On February 21, the official opening ceremony was held for the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River. The ceremony opened with former Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Ivan Makil playing the national anthem on his trumpet while the audience sang along and veterans saluted. The invocation was given by former SRPMIC President Delbert […]
Tru by Hilton Scottsdale Salt River officially opened on February 13. The new hotel is located at 8401 N. Pima Center Pkwy in Scottsdale, right next to the White Castle burger restaurant. The four-story hotel is meant for business or family stays. The grand opening gave guests a full tour of the hotel rooms, swimming […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Health and Human Services has created a new division, the Centralized Scheduling Division, that essentially takes care of all of the incoming phone calls to the Salt River Clinic. Now the calls go straight to the new division’s staff, who can help patients schedule an appointment, give them their next […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Recreational Services Super Kids and Teens Club celebrated Valentine’s Day with a special Roaring Twenties party. Community youth who are medically diagnosed with a physical or mental disability and their families were invited to a night of fun that included dinner, dancing and photo ops at the Salt River […]
By Hannah LewisO’odham Action Newshannah.lewis@srpmic-nsn.gov Third-grade teacher Lynette Stant of Salt River Elementary School, Arizona’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, was invited to be the keynote speaker at the “Celebrating Education – A Powerful Profession” seminar held at the Indigenous Cultural Center at Scottsdale Community College on Monday, February 24. The seminar was conducted by […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Aaron Makil started his first season as a junior in NCAA Division 1 as right-handed pitcher with the University of New Mexico Lobos on Friday, February, 2, playing here in his home state for the Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic in Surprise. Makil and the Lobos played against Oregon […]
The Westwood High School Girls Basketball finish their season ranked number 1 in the East Valley Division as they fell five points short to the Pinnacle Pioneers in the second game in the 6A high school quarter finals on Thursday, February 20. The Lady Warriors made it to the Elite 8 of the State High […]