Photography provided by AICCSF community members
Since 1968, the purpose of the American Indian Center has been to create a community space based on Native American values, culture, programming, traditional foods, and community support.
Our Mission
The mission of the American Indian Cultural Center of San Francisco is to improve and promote the well-being of the American Indian community and to increase the visibility of American Indian cultures in an urban setting in order to cultivate awareness, understanding and respect.
Our Vision
The AICCSF strives to maintain, preserve and restore a permanent and prominent presence for the Bay Area American Indian inter-tribal community that continues to exist. Our vision is to create and provide a dynamic place of learning, culture and community to the citizens of the Bay Area to learn about American Indian heritage and culture and to enhance a sense of understanding about American Indians in the urban environment.
AICCSF will demonstrate community health and wellness through kinship and spirituality by nurturing our connection to our knowledge keepers, oral traditions, tribal languages and cultures, while encouraging fearless expression through theater arts, music, ceremonial events, media, writing, and film that will increase the visibility of American Indians in the greater Bay
We are working to recreate a space that will provide culturally relevant education, art, information-sharing, and wellness programs in an inclusive “safe community space.” This space will be open for the American Indian community and everyone in the bay to participate, connect, and grow.
Our purpose
Improve and promote the wellbeing of the American Indian community and to increase the visibility of American Indian cultures in an urban setting in order to cultivate awareness, understanding, and respect.
Our core values
The Arts | Cultural Preservation | Health & Wellness | Education | Community | Housing
Strategic Plan 2023 - 2025
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The 2008 AICC feasibility found that ideal program design of the cultural center would be a combination of social services and arts and cultural programs. The following services were specifically identified as needs: