Food & Essential Needs
Community-centered access to meals, food support, and essential resources.
Learn moreCommunity • Culture • Connection
Rooted in culture.
Built for community.
AIIC connects Native people and families across San Francisco with culturally grounded support, essential resources, and a welcoming intertribal community.
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Culturally grounded
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Community led
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Intertribal
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San Francisco based
Our mission
Meeting immediate needs while building lasting community strength.
AIIC supports Native people and families through culturally responsive services, community partnerships, and opportunities for connection across generations.
Our work is guided by dignity, relationship, accountability, and the belief that culture is a source of strength.
Our story and valuesHow we serve
Support for the whole community.
Elders & Wellness
Connection, wellness support, and respectful services for Native Elders.
Learn moreHousing Navigation
Guidance, referrals, and advocacy for people working toward stability.
Learn moreYouth & Family
Activities that strengthen families, identity, leadership, and belonging.
Learn moreVeterans & Reentry
Peer connection and resource navigation for veterans and returning community members.
Learn moreCulture & Community
Intergenerational gatherings that celebrate culture, learning, and connection.
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Partnership turns resources into real support.
AIIC works alongside Native-led organizations, public agencies, service providers, volunteers, and community members to make support easier to reach and more responsive.
Community memories · Music & culture
Valencia LIVE!
· San Francisco, California
Invited by the American Indian Intertribal Center, Diijei Gutierrez participated on drum at Valencia LIVE! The September gathering brought music, culture, and community together on Valencia Street in San Francisco.
Valencia LIVE! was a free, all-ages neighborhood celebration featuring live music, art, food, and local businesses. The 2025 series took place along Valencia Street between 16th and 19th streets in the American Indian Cultural District, with the September event running from 5 to 10 p.m.
The series was a program of the Valencia Corridors Merchants Association, presented with Into The Streets and the Civic Joy Fund. The American Indian Cultural District was among its community partners.
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Event background: September 11, 2025 Valencia LIVE! listing.
Community memories · YMCA partnership
A day of culture and connection at YMCA camp
· Santa Cruz, California
Through our partnership with the YMCA, AIIC Elders, younger Elders, and youth traveled to a YMCA campsite in Santa Cruz for a day of sharing cultural activities.
The field trip brought generations together to spend time with one another, share culture, and enjoy a day away as a community.
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Community, culture & connection
Growing, learning, and sharing together.
In 2023, the American Indian Intertribal Center partnered with the American Indian Cultural District for a special visit to Heron’s Shadow Farm. Community Elders explored the farm, learned about fresh seasonal vegetables, discussed ways to prepare healthy foods, and received recipes to take home and share with their families.
The visit created a welcoming space for Elders to connect with the land, spend time together, learn from one another, and experience what the farm offers throughout the summer.
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Community Gatherings
Past Events
Honoring the gatherings, relationships, and cultural experiences that strengthen our community.
August 3, 2025
Community Cultural Gathering
The American Indian Intertribal Center welcomed community members for a meaningful gathering centered on culture, connection, fellowship, and the continued honoring of Native Elders and families.
2024–2025 · Past Event
Community Judo Class with Dianne Albright
Dianne Albright led a welcoming community judo and movement experience that brought together Elders, youth, and community members. Participants practiced safe and accessible movements supporting balance, mobility, confidence, physical wellness, and positive intergenerational connection.
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Sunday, December 4, 2022 · War Memorial
American Indian Advisory Council End-of-Year Celebration
The American Indian Advisory Council gathered at the War Memorial to honor community members whose service went above and beyond—people who sacrificed, stood for the people through activism, and cared for Mother Earth.
“Wounded Knee”
November 18, 2021 · San Francisco City Hall
American Indian Heritage Night
American Indian Heritage Night celebrated the vision, leadership, and tireless service of April McGill and community members working to restore a permanent American Indian Cultural Center in San Francisco. The gathering also honored advisory committee members for decades of service and remembered three revered Elders whose lives strengthened the city's Native community.
Thank you, April McGill, for your vision, leadership, and tireless efforts to uplift our Native communities.Read the Native News Online story
December 15, 2021 · San Francisco
Community Christmas Music Outing with the San Francisco Opera
Through a community partnership with the San Francisco Opera, AIIC community members came together to enjoy a Christmas music performance and share friendship, culture, and the spirit of the season. The outing created a joyful opportunity for community members to gather and experience the arts together.
The gift of giving—because we cannot take it with us.
2017 · San Francisco
Standing for the Removal of a Degrading Pioneer Statue
In 2017, Ramaytush Ohlone community members and Native advocates stood together in San Francisco to support the removal of a degrading statue from the Pioneer Monument. The harmful depiction disrespected Native people and misrepresented the history of the region's first peoples.
Honoring the Ramaytush Ohlone and affirming that Native people deserve dignity, truth, and respectful representation.