The coalition recently visited the Gila River Indian Community as it works to collect and archive boarding school survivors’ stories. When you look at it one way, all Indigenous people who were forced to attend federal boarding schools are not alumni, they are survivors. This was one of the main...
The shelves at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Food Bank received a special holiday donation recently, compliments of staff and management from Salt River Community Gaming Enterprises. On Dec. 17 and 23, staff from Salt River Community Gaming Enterprises delivered 20-plus food donation boxes, complete with nonperishable food and...
“Let’s do the frybread clap!” exclaimed Salt River Schools Food Service Program Manager Shannon Reina as she demonstrated preparing a traditional meal with Arizona State University students, faculty and cultural anthropologist chef Amber Sampson at the Accelerated Learning Academy kitchen on Dec. 6. The class clapped along gleefully with Reina,...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community took the final hours of 2025 to new heights with the annual New Year’s Eve Family Celebration, which was held on the Community Building grounds. Festivities started at 10 a.m. with a New Year’s Eve Pie drive-thru giveaway event across the street at the...
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) awarded the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community a $62,000 grant for fiscal year 2026. The funding is part of the ADEQ Recycling Grant program, which supports public education to encourage participation in recycling and source reduction and to learn about proper solid waste...
Visitors lined up along the edge of the parking lot at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River on Dec. 7 for the annual National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration hosted by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. “Today, we gather to reflect on the events of Dec. 7,...
The morning birds sang as guests gathered at the S’edav Va’aki Museum, formerly known as Pueblo Grande Museum, for the 48th annual Indian Market on Dec. 13 and 14. Although the Phoenix museum recently changed its name, excitement for the annual market has stayed the same. Museum representative Rosetta Walker...