On Friday, January 17, Joseph Remitera, director of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Department of Health and Human Services, welcomed SRPMIC President Martin Harvier; Vice-President Ricardo Leonard; Council representatives; Charles Ty Reidhead, M.D., director of the Phoenix Area Indian Health Service; as well as Community members, special guests and staff to the groundbreaking for the […]
A sign said, “We Stand With Salt River High School—Indigenous Strong.” Another said, “Be Bold. Be Brave. Be Ba’ag.” Fans packed the gym and more signs were raised high as the young ladies representing Salt River High School volleyball took the court on Friday, October 25. The match against Caurus Academy in the Canyon Athletic […]
Thursday, October 24, 2019, is a date that will forever belong to educator Lynette Stant. On this day, the third-grade teacher at Salt River Elementary School was named 2020 Arizona Teacher of the Year by the Arizona Education Foundation at a special luncheon at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. To top it off, Phoenix Mayor […]
As the sun set on June 22, a warm summer night began to bring in the O’odham New Year at Sacaton Flats in Gila River. “The New Year celebration is a fairly new formal celebration,” Antonio Davis said. “Some people understand the new year as the summer solstice, the new moon for the summer time. […]
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community athlete Aaron Makil continues to follow his dream to one day join Major League Baseball (MLB). The 21-year-old recently graduated from Chandler-Gilbert Community College, where he signed to play baseball with the CGCC Coyotes right out of high school in 2016. In early April, Makil announced that after graduating from […]
Back in November, three O’odham artists took the stage at the Arizona Community Foundation’s third annual Water Sustainability Contest Finalist Showcase and Award Ceremony. They were one of five teams that were selected to develop a temporary public art project that illustrated the resourcefulness of the Huhugam people in the metro Phoenix area. The team […]
The Red Mountain Riders are a sovereign nation motorcycle club founded on November 6, 2007, by the late George L. Lerma, James Osife, Leonard Villenueva and Gabe Castaneda. The group has 13 other members, who include Eldon Moore, Dennis Toya, Gary Garrett, Manuel Lyons Jr., Abalino Garza, Ignacio Rodriguez, Sarah Rodriguez, Tammie Willie, Ron Willie, […]