By Nalani Lopez Standing in front of more than 600 attendees at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale’s annual Celebrate Youth Gala fundraiser on Saturday, March 23 was 15-year-old Jordan French, representing the Red Mountain branch the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. French is […]
During the month of April, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s thrift store, Helping Hands, will be hosting a massive 50% off sale. “We’re hoping the community comes out to see our new items,” said Helping Hands store manager Francis Edwards. “Our sale is a few days in April,” said Edwards. The official dates for […]
Several groups of seniors and youth gathered for a multi-department collaboration event at the Scottsdale Community College (SCC) Indigenous Cultural Center (ICC) and Garden on March 9 called Nurturing Generations Through the Garden. Staff from the college’s American Indian Program Center for Native and Urban Wildlife and garden volunteers worked side by side at the […]
President Joe Biden was in the Valley on March 19 and 20 to visit semiconductor manufacturer Intel’s Ocotillo campus in Chandler. He was there to announce that the U.S. Department of Commerce has reached a preliminary agreement with Intel to provide up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans under the […]
The Salt River Police Department has promoted Walter Holloway, an 18-year veteran of the department and a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member, to the post of police chief following the recent retirement of Chief Karl Auerbach. Holloway was most recently a commander for the SRPD after serving in a variety of roles for the […]
Leadership from the Four O’odham Sibling Tribes convened at the Gila River Indian Community’s (GRIC) Huhugam Heritage Center on March 5 for a roundtable discussion with U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg about transportation infrastructure projects and needs within their tribal communities. This was Secretary Buttigieg’s second stop at the GRIC. The first […]
It all started with a sour experience at a lemonade stand at a festival a few years ago. In a quest to find a better lemonade, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members Nicole Corral and Devon Hayes went out on a limb and decided to start their own lemonade business with their kids. Corral, who […]