AIFC: Zuya Wo Ohiya (Journey to Success) - Resume Writing Workshop
2024-08-27 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | American Indian Family Center (AIFC), 579 Wells St, Saint Paul, MN, 55130, United States

AIFC: Ombi'ayaa Anishinaabe-Ininiiwug (Rise Up Original Men) - Men's Smudge and Support Group
2024-08-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-29 18:00 - 20:00 | American Indian Family Center (AIFC), 579 Wells St, Saint Paul, MN, 55130, United States
Join American Indian Family Center’s Father & Men’s Outreach Specialist, Nate Bordeaux, for an in-person Men’s Smudge and Support Group.
It will be a potluck, so please bring a dish to share if you can!
Don’t miss this chance to gather with other American Indian men to explore your identity, participate in your culture, and support each other.
Questions? Contact Nate Bordeaux at Nate.Bordeaux@aifcmn.org or (651) 505-6820.

[Virtual Event] AIFC: Khunsi Onikan - Wellbriety/Medicine Wheel 12 Steps Meeting
2024-08-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-25 19:00 - 20:00
Open to anyone wanting to work on recovery from any addiction.
Every Thursday at 7 pm CST, AIFC’s Khunsi Onikan program will sponsor a culturally based recovery support Wellbriety/Medicine Wheel 12-step meeting for the community; anyone wanting to work on recovery from any addictions is welcome to attend.
No need to register in advance.
Click here to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89255163167?pwd=[REDACTED]

AIFC: Youth Voter & Registration Education Workshop
2024-08-22 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-08-15 17:30 - 19:00 | American Indian Family Center (AIFC), 579 Wells St, Saint Paul, MN, 55130, United States

AIFC: Traditional Crafting Group
2024-08-22 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-15 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-08 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-01 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-07-25 10:00 - 14:00 | American Indian Family Center (AIFC), 579 Wells St, Saint Paul, MN, 55130, United States
Come on over to AIFC on Thursdays from 10AM – 2PM for our Traditional Crafting Group!
Feel free to bring crafts you’re already working on, or check out our supplies to start a craft.
This group is facilitated by AIFC’s Treatment Coordinator, experienced crafter, and beader, Sasina Samreth (White Earth Nation).

AIFC: Traditional Cedar Healing Ceremony
2024-08-21 16:00 - 20:00 | Cherokee Regional Park, 700 Cherokee Heights Blvd., Saint Paul, MN, 55107, United States
The American Indian Family Center (AIFC) invites you to a Traditional Cedar Healing Ceremony on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, from 4-8PM at Cherokee Regional Park, 700 Cherokee Heights Blvd., Saint Paul, MN (We’ll be at the small shelter next to the swing set).
The spiritual leader will be Pebaamibines (First Nation Anishinaabe, Fort Frances, Ontario), respectively.

Food will be served and feel free to bring a dish to pass if you can.
Ladies are recommended to wear skirts, if possible.
Please bring either a lawn chair or a blanket to sit on.
We hope to see you there!

[Virtual Event] AIFC: Khunsi Onikan - Well-Anon (Native American Al-Anon) Meeting
2024-08-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-13 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-30 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-23 19:00 - 20:00
Open to anyone wanting to learn to have healthy boundaries and healthy relationships with the other addicts/alcoholics in their lives.
Join us every Tuesday at 7 PM CST for help and hope.
Suppose you have a loved one dealing with addiction. In that case, our Khunsi Onikan Program sponsors these weekly Native American culturally-based, one-hour meetings to help you establish healthy boundaries and relationships.
Join the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89255163167?pwd=[REDACTED]

AIFC: Waaban Ogimaawag (Tomorrow's Leaders) - Full Moon Ceremony
2024-08-19 18:30 | Belwin Conservancy Savanna Center, 795 Indian Trail South, Afton, MN, 55001, United States
🌕 AIFC invites you to join us for a Full Moon Ceremony on Monday, August 19, 2024, at 6:30PM.

