President Joe Biden’s first trip to Indian Country was to the Gila River Indian Community in October to formally apologize for the atrocities caused by the U.S. Indian boarding school system. Biden, along with other federal officials, including leaders from the Interior Department, traveled to the Gila Crossing Community School...
Twenty-five years ago, on November 6, 1999, more than 35,000 people attended the Tempe Town Lake Festival, an event marking the dedication of the new Tempe Town Lake, near the southwest edge of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The new recreational attraction sits at the heart of a dry...
One day in 1984, Roy Track (bot), a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member, wanted a way to showcase the best singers, dancers and performers in Indian Country. With the rest of the Track family assisting him, he put together plans to host a pow-wow as a way to get...
The Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV) was formed in 1980 with the goal of helping to end the stigma around domestic violence while providing resources and support from trained professionals. In 2013, ACESDV updated its organizational outreach and program services to include sexual violence. On October...
On November 8, the 108th Army Band kicked off this year’s Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Employee Veterans event at the Two Waters Courtyard with an array of music, also featuring a saxophone quartet section. SRPMIC Veterans Representative Troy Truax Jr. was the master of ceremonies for the event. “It’s...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community celebrated Veterans Day on November 11 at the Salt River Community Building by honoring Community members who have served in all branches of the military. Veteran’s representative Amanda White said that she’s happy that there were more Community members attending than on previous Community...
A Mesa Park just south of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has been given a new name in the O’odham language. On the morning of November 4, Mesa Mayor John Giles and tribal officials from the SRPMIC, Gila River Indian Community, Ak-Chin Indian Community and Tohono O’odham Nation gathered...