Have you ever wanted to grab an iconic hot dog and soda combo, a pizza or a chicken bake on your lunch break? Well, soon you can, because Costco will be coming to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community! This is the first Costco to be built on tribal land...
Down in the heart of Tempe, a new legend of the stage was created on March 24 at The New School for the Arts and Academics. This was the day that Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community student artist Alex Goodwin starred in the role of Mr. Hugh Fennyman during dress...
3 Takeaways: After less than two years since the groundbreaking and several years of planning, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Veterans Memorial in Lehi is now complete. On the morning of March 29, SRPMIC held a revealing ceremony for the new memorial. Members of the SRPMIC Tribal Council, the SRPMIC...
3 Takeaways: It’s not every day that the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community gets the chance to host a world-famous celebrity chef who also just happens to be Indigenous. On March 25, chef Stephanie Pyetwetmokwe (known simply as Pyet) DeSpain hosted a cookbook giveaway at the SRPMIC Tribal Library to...
3 Takeaways: Though she serves on a different kind of plate, chef Pyet DeSpain truly is in a league of her own. On March 25, DeSpain hosted a cooking demonstration inside the Showroom at Casino Arizona for special guests that included Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and elders and...
The sixth annual Tortilla Festival, Cemait/Modiily 2026, began on March 21 with an early-morning torch run that started at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Repository and ended at the Huhugam Ki: Museum grounds. Salt River Fire Department runners finished their trek by lighting a fire under the komal/madiily cooking...
The Salt River Foster Care Program is looking for Native mentors to support the Community’s youth involved in the foster care system as part of the new Our Relatives Mentorship Program. Social Services Manager (Licensing) Norma Hernandez said mentored youth in foster care are less likely to engage in risky...