Who: Relatives who receive their menstrual (moon) cycles, or have reached menopause; the ceremony is inclusive to Two-Spirit and trans relatives as well!

Where: Belwin Conservancy Savanna Center, 795 Indian Trail S, Afton, MN 55001

Please bring a long skirt, copper cup, small bowl, spoon (extras provided as supplies last), hair bundle*, a watecha bowl (Tupperware, etc.) to take home leftovers, and a dish to share if you are able.

*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 at Pam.Gokey@aifcmn.org, or (651) 504-2944.

🎨: Jessica Gokey (@j_leigh_gokey)

AIFC : Women's Sweat
2024-08-16 17:00 | Belwin Conservancy, 1553 Stagecoach Trail South, Afton, MN, 55001, United States
Please plan to arrive by 5 PM so we can enter the lodge at 6 PM.
A light meal will also be shared afterward. Please feel free to bring food to share, but it isn’t required.
Facilitated by Sharyl Whitehawk every first Friday of the month; please call to verify.

What to bring and wear: a loose-fitting dress, shorts/skirt for inside the lodge, a loose-fitting shirt, a change of clothes for after, a towel, drinking water, and a dish to share after sweat (optional). A modest T-shirt or top is also acceptable when wearing a long skirt or shorts.
AIFC’s Women’s Sweats are regularly scheduled. If you are interested in attending a regularly scheduled sweat or have questions, please get in touch with Sharyl Whitehawk at (651) 505-6838, (719) 322-4447, or Sharyl.Whitehawk@aifcmn.org.
Miigwech!
Directions to the sweat lodge: Turn left into the drive, and then open the gate (it’s not locked but looks like it is) and drive through, staying to the right at 2 forks until you go up a small hill where the sweat lodge and a parking area is.
Sweat Lodge teachings: A sweat lodge is a tool for healing everything that a person wants healing for. It begins with a firepit where your intentions for the sweat are given with tobacco. The firepit represents the Creator, whereas the fire has the power of transformation. So, it holds the stones, heating them and getting them ready for healing work. The path to the lodge is a lifetime of unresolved issues that you carry with you. As you enter the Eastern doorway you announce yourself by Spirit Name and clan. If you do not have them, just use your English name. You sit where the person pouring assigns you.
In most cases, the women come in first, and then the men. The stones are brought in by a firekeeper who brings in the Grandfathers and Grandmothers (stones) with the person who is pouring guidance. The lodge’s people are reconnected to their first mother, the Earth. The sweat lodge and the firepit in the lodge are dome-shaped and represent the womb and have the power of rebirth. The stones once brought in become grandmothers and grandfathers who heard the intentions and will come in to help. The doorway is closed, and the four directions are honored and asked to assist. It can be hot when water is added to the grandmothers and grandfathers. Steam is the conductor of transformation. The steam pulls out the trapped issues or problems that the person is hanging onto and releases them so that healing can happen. The songs, prayers, and medicines shared in the lodge help people let go of their resistance.
The time in the sweat lodge varies as well as the number of stones used. It can be as short as an hour or up to 2 hours long. It can have 7 up to 42 stones. It can be done in any part of the day. A sweat lodge is a healing tool that has been passed down for generations and is changing with the times.
Artwork: “The Lodge” by Sharifah

AIFC: Ombi'ayaa Anishinaabe-Ininiiwug (Rise Up Original Men) - Circle of Security Parenting Class
2024-08-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-08-06 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-07-30 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-07-23 13:00 - 15:00 | American Indian Family Center (AIFC), 579 Wells St, Saint Paul, MN, 55130, United States

AIFC: Voter & Registration Education Workshop
2024-08-08 17:30 - 19:00 | American Indian Family Center (AIFC), 579 Wells St, Saint Paul, MN, 55130, United States

AIFC: Ombi'ayaa Anishinaabe-Ininiiwug (Rise Up Original Men) - Men's Smudge and Support Group
2024-08-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center, 788 East 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
