Here in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, spunky 7-year-old Harmony Brown is seeking help to raise money for a new wheelchair-accessible vehicle. The second-grader’s current family vehicle, a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan with an electrical/manual ramp, was bought six years ago and is currently inoperable due to motor and ramp issues that will cost […]

On July 29, the Salt River Police Department held a Community-based policing event with the help of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Youth Services and Community Recreational Services departments. The event, B-Ball with a Cop, took place at the Way of Life Facility (WOLF) to give SRPD officers a chance to get to know […]

The COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to a lot of things in the world, and this included a number of programs for Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth, such as the Young River People’s Council. The program made an effort to keep youth involved and busy through online activities during that trying time, but due […]

By Christopher Lomahquahu and Tasha Silverhorn The annual Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI) attracted teams from across Indian Country to Phoenix for a week of hardwood action, July 18-23. This year marks the 19th year of the tournament, which took place at various gymnasiums around the Valley.  This year’s tournament fielded 68 boys’ teams and […]

By Christopher Lomahquahu and Tasha Silverhorn Over three days, July-17, the Lori Piestewa National Native American Games brought tribal youth from across the country to the Valley for some great sports competition, including championship basketball and baseball tournaments. Players of all ages showed off their prowess in various sports at venues across the Valley. Basketball […]

In July, the Community Recreational Services Department of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community held two summer camps, one for tweens and one for teens, both of which included a Career Day. On that day, a Career Fair was set up to introduce the youth in grades 6 through 12 to SRPMIC government departments, higher […]

On June 28, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community youth participated in the Salt River Tribal Library Summer Reading Program’s mural painting event, which was held at the Way of Life Facility Skatepark. The teens learned graffiti techniques from spray paint artists Jeanette “Lady Rise” Rocha and Natasha “Rezmo” Martinez.  “Spray painting is one of the […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Kennise McGertt recently graduated from Mountain View High School, where she was a member of the school’s color guard. Before her graduation, McGertt realized two of her goals: signing with the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps as a color guard member and being accepted into the Arizona State University […]