The Gila River Indian Community dropped its plans Friday for a casino and resort project near Gilbert Road and Hunt Highway.

Wilfred Charlie will have more than one reason to smile tonight at the Scottsdale Community College commencement ceremony. Two of Charlie’s five children, Christi and Heather, have earned associate’s degrees and will accept their diplomas.

Wilfred Charlie will have more than one reason to smile tonight at the Scottsdale Community College commencement ceremony. Two of Charlie’s five children have earned associate’s degrees and will accept their diplomas.

Richard Narcia says his ancestors were always hospitable to those passing through. The industrious farmers of the Gila River Indian Community were known to stand their ground against Apaches and other tribes to give safe passage through the Arizona Territory to settlers and California Gold Rush followers.

December 17, 2004

Police are investigating after a man was found dead in a taxi in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Monday night.

In a special meeting on Tuesday, July 19, the Gila River Indian Community's City Council decided to send the decision over the Loop 202 freeway to its community in a public vote, according to Gila River Indian Community spokeswoman Alia Maisonet.

In a special meeting on Tuesday, July 19, the Gila River Indian Community's City Council decided to send the decision over the Loop 202 freeway to its community in a public vote, according to Gila River Indian Community spokeswoman Alia Maisonet.

The Gila River Indian Community is becoming a key player in the Valley’s economic, water, transportation and political decisions. For these reasons, a group of advanced journalism students at Arizona State University decided to spend a semester researching the Gila River community’s increasing clout.

The Gila River Indian Community may be looking for a new site for a proposed casino and resort project currently planned near Gilbert Road and Hunt Highway.

The governor of the Gila River Indian Community is proposing a hotel and other commercial development on more than 5 acres he owns southeast of Interstate 10 and Riggs Road.

Desert Vista High School administrators from Ahwatukee Foothills ventured Wednesday into the Gila River Indian Community to meet incoming reservation students.

Desert Vista High School administrators from Ahwatukee Foothills ventured Wednesday into the Gila River Indian Community to meet incoming reservation students.

In the 1970s, when Kevin Gover first became involved in Indian law, it was considered an “archaic, weird subject,” he said.

Jack Jackson should have been a natural to tap into the millions of dollars Arizona’s Indian tribes pump into elections. A member of the Navajo Nation, Jackson had represented his people as a Democrat in the state Legislature, as his father had before him.

Jack Jackson should have been a natural to tap into the millions of dollars Arizona’s Indian tribes pump into elections. A member of the Navajo Nation, Jackson had represented his people as a Democrat in the state Legislature, as his father had before him.