Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member and Arizona State University doctoral candidate Heaven Sepulveda was chosen by the staff of the Heard Museum in Phoenix to receive the Spring 2024 Doctoral Eagle Spirit Award, which is presented to two exceptional Native graduate students fulfilling a course of study at ASU. One doctoral candidate and one […]
Former Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Human Resources Director Robin Enos was remembered on the morning of May 16 at the Two Waters Courtyard with the planting of an ash tree. Enos, who worked for the Community’s Human Resources Department for 45 years, passed away on July 9, 2023. Former Health and Human Services Director […]
By Kari Haahr The Public Works Department is tasked with maintaining the infrastructure of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community—meaning the roads, parks, buildings and facilities, along with everything that goes into making them operate smoothly and safely, like water, power and waste collection. Because Public Works covers such a broad array of services, it’s […]
By Kari Haahr As the weather heats up, there is no better time to start thinking about how to prevent accidental drowning. To stay ahead of the risks, the Salt River Fire Department utilized their quarterly training to conduct a drowning simulation in collaboration with the Aquatics team at the Way of Life Facility (WOLF). […]
Even though, when you look at it one way, the United States is technically located entirely on Indigenous land, on May 10, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community hosted the first-ever House Ways and Means Committee hearing to take place on tribal land, at the SRPMIC Council chambers. The hearing’s topics included adoption, foster care […]
On Friday, April 26, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community seniors held their annual Senior Chair Volleyball Tournament inside the Community Building. The two-day tournament welcomed teams from Arizona, Nevada and California. The following teams competed in this year’s tournament: Salt River S’gvek, Once Wild, Salt River Elite, Quail B, Puy Puyum, Nyaa Thosh, Muu […]
To honor planet Earth, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community held an Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 20, at 8 a.m. This year was the 54th annual Earth Day, an observance which sprang from the modern ecological and environmental movement beginning in 1970. Earth Day raises awareness about climate change and impactful ways to […]