Now that Santa Claus has begun making his nice/naughty list and will assuredly check it twice, it is also the time of year for Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and staff to enjoy some holiday cheer with their family and loved ones. This year’s holiday extravaganza is the Holiday...
Inside a Dallas Construction office trailer stationed at the Salt River Day School construction site, a couple dozen people file in around noon and gather for a warm catered meal. Most of them are Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members who are working on some phase of the project to...
“How do you take care of yourselves?” On November 6, Melanie Nosie, LMSW, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community health educator, began her webinar presentation on self-care by asking the group of nearly 100 guests that simple question. The answers slowly started coming in: being outdoors, taking a nap, crafting, working...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s annual Safety Day is a celebration of the many ways in which the Salt River fire and police departments keep us all safe. This year’s celebration was held outdoors at the Accelerated Learning Academy football field on November 6 and featured department and enterprise...
I share this story as often as I can. I remember the eagles. I remember how close I was able to get. I sometimes wonder where they are now, where they have been and what they have seen. I especially remember the elders on that day that safely held them....
President Joe Biden’s first trip to Indian Country was to the Gila River Indian Community in October to formally apologize for the atrocities caused by the U.S. Indian boarding school system. Biden, along with other federal officials, including leaders from the Interior Department, traveled to the Gila Crossing Community School...
Twenty-five years ago, on November 6, 1999, more than 35,000 people attended the Tempe Town Lake Festival, an event marking the dedication of the new Tempe Town Lake, near the southwest edge of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The new recreational attraction sits at the heart of a dry...