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...
One day in 1984, Roy Track (bot), a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member, wanted a way to showcase the best singers, dancers and performers in Indian Country. With the rest of the Track family assisting him, he put together plans to host a pow-wow as a way to get...
For victims’ advocates Rosa Cruz and Shanna Stewart, domestic violence isn’t a private issue, but a community issue. One in four women and one in 10 men experience domestic violence at some point in their lives. What’s more unsettling, these statistics reflect only the cases that are reported. Many times,...
The Huhugam Ki: Museum rang in its 37th anniversary with a celebration of what’s new by following traditions that never grow old. Everyone was welcome on the morning of November 2 for a breakfast of mesquite pancakes with sweet prickly pear syrup and an egg scramble before the museum reopened...
Dancers celebrated their Indigenous heritage at the annual Red Mountain Eagle Pow-Wow in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The 36th annual pow-wow took place November 2 and 3 at the Salt River ballfields. Dozens of dancers from all over Indian Country were in attendance, along with both food and...
The Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV) was formed in 1980 with the goal of helping to end the stigma around domestic violence while providing resources and support from trained professionals. In 2013, ACESDV updated its organizational outreach and program services to include sexual violence. On October...