Scottsdale Ferrari Art Week will feature a unique rendering of the Colorado River which will be painted Wednesday March 19^th at the CRIT reservation next to the BlueWater Resort and Casino.

The art fair takes place March 20-23 in Scottsdale and will feature works of art from some 100 galleries worldwide.

The artist will donate 50% of the sale of that painting to CRIT.

Artist Ben Miller will create this work using thousands of singular casts with a fly rod.  Miller calls this process ‘Fly Cast Painting’ and terms the various shaped materials on the end of the rod ‘Fly Brushes’. He is inviting members of CRIT to watch him as he creates this painting on March 19^th from 8am to 4pm.

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CRIT Royalty hosted an Elder Bing event on March 13^th. The group wanted to be more engaged with their tribal elders and decided to hold the event during spring break. Winners were able to choose from a collection of prizes donated by CRIT Royalty and the Royalty Board Members.

CRIT Chairwoman Amelia Flores, Secretary Josephine Tahbo and Councilwoman Vanessa Welch attended the event.

CRIT Royalty thanks the CRIT Mo-Chem-Ho-Na senior center and everybody who was able to attend.

CRIT Royalty would also like to remind CRIT members about the upcoming Mega Throw which will be held at the Ahakhav Tribal Preserve (25401 Rodeo Dr, Parker, AZ 85344) as well as their upcoming 50/50 raffle, both of which will take place March 22nd to March 23rd.

The Colorado River Indian Tribes Police Department welcomes Officer Trevor Butler-Smith who was recently sworn in at the Tribal Courthouse by Judge Raymond Dodge.
Officer Butler-Smith is a recent graduate of the Arizona Western College Law Enforcement Training Academy having completed a 5-month program.

CRIT Chairwoman Amelia Flores and CRIT Chief of Police Cody Paddock were in attendance to welcome this addition to the Colorado River Indian Tribes Police Department. The officer’s family also attended the ceremony.

The CRIT Library in collaboration with CRIT Royalty has launched a program called  Reading with Royalty at the CRIT library. The idea was inspired by the Reading Across America program and   Dr. Suess’s birthday.

Members of CRIT Royalty would sit down and read a book while being recorded to create a short video that children and other guests at the library can watch or even read along with while listening to the short stories.

CRIT Tribal Council members along with members from Fish & Game and the early literacy program attended the inaugural event.

Those attending included Chairwoman Amelia Flores, Secretary Josephine Tahbo, Council Members Vanessa Welch, Raeanne Patch, and Tommy Drennan, Fish & Game Warden Andrea Eddy and, CRIT Library’s Early Literacy Coordinator, Emily Panuco.

Royalty Left to right: Little Miss CRIT Allie “Ray-Lynne “Fisher, Junior Miss CRIT Zian Nash, Miss CRIT Trevani Esquerra