On Monday, April 25, in front of a room full of her family, friends, coaches, teammates and supporters, Westwood High School senior Nyese Jones signed her letter of intent to continue her basketball career on the collegiate level at South Mountain Community College.  Jones has been on the Lady Warriors varsity basketball team since she […]

The artwork of siblings Bugg and Calliope Manuel was featured in an exhibit titled “Prodigy” at the New City Studio in downtown Phoenix in early March. The two are the children of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member Dushane Manuel and Natasha Martinez (Navajo). Martinez, who is no stranger to the art scene, stumbled upon […]

The Westwood High School baseball season began at the end of February. This year, after playing on the team for four years, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community member Nic Cortez will be playing his last year.  Cortez has been playing baseball for 12 years, starting out with club teams. One of his first teams was called […]

To help increase awareness and prevent child abuse, the Family Advocacy Center (FAC) and multiple Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community departments held a Circus Celebration Drive-Up event on Friday, April 1, to kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month.  “We are very excited about this event. We got circus performers and 12 booths that were decorated […]

Mountain View High School senior Kennise McGertt marched down Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. on Presidents Day as a member of the color guard with the award-winning Mountain View Toro marching band. McGertt has been with the color guard for all four years of her high school career after being inspired and encouraged by her older […]

The Commission on Native Children resumed its Southwest/Western Regional Hearing in Phoenix February 24-26 after a two-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-day hearing featured presentations from experts in the region about both the successes and challenges in supporting the health, safety and well-being of Native children. The first and last days of […]

In the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council meeting on February 23, Council approved by motion a request to move the Young River People’s Council (YRPC) back to the Youth Services department from the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs (OCLA). The factors that went into the administrative move involve the four core areas outlined […]

The Salt River Family Read-Aloud Challenge is being promoted by Salt River Schools to encourage all Salt River families to gather together to tell stories and read aloud. The challenge lasts for 90 days, and the goal of the challenge is for each family to complete 25 oral stories or books by May 4.  To […]