The coalition recently visited the Gila River Indian Community as it works to collect and archive boarding school survivors’ stories. When you look at it one way, all Indigenous people who were forced to attend federal boarding schools are not alumni, they are survivors. This was one of the main...
“Let’s do the frybread clap!” exclaimed Salt River Schools Food Service Program Manager Shannon Reina as she demonstrated preparing a traditional meal with Arizona State University students, faculty and cultural anthropologist chef Amber Sampson at the Accelerated Learning Academy kitchen on Dec. 6. The class clapped along gleefully with Reina,...
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) awarded the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community a $62,000 grant for fiscal year 2026. The funding is part of the ADEQ Recycling Grant program, which supports public education to encourage participation in recycling and source reduction and to learn about proper solid waste...
The Hamilton High School varsity girls flag football team in Chandler won the 6A Arizona Interscholastic Association Flag Football State Championship game for the second year in a row on Nov. 24, in a close 7-0 decision vs. Red Mountain High School. Hamilton absolutely dominated the league all season, going...
The morning birds sang as guests gathered at the S’edav Va’aki Museum, formerly known as Pueblo Grande Museum, for the 48th annual Indian Market on Dec. 13 and 14. Although the Phoenix museum recently changed its name, excitement for the annual market has stayed the same. Museum representative Rosetta Walker...
The Salt River Food Bank and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community partners are picking up slack in a major way, providing additional food for Community members on a few occasions after Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits were paused by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in October. SNAP funding...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his second stop this year at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on Nov. 19 for a private roundtable discussion and tour of the new Journey to Recovery (JTR) residential treatment facility on the River People Health...