Tempe Butte in downtown Tempe, also known in O’odham as Oidbaḍ Do’ag and in Piipaash as Xwe Nyakuuly, is a culturally significant site for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the Four Southern Tribes of Arizona. Tempe Butte was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 after the City of Tempe […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community siblings Koda and Marley Jackson are sharing their talents with the Saguaro High School boys and girls basketball teams this season. Also playing on the boys basketball teams are O’Shea Bonner and Jesse Chavez, and cheering for these players is Ky-Moni Harney, who is on the cheer squad. Bonner used […]
Mesa National Youth Sports hosted a Turkey Bowl game for teams that did not make it to the championships this fall. Two teams with Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members, the Mesa Toros and the Outlaws of Scottsdale, faced off in the 14-and-under division on Saturday, November 20 at Mountain View High School for their […]
Salt River Schools Food Services has teamed up with the Arizona Department of Education’s Health and Nutrition Services Division to create consistent scratch-made recipes that utilize unique and traditional ingredients. After months of working on developing recipes, SRS Food Services began introducing these new menu items to the students in Salt River schools. Salt River […]
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the Phoenix Suns celebrated Native American culture during their game against the Dallas Mavericks on November 19. A number of tribes from Arizona were represented through the night’s entertainment. Performers with O’odham ties included powwow/hip-hop dancers Indigenous Enterprise and guest DJ Tomahawk Bang (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community […]
On December 7, which marked the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American Legion Bushmasters Post 114 and Discover Salt River presented an all-day commemoration at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River. More than 600 people attended the event in total, and the day was extra special due to the […]
Four Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members have obtained their Class A commercial driver’s licenses through the Community’s Apprenticeship Program in a partnership with Southwest Truck Driver Training. Angel Lopez, Angel Dixon, Tony “Big Jobs” Becker and Michael Hill took the four-week course, which is designed to prepare future truck drivers for an entry-level position […]