On Thursday, July 25, nineteen teams went head-to-head in the 60th Annual Southwest All-Indian Baseball Tournament. For three days, teams played games at the Salt River, Lehi and Accelerated Learning Academy baseball fields. This year, however, was a little special for families who have been enjoying this year-round event. Before...
On July 12, the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona held a luncheon at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass on the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) to recognize the 76th anniversary of the Native right to vote in Arizona and the 100th anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act of...
This year, more than 4,000 Indigenous athletes from 50 tribes across Indian Country in the United States, Canada and Mexico participated in the annual Lori Piestewa Native American Games. Established in 2003, the games commemorate the life and legacy of Lori Piestewa, the first woman in the U.S. military to...
MarJon Beauchamp is a professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA Milwaukee Bucks. Beauchamp is from the Mission Indian tribes as well as the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, both located in Southern California. He was a first-round pick in the NBA Draft in 2022 and will be...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community thrift store, Helping Hands, has reopened with new facility improvements, additional merchandise and more. The store was closed for the majority of June as it underwent significant upgrades and improvements. The thrift store, which is open to the public, reopened on July 3 with...
The WNBA team Phoenix Mercury held a special celebration, “Inspiring Girls Night,” during their game against the Los Angeles Sparks on June 28 at the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix. Among those present were members from a few Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth programs, including Recreation, Social Services, the...
On July 5, 1908, in a West Virginia church, the congregation commemorated the lives of more than 350 men who had died in a coal mine explosion the previous December. The majority of them were married family men with children. The ceremony was originally planned to be a one-time gathering....