On Monday, February 24, thousands filled the Staples Center for “A Celebration of Life,” a public memorial held for Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. Professional basketball players, music artists, movie stars, family, friends and fans attended. Millions from all over the world watched the celebration live, as Bryant’s wife Vanessa […]
On Saturday, February 15, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members were invited to have a first look at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens before the official opening on February 22. SRPMIC members had the opportunity to view the USS Arizona boathouse relic, which went down with the ship in 1941 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor […]
In March 2018, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Cultural Resources Department and the Huhugam Ki Museum broke ground for the new SRPMIC Cultural Repository. With designs completed, buildings demolished and staff relocated, all that is left is to start construction, which will begin in March. There may be confusion about what exactly this new […]
On Friday, January 17, at the Council Chambers, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council’s McKellips Corridor Long-Range Planning group held its latest Community member–only open house to gain input from Community members about the possibility of future development along the McKellips Corridor. The McKellips Corridor is located south of McKellips Road, stretching from the […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Human Resources Department Apprenticeship Program has been helping SRPMIC members train and become certified in a variety of career fields, including plumbing, carpentry, information technology help desk, hotel hospitality and more. The program has already begun training Community members in medical and dental assisting to help prepare staffing for […]
The Environmental Health Program of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Health and Human Services Department holds a class for food handlers on the first Wednesday of each month at the new Health Building and WIC Offices. The first class of the year was held on Wednesday, January 8, because of the holidays. The free one-hour […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Jorge Gonzales-Zuniga, 21, is making a name for himself in Indian Country through traditional dancing. During the last week of November 2019, he had the opportunity to travel to Australia with Phoenix-based dance group Indigenous Enterprise for the second time. The group stayed in Australia for a month. During […]