Miss Salt River Sistine Lewis and Jr. Miss Salt River Robin Ramirez are taking a look back at their year representing the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The ladies recall the day they were crowned, talk about their experiences with the Miss Salt River and Jr. Miss Salt River courts, explain what they plan to […]
Since the spring of 2020, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has lost more than 300 Community members, some from COVID-19 and some from other causes. On Saturday, May 7, SRPMIC held a Healing and Memorial Tribute event at the Salt River Ballfield to remember those whose lives were lost during this time. It was […]
On May 9, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community broke ground on the new Program to Develop Adult Living Skills (PALS) housing facility, located on the northeast corner of Alma School and Osborn roads. The new housing for PALS, a Social Services program that helps young adults transition into adulthood, will have 14 new two-bedroom/two-bathroom […]
On April 28, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s O’odham Piipaash Language Program (OPLP) and the Arizona State University Humanities Lab collaborated on a presentation called Language Emergency, which was held at the Hayden Library ASU Tempe Campus and streamed live on Zoom. Language Emergency is a collaboration between ASU and the SRPMIC to document […]
On April 28, Salt River Schools hosted an informational meeting about the Safe Routes to School initiative, a plan to study how students travel to school and how to make the journey safer and easier for those who walk or ride a bike. Family input was the goal of the event, which was held at […]
With the 2022 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act being signed into law, tribal governments will soon be able to take action on the language within the legislation. Tribes can start exercising the language relating to special tribal criminal jurisdiction on October 1, but due to the complex nature and swift reauthorization of the […]
Barb Wilkinson, interim principal at the Accelerated Learning Academy (ALA) on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, is showing her adult students and coworkers that you can thrive while balancing being a new parent and having to work. The previous principal at ALA resigned in March, and Wilkinson was asked to fill the position in […]