Join us on Saturday, March 1, 2025, from 1-3PM for Life Skills for Youth. We will be crafting and making tie blankets (no-sew fleece blankets)! We will also have lunch. What's a tie blanket? A tie blanket provides warmth and comfort by creating a textured, cozy blanket through the process of tying together strips of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Drum and Dance: ADYC & Imnizaska Sewing/Beading Society: Families of Tradition Family Talking Circle: Families of Tradition Continuous School Improvement Updates: American Indian Magnet School In collaboration with: Ain Dah Yung Center, American Indian Family Center, SPPS Indian Education Program, and American Indian Magnet School.
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).
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 […]
Please plan to arrive by 5 PM so we can enter the lodge at 6 PM. A light meal will also be shared afterward. You are welcome 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: […]
Grandma is sleeping, and this is the time to prepare for Pow Wow season. A message to our young boys: learn how to sit at a drum and memorize songs at AIFC every other Saturday with Sage Demarce (Spirit Lake Dakota). Initial teachings at AIFC include songs, drumming, etiquette, and moving from one drum to […]
+ WHAT TO EXPECT:The American Indian Family Center (AIFC) is honored to co-host the Honoring John "Azhide" Bobolink Pow Wow on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at Johnson Senior High School. The Pow Wow is paying tribute to St. Paul Public Schools' Indian Education Supervisor and community partner, John Bobolink, who passed away in February 2024. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Please join us for an Ojibwe language table facilitated by Indigenous Culture and Language Specialist Kaagegaabaw James Vukelich on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. A potluck dinner begins at 5:30PM, followed by a Pipe Ceremony and language & cultural teachings. Please bring a dish to share! Location: Elders Lodge (1500 Magnolia Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN […]
