American Indian Family Center

AIFC - Ombi'ayaa Anishinaabe-Ininiiwug (Rise Up Original Men) - Imnizaska Family Drum
2022-10-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-28 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-14 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center, 788 East 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Ombi’ayaa Anishinaabe-Ininiiwug (Rise Up Original Men) invites the men’s support and smudge group participants and their families interested in learning and sharing to share a meal and practice learning songs.
Location may vary, call (651) 560-9700 for the exact location.
Elders Lodge or Indigenous Roots – 788 E. 7th St. Saint Paul, MN
This drum group has been created to bring families together to learn and share the drum.
It is a beautiful and vital component of the American Indian/Native American/Indigenous culture.

[Virtual Event] AIFC: Khunsi Onikan - Well-Anon (Native American Al-Anon) Meeting
2022-10-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-13 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]

IHB - Open Beading with Gewaden Dunkley
2022-10-04 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-09-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-09-20 13:00 - 15:00, 2022-09-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Fairview Minnehaha Education Center, 2020 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, 55404, United States

AIFC – [Hybrid Event] Men’s Smudge & Support Group
2022-10-03 18:00 - 21:00, 2022-09-19 18:00 - 21:00
Join American Indian Family Center’s Father & Men’s Outreach Specialist, Rich Antell, every other Monday for a virtual men’s smudge and support group.

Don’t miss this chance to gather with other American Indian men to explore your identity, participate in your culture, and support each other.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3LuWlWK

Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center (MIWRC) - Boarding School Community Healing Event (Orange Shirt Day)
2022-09-30 16:00 | Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC), 2300 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United States

[Virtual Event] AIFC: Khunsi Onikan - Wellbriety/Medicine Wheel 12 Steps Meeting
2022-09-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-08 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 - Men's Support & Smudge Group
2022-09-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center, 788 East 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Join American Indian Family Center’s Father & Men’s Outreach Specialist, Rich Antell, every other Monday for an in-person men’s support and smudge group.
It will be a potluck at Indigenous Roots in Saint Paul, MN, 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.

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) 2022-23 Back to School Honoring Our Youth Community Partner Traditional Powwow
2022-09-24 13:00 | North High School Hobbs Field, 1500 James Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN, 55411, United States

Saint Paul Indian Education Drum Blessing & Powwow
2022-09-23 16:30 - 21:00 | Hidden River Middle School, 1700 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55121, United States

Traditional Putting the Bears to Sleep Ceremony
2022-09-21 16:00 - 20:00 | Indian Mounds Regional Park, Mounds Boulevard and Earl Street, St. Paul, MN, Select a Country:
Elders of all nations are calling for a traditional ceremony. In the old, traditional, and spiritual ways of this ceremony, the people are not provided honorariums, only a chance to give back to what is given.
Dagwaagin (it is autumn/fall), and giiwaydin (the winter spirit) will soon be here.
We heal the Earth (manidoo aki), dancing upon her with soft moccasins.
Those gitigaanan (gardens/farms) are to be put to rest.
We put makwa (bear) to sleep.
In the way of The People, we dance on her.
We welcome the grass dancers, the jingle dress dancers, the traditional dancers, the butterfly dancers, and the garden keepers.
Bring your bear rugs, your sacred items, rattles, drums, and next year’s seeds. American Indian Family Center’s Imnizaska will be the big drum.
Nations have always provided a Thank you Manidoo Aki ceremony for what we have harvested from Mother Earth. Nations are spiritual people as seen in our language of recognizing that we are all related. Everything on Earth is dependent on each other.
Let’s dance and sing to thank our Mother for what she has provided. Makwa is put to sleep at this time of the year. Bear healings come out in the spring, offering new life, in many ways, of healing to our people.
“Bakakinnanishkwande” You are all welcome in our Healing Circle facilitated by the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis’ Indigenous Spiritual Leader, D. Richard Wright/ Wii-Sug Indigo of Zagaswajimekaag (Leech Lake Reservation). Makwa doodem a’aw Wii-Sug Indigo.
When and where: Wednesday, September 21, 2022, from 4:00 PM to dusk at the Indian Mounds Burial Site, a sacred burial place of a thousand years (10 Mounds Blvd, Saint Paul, Minnesota).
*Please bring a lawn chair or a blanket to sit on. Women are encouraged to wear skirts. Food will be provided.

National Voter Registration Day
2022-09-20 12:00 - 15:00 | American Indian OIC (AIOIC), 1845 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55404, United States

Native American Community Clinic (NACC) - Fall Harvest Health Fair
2022-09-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Native Amercian Community Clinic (NACC), 1213 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55404, United States

Indigenous Peoples Task Force - Return to First Medicines and Indigenous Food Life Ways for Health
2022-09-12 07:00 - 2022-09-14 12:00 | Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd NW, Prior Lake, MN, 55372, United States
“Remembering What We Always Knew”
We are the Medicine, We are still here and We are Reclaiming our roots.
Creating space to gather, learn and inspire our communities to protect the land, feed the soil, and plant the seed for the next generations.
The agenda will be available soon.
Special guests: Nancy Jones & Dr. Terry Maresca
Entertainment: Youth Fashion Show
Barter and Trade Event (bring your goods to trade)
A block of rooms will be reserved and more information will come soon.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner are included in the conference fee.
Stay tuned!

LERA and NACC - Full Moon Ceremony
2022-09-10 20:00 | Little Earth Gym, 2501 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55404, United States

American Indian OIC - Your Voice and Vote Matter
2022-09-08 16:00 - 19:00 | American Indian OIC (AIOIC), 1845 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55404, United States
