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...
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...
Doing their best and putting their best foot forward has always been the main goal for Elijah and Ezekiel Norris. Winning the Boys & Girls Clubs Jr. Suns championship game in overtime, 29-28, was a dream come true for these brothers. The players on the team received a championship ring,...
Don “Wild Eagle” Wuebber is an enrolled Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member who grew up on the East Coast in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix and was adopted at 3 months old. Now, at 57, he lives in Pennsylvania...
The new Journey to Recovery (JTR) treatment and rehabilitation facility in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community officially opened its doors on September 8, beginning operations at about 70% occupancy through the end of the year and gradually scaling up to full capacity early in 2026. Female patients were moved...
During the last week of August, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. was in the Phoenix area visiting family and wanted to learn more about healthcare delivery here. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community learned on August 29 that Kennedy would like to pay a visit...
Before getting into the swimming pool for his race, Maizen Brown, 8, hears his coaches tell him, “You got it, you can do this, Maizen. You’re strong!” He is. Those words gave him the motivation to go on and place in the 25-meter breaststroke race on July 26 at the...