Lacrosse is a popular game played by many people across the globe. It originated from Native Americans and is referred to as the “Creator’s Game.” The Haudenosaunee Nationals organization continues to make noise on the world stage, in both men’s and women’s leagues, and lacrosse is enjoying increasing popularity in...
The program operates under the SRPMIC Education Division and offers free developmental screenings for children up to 5 years old. 3 Takeaways: Early childhood is a formative time that shapes how children develop as they grow into toddlers, tweens, teenagers and adults. Here in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community,...
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...