• September 7, 1994 – Gila River Tribal Council passes Resolution GR-94 in support of a proposal to the United States Bureau of Reclamation to construct the Huhugam Heritage Center.
  
  
• December 20, 1995 – Gila River Tribal Council passes Resolution GR-172-95 in support of the construction of the Huhugam Heritage Center on tribal lands along Queen Creek Road.
  
  
• July 28, 1997 – Community signs contract with StastnyBrun Architects, Inc. to conduct visioning meetings and develop preliminary design concepts for the Huhugam Heritage Center.
  
  
• January 1998 – Visioning meetings held in all seven Gila River Indian Community districts.
  
  
• April 1998 – Preliminary design draft presented to all seven Gila River Indian Community districts.
  
  
• September 28, 1998 – Memorandum of Understanding between the Gila River Indian Community and the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, for the design and construction of the Huhugam Heritage Center Archaeological Repository.
  
  
• November 2, 1998 – Preliminary design concept for the Huhugam Heritage Center presented to the Tribal Council.
  
  
• September 2, 1999 – Gila River Indian Community signs contract with StastnyBrun Architects, Inc. to prepare construction documents for the Huhugam Heritage Center.
  
  
• November 5, 1999 – Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the construction of the Huhugam Heritage Center sent out for public comment.
  
  
• December 14, 1999 – Huhugam Heritage Center groundbreaking ceremony and blessing of the property held.
  
  
• January 2000 – Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project decides to locate the P-MIP Control Center and the three reservoirs on the Huhugam Heritage Center grounds.
  
  
• December 2000 – Gila River Farms begins grading Huhugam Heritage Center site.
  
  
• October 3, 2001 – Tribal resolution passed by council for finalizing contract with Joe E. Woods, Inc., a general contracting firm in Mesa, Arizona, for the construction of the Huhugam Heritage Center.
  
  
• November 12, 2001 – Construction of the Huhugam Heritage Center begins.
  
  
• October 2002 – Huhugam Heritage Center installs its first exhibit in Gila River’s recently completed Wild Horse Pass Resort.
  
  
• January 2003 – Huhugam Heritage Center receives a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council for the installation of the exhibit Hekihukam Vo:g: Ancient Trails of the Arid Southwest.
  
  
• March 2003 – Huhugam Heritage Center receives a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council for the installation of interpretive signage at the Center’s outdoor ethnobotanical garden.
  
  
• May 2003 – Joe E. Woods, Inc., finishes construction of the Huhugam Heritage Center.
  
  
• October 15, 2003 – Huhgam Heritage Center charter approved by Tribal Council resolution..
  
  
• June 2, 2003 – Dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony held at the Huhugam Heritage Center.
  
  
• 2004 – Huhugam Heritage Center opens to the public.
  
  
• 2005 – Executive Director Recruited and hired.
  
  
• 2006 – Strategic planning and program development begins.

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