The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Community Recreational Services Department held a back-to-school event for all of the SRPMIC youth on Thursday, August 12, at the Pi-Copa Gymnasium. The event was originally designed as a drive-thru, but due to unpredictable weather CRS set up booths in the gym, creating a “walk-through” event. The different divisions […]
The USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River has received a Best Project award in the Landscape/Urban Development category from Engineering News-Record (ENR) Southwest. ENR Southwest announced the winners of their 2021 Best Projects competition via their website on August 10. J2 Engineering and Environmental Design submitted their application and competed against 83 other projects. […]
The Salt River Fire Department is looking for new recruits, specifically Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members. The SRFD is currently holding training classes to help prepare interested members. The classes are held every Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday classes are held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Station 294 (11561 E. Indian School Road); this […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier, Vice-President Ricardo Leonard and a number of staff from Health and Human Services, Administration, Public Works, Engineering and Construction Services, and more welcomed Congressman Greg Stanton to the Community to discuss support for getting 11 duplicative positions approved and funded by the Indian Health Service (IHS) and […]
Every 10 years, after the U.S. Census is taken and the results are available, a process called redistricting happens in each state. Redistricting is the process of modifying the lines of voting districts in accordance with population changes throughout the United States. Every state has its own body that oversees redistricting, and in Arizona it’s […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council has approved a directive to make full COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for government employees as a condition of continued employment. Government employees included in the directive are regular, temporary, part-time, day labor, interns, youth workers and volunteers. This plan does not include SRPMIC Enterprises, which can develop their own […]
After a year’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Native American Recognition Day (NARD) was back at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix on July 18. Baseball fans were again able to see the best dancers and performers from Indigenous communities across the state before the game, with the Arizona Diamondbacks hosting the Chicago Cubs. Before […]