On Wednesday, July 3, Salt River Senior Services hosted its monthly senior breakfast at the Lehi Community Building. July’s breakfast took seniors to “The Great Hall” in Hogwarts Castle, as the theme for this month is Harry Potter. The room was decorated with banners, balloons and wands as Senior Services...
To celebrate the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community students who recently graduated at the high school, GED, trade school, college and university levels, the Community held a Class of 2024 graduation recognition program at the Talking Stick Resort Ballroom on June 27. Monte Yazzie, injury prevention coordinator for the SRPMIC...
There was not a dry eye inside the Talking Stick Resort Ballroom on June 25 as 16 students graduated from the Accelerated Learning Academy in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Members of the 2024 ALA graduation class are Isabelle Adams, Diante Lee Anderson, Charlotte Carlisle, Larissa Chavez, Larrissa Ciarra,...
This year’s Miss Salt River 2024-2025 pageant featured three Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members vying for the crown: Sialik King, Zoe Hernandez and Evevannah Garza. Held inside the Talking Stick Resort Ballroom on June 22, the glamorous event featured a who’s who of Indigenous royalty from across Indian Country,...
Jr. Miss Salt River 2024-2025 Diondria Pilger is crowned by outgoing Jr. Miss Salt River 2023-2024 Jizelle Juan at the 32nd Annual Jr. Miss Salt River Pageant at Talking Stick Resort Ballroom on June 21.
Unfortunately, the “summertime blues” is more than the title of a Ritchie Valens song—it’s a form of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which affects many people every year. Seasonal affective disorder is a type of mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health most of the time regularly experience...
On June 17, after 32 years of working for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Presiding Judge Darayne Achin has officially retired, capping off a highly decorated career. “I didn’t work until I got married; I was a teacher’s aide at the Mesa Public Schools for a couple of years....