members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: Nyese Jones (senior), Kristine Scabby (junior), Angelina Montoya (sophomore) and Alexis Smith (junior).  In their first game, the Lady Warriors […]

Salt River Schools Food Services has teamed up with the Arizona Department of Education’s Health and Nutrition Services Division to create consistent scratch-made recipes that utilize unique and traditional ingredients. After months of working on developing recipes, SRS Food Services began introducing these new menu items to the students in Salt River schools.  Salt River […]

Rancho Solano freshman Liam Enos, the son of Shea Enos Jr. and Maricella Quintero, completed his first season of cross country this fall. Enos, a longtime football player, has taken on the challenge of cross country at Rancho Solano because the school does not have a football team.  “I didn’t know what to expect; I […]

On Monday, October 18, Arizona’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, Salt River Elementary School teacher Lynette Stant, was recognized at the 2021 State and National Teachers of the Year event in Washington, D.C. The week began with a ceremony honoring the National Teachers of the Year for 2020 and 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

To celebrate Native American Recognition Day on September 24, Salt River Schools Food Services offered a tasty treat for the students of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community during their meal distribution. They created a unique dish using blue corn mush topped with blueberries, strawberries, banana and honey.  The blue corn was purchased from Ramona […]

Due to the COVID-19 virus, the 60th Miss Indian Arizona Scholarship Program was once again held virtually this year. On Saturday, October 9, five young women competed for the title of Miss Indian Arizona and the opportunity to represent all 22 tribes of Arizona. This year, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Skehg’ Hiosik Amber […]