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Museum exhibit links Mayo Clinic and Yavapai Nation

11/21/2019
“History is important. It informs us not only of what we did in years gone by, but who we are today and why we’re here.” With those remarks, Dr. Jan Stepanek, director of aerospace medicine …

Orme Dam Victory Days Rodeo 2019

11/19/2019
Photos taken during the Orme Dam Victory Days Rodeo hosted out of Fort McDowell the weekend of Nov. 15.

Town Council, Tribal Council talk cooperation

11/7/2019
The Fountain Hills Town Council held a joint meeting with the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Tribal Council in early October and found a variety of items of common interest to discuss. The session …

Orme Dam Victory Days rodeo, pow wow, more next week

11/7/2019
The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation welcomes the public for its 38th annual Orme Dame Victory Days with the colorful pageantry of pow wow dancing and the rugged wrangling of rodeo sports Nov. …

Territorial medicine exhibit to open

11/3/2019
The L. Alan Cruikshank River of Time Museum moves into a busy schedule of activities in November. A new “territorial medicine” exhibit featuring the relationship between Fort McDowell Yavapai …

Orme Dam Victory Days 2014

11/18/2014
Photos taken during the 33rd Anniversary Orme Dam Victory Days rodeo and pow wow, hosted out of Fort McDowell from Nov. 14-16.

Pow Wow promotes culture, history

4/3/2014
Native American tribes will compete for $75,000 in prizes in varied age categories during a three-day Pow Wow Friday, April 4, through Sunday, April 6, at Fort McDowell Casino. The event will …

I like Poco more than a little

10/31/2013
I am really excited. I just found out that Poco is coming to Fort McDowell Casino. Not everyone knows Poco; not everyone who knows Poco likes this great country-rock band; but I know them, and I …

Council meeting Thursday

9/4/2013
The Town Council will consider an agreement with the Arizona Department of Transportation for a construction and shoulder paving project along Fountain Hills Boulevard. The approximately $400,000 …

New Yavapai president sworn in

9/4/2013
Ruben Balderas was sworn-in as the newly- elected president of Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. The small ceremony was held Aug. 22 in the nation’s gymnasium and witnessed by nearly 200 tribal and …

Four seek to succeed Pattea

8/2/2013
There will be four names on the ballot for the special election to choose a successor to the late Dr. Clinton Pattea as president of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. According to Vice President …

The Fort: Scale model of Fort McDowell at museum

4/3/2013
What remains of the original Fort McDowell military outpost amounts to little more than a couple of crumbled stone structures located near the current Recreation Center. During the 10th …