American Indian Family Center’s mission is to provide American Indian families with programs and services enriched by traditional values and culture.
10/07/2025
🐻 Join the AIFC Elder Advisory Council for the Putting the Bears to Sleep Ceremony, a way to welcome the winter of hibernation for people, beings, and the land. In this ceremony, we will acknowledge all that is being done to restore this land.
Please bring a lawn chair to sit on, and women are encouraged to wear skirts.
📅 Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 2-3:30PM
📍Elders Lodge, 1500 Magnolia Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN 55106
For more information, contact Laura Trujillo, AIFC Elder Services Coordinator, at Laura.Trujillo@aifcmn.org or (651) 505-6815.
10/06/2025
📣 Hau/haŋ, boozhoo! This is AIFC's Week at a Glance for Monday, October 6, 2025, through Saturday, October 11, 2025.
🗓 Check out our full calendar of events and programs at www.aifcmn.org/events for more information and to register for each event and program where applicable.
10/05/2025
🌕 AIFC Waaban Ogimaawag (Tomorrow’s Leaders) invites you to a Full Moon Ceremony on Monday, October 6, 2025, at 6:30PM.
Who: Relatives who receive their menstrual (moon) cycles or have reached menopause; the ceremony includes Two-Spirit and trans relatives!
Please bring a long skirt, a copper cup, a small bowl, a spoon (extras will be provided as supplies last), a hair bundle*, a watecha bowl (Tupperware, etc.) to take home leftovers, and a dish to share if you can.
*Hair Bundle (optional): Hair bundles are not required to participate but may be offered during the ceremony if desired. To make your own, start collecting loose strands from your brush, shower, or clothes!
We are honored to have you join us during this special time as we hold a ceremony for Grandmother Moon!
For more information, contact Pam Gokey, AIFC Youth Services Manager, at Pam.Gokey@aifcmn.org or (651) 504-2944.
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10/02/2025
🥳 Good afternoon! Please join us in wishing Jake, AIFC Youth-Focused Healing Generations Therapist, a very happy birthday!
He's been with us a little over a year and has been such a great addition to our family.
Thank you for all that you do, Jake! Happy Birthday 🎂
10/02/2025
‼️ Important announcement‼️
We will be closing our offices early at 3:00PM this Friday, October 3, 2025, for our Annual Fall Feast & Grand Opening. We hope to see you all there! 🍂
10/01/2025
🧡 Today, AIFC staff and interns wore orange to remember all of the children who were forcibly removed from their homes to attend boarding or residential schools, for their descendants, and for the children that never made it back home to their families. We remember you. Every Child Matters.
09/29/2025
📣 Hau/haŋ, boozhoo! This is AIFC's Week at a Glance for Monday, September 29, 2025, through Friday, October 3, 2025.
🗓 Check out our full calendar of events and programs at www.aifcmn.org/events for more information and to register for each event and program where applicable.
09/26/2025
Next Friday, October 3, 2025! We look forward to seeing you all there!
🍁 We invite you and your families to the GRAND OPENING of our new, second location at our Annual Fall Feast on Friday, October 3, 2025, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM.
📍 AIFC's New, Second Location Address:
965 Larpenteur Avenue West
Roseville, MN 55113
We'll have a blessing, an honor of Elder LaVon Lee, a community feast, drum & song, giveaways, kids' activities, and fun for all ages. Powwow dancers welcome!
Together, let's celebrate community and the bountiful autumn season!
09/25/2025
📣 Are you job searching, career planning, or thinking about changing your career path and need some guidance? Look no further! We’re excited to launch our new workshop series designed to help you build skills, explore opportunities, and take the next step in your career journey.
Beginning Friday, October 3, 2025, from 10AM to 12PM, Gavin Sordelet (Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe), AIFC Career Coach, will lead a Step-by-Step Workshop series on Fridays at AIFC's NEW location, 965 Larpenteur Avenue West, Roseville, MN 55113.
About these workshops:
+ open to all
+ no registration required
+ attend one workshop or attend all
+ various topics relating to career readiness!
Every journey begins with one step; your Zuya Wo Ohiya (Journey to Success) is no different!
09/24/2025
🎉We're excited to share with you that Waaban Ogimaawag's Life Skills for Youth is back!
🚗 The first class is Auto Maintenance with Jake Erickson, AIFC Youth-Focused Healing Generations Therapist, on Saturday, October 11, 2025, from 11AM-2PM.
Life Skills for Youth is open to Youth ages 11-24.
Check out our flyer for more info and the pictures from a past Auto Maintenance class with Jake!
09/22/2025
📣 Hau/haŋ, boozhoo! This is AIFC's Week at a Glance for Monday, September 22, 2025, through Thursday, September 25, 2025.
🗓 Check out our full calendar of events and programs at www.aifcmn.org/events for more information and to register for each event and program where applicable.
09/19/2025
📣 Mark your calendars! Community Night at AIMS is back!
Please join us at the AIMS Community Night Kick-Off Event on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, from 6-8PM at the American Indian Magnet School (AIMS).
📍American Indian Magnet School (AIMS)
1075 Third Street East
Saint Paul, MN 55103
We'll have a traditional lacrosse demo with Nate Bordeaux and Ben Weaver from AIFC and Zach Red Bear from ADYC, a food demo and giveaway, a meal provided by the Department of Indian Work (DIW), door prizes, and sewing or beading with Dianna Johnson, Saint Paul Public Schools Cultural Specialist, Sewing Society Lead. Kerri Rosebear-Channer, SPPS Indian Education Family Intervention Specialist, will also be leading a Talking Circle.
AIMS Community Night is free, and everyone is welcome.
We hope to see you there!
This is a recurring partnership and a bi-weekly event with AIMS, Saint Paul Indian Education, Ain Dah Yung (Our Home) Center, Department of Indian Work (DIW), M Health Fairview, and the American Indian Family Center.
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The vision of the AIFC is to be the place "Where American Indian Families Thrive," with a mission to provide families with programs and services enriched by traditional American Indian values and culture. This mission is achieved through AIFC’s three focus areas which include Behavioral Health Services, Community Development Services and Family & Youth Services.
Behavioral Health Services: Designed to support all generations with services that focus on behaviors and their impact on overall wellbeing. Our programs provide mental, chemical and behavioral support, case management, and resources. We use a holistic and traditional approach, incorporating healing aspects such as ceremony and traditional practices. Programs include:
Healing Generations: Therapy & Case Management Program
Khunsi Onikan (Grandmother’s Arms): Recovery & Treatment Program
Oshki-Maajitada (New-to Begin Again): Health & Wellness Program
The Dreamcatchers: Children’s Trauma-Informed Program
Soogizin Dodem (Strengthening Families): Families’ Trauma-Informed Program
Community Development Services: The Community Development team work to promote the capacity building of individuals, youth and families. Through the support services of skill-development, education, employment and housing services, these programs provide the community with the tools, resources and opportunities to create economic and systemic changes.
Thinica Owichakiyapi Thipi (Helping the Homeless Build): Housing Program
Zuya Wo Ohiya (Journey to Success): Employment & Education Program
Family & Youth Services: Provides holistic services that promote traditional lifestyles including parenting, peer-mentoring, leadership development, health and wellbeing for all generations. Programs include:
Bimaadiziwin Mikana (The Path of Life): Parent Mentor Program
Ombi’ayaa Anishinabe-Ininiiwug (Rise up Original Men): Men & Fathers’ Health Program
Waaban Ogimaawag (Tomorrow’s Leaders): Native Youth Program
Wakanyeja Kin Wakan Pi (Our Children are Sacred): Women & Mothers’ Health Program
