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Kennise McGertt Continues Flag Tossing with ASU Marching Band
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 […]
Kennise McGertt Continues Flag Tossing with ASU Marching Band
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 […]
SRPMIC Member Becomes IFBB Bikini Professional Bodybuilder
Leanne “Aimee” Velasquez, a 27-year-old Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member, was working as a registered nurse when she decided to change up her routine of going to the gym in February 2020. Feeling intimidated and lost, she hired a fitness coach to help her get a new routine down. Her coach turned out to […]
Jacob Butler Becomes Chair of Native Seeds/SEARCH
After serving on the board of Native Seeds/SEARCH since 2017, Community Garden Coordinator Jacob Butler will now serve as chair of the board for the nonprofit seed-conservation organization based in Tucson. Butler has a big presence in the Community, having served as Community garden coordinator for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for 16 years. […]
Taté Walker Talks ‘The Trickster Riots’ and Collaborating With Family
Salt River Schools Communications and Public Affairs Director Taté Walker (Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota) has released a new poetry collection called “The Trickster Riots” with illustrations by their 14-year-old child, painter and graphic artist Ohíya Walker (Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe/Red Lake Ojibwe/Mvskoke Creek). For […]
Recent Stories
Journey to Wellness Transforms WOLF Into Magic Kingdom
Spider-Man, Captain America, and Elsa and Anna from “Frozen” visited the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Way of Life Facility to promote healthy lifestyle. The “Happily Ever After” Magic Kingdom-themed Journey to Wellness event was a collaboration between the WOLF and Diabetes Prevention Services. The January 11 event featured vendor…
Kristine Scabby takes her basketball talents to California
Kristine Scabby moved more than 700 miles to follow her basketball dream. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member caught the attention of the women’s basketball program at California Tribal College in Sacramento, which was recruiting Native students for its brand-new athletic program. Scabby, a 2023 Westwood High School graduate…
Inclusivity at the International Day of Acceptance Glow Walk
Ve:s ‘ac oḍ hemajkam. Piipaa mat chuuwaama walykwnyshmiinymak. “We are all the same” Eric Schurz Sr. walked with and in support of his daughter, Christina, who has epilepsy, a brain condition that causes seizures. The pair were one of many with glowsticks and bright spirits illuminating the path during this year’s…
Journey to Wellness Transforms WOLF Into Magic Kingdom
Spider-Man, Captain America, and Elsa and Anna from “Frozen” visited the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Way of Life Facility to promote healthy lifestyle. The “Happily Ever After” Magic Kingdom-themed Journey to Wellness event was a collaboration between the WOLF and Diabetes Prevention Services. The January 11 event featured vendor…
Deb Haaland Thanks Indian Country as Interior Secretary Tenure Ends
The legacy of U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland begins with her federal boarding school initiative to hold the country accountable for the atrocities committed against Native American children and families. Haaland influenced former President Joe Biden’s historic apology on behalf of the U.S. government and its role in boarding school…
Council Member Michael Dallas Travels to Washington for Donald Trump’s Inauguration
SRPMIC Council member Michael Dallas Sr. traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration and second overall inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20, but Mother Nature had other plans. Like most other people with a ticket to the inauguration, Dallas withstood sub-freezing temperatures outside the…