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Salt River Schools Updates Policies on Electronic Device Usage

After it passed in both the Arizona Senate and House of Representatives, House Bill 2484 was signed into law by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on April 14.  The new law requires all public and charter schools across the state to prohibit the use of personal cell phones and electronic devices...

The Enoch Cree Nation Visits the SRPMIC

3 takeaways: Here in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, we set the standard. For quite some time now, the SRPMIC has been viewed as a leader among tribes in Indian Country. From the many business enterprises that the Community owns and operates to the traditional cultural gatherings that connect...

Culture Teacher Gathering 2025

In O’odham, we say ske:g taṣ for “good day.” To say good, we say sape, or in Piipaash xotk. At the Culture Teacher Gathering, it was sape all around. Jokes and he’hem (laughing) were present from everyone in the room. Everyone at the gathering was sekik (happy) to be there and had a story to tell.  The gathering took place...

SRPMIC WIC Honors Moms and Their Village with Breastfeeding Support

3 Takeaways: During National Breastfeeding Month in August, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community WIC program made sure to champion mothers and their important role in the Community. On August 21, WIC held a “celebration of breastfeeding support” at the River People Health Center lobby with the theme “Honoring Moms...

Summer Speaker Series Introduces Genealogy 101

3 Takeaways: For the penultimate installment of the inaugural Summer Speaker Series, host and Assistant Community Manager Lena Jackson-Eckert invited Katie Gertz to share how she got started tracing her family history and learning about genealogy.  Gertz is president of the Family History Society of Arizona and leads the genealogy...

Orange Shirt Day 2025

Learn the history of the commemorative day and how Indigenous communities honor the lives lost due to atrocities caused by boarding school systems on Turtle Island Every September 30, it’s important to wear orange to acknowledge the atrocities caused by the federal governments of the United States and Canada from...

Digital Archive Presentation Held in Lehi

Do you remember when actor Charlie Sheen visited with the Community children in Lehi in the late 1980s/early 1990s? The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community digital archiving team does. They even have a photograph to prove it. The SRPMIC digital archiving project was the focal point for a presentation held...

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