On June 25, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Pathway to Home Ownership program held a meeting for all SRPMIC members with the goal of outlining the process of becoming a homeowner. The meeting was held in Two Waters’ A building in room 107. Lori Calderon, community outreach supervisor from...
According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, one in every 10 elders will experience some form of abuse in their lifetimes. Only one in every 24 cases is reported. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Senior Services Adult Protective Services (APS) team hosted an Elder Abuse Awareness Walk on...
Jr. Miss Salt River 2024-2025 Diondria Pilger is crowned by outgoing Jr. Miss Salt River 2023-2024 Jizelle Juan at the 32nd Annual Jr. Miss Salt River Pageant at Talking Stick Resort Ballroom on June 21.
On June 17, after 32 years of working for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Presiding Judge Darayne Achin has officially retired, capping off a highly decorated career. “I didn’t work until I got married; I was a teacher’s aide at the Mesa Public Schools for a couple of years....
SRPMIC Day, Community Celebration Day, Community Day—whatever you choose to call it, June 14 is the anniversary of the day in 1879 when President Rutherford B. Hayes signed the currently accepted Executive Order establishing the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Though this was after the initial order was signed on...
Every year since 2008, middle-school youth from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community have been given the opportunity to enroll in the Scottsdale Community College (SCC) Junior Achieving a College Education (Junior ACE) program. ACE is a nationally recognized, competitive application-based college preparation program for high school students to help...
Now that the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), owned and operated by Republic Services on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community land, is again fully operational after a fire in 2019, the SRPMIC Public Works Department is promoting Republic Services’ recycling campaign, “Recycling Simplified,” and continuing to pick up recycling from Community...