The American Indian
Recruitment Programs
Serving the Southern California American Indian Community for over 32 years
Thank you for your support and friendship...
Save The Date:
AIR Annual Awards and Fundraising Banquet ~ 10/23/25
May 1st
Tribal Law Day Event
Complete!
Thank you for the great turn out for our 3rd Annual Law Day event. Our discussion on the US Constitution and where Federal Indian Law and Tribal Laws merge in created a great discussion for our Native Youth.
Thank you to UCSD Extension for the hosting and thank you to both San Diego American Indian Health Center for their mini-workshop and the UCSD Intertribal Resource Center for their workshop on admissions. Most of all thank you to the participants from Valley Center and Bonsall for coming down!
AIR Summer '19
About AIR Programs
Our mission is to promote higher education among the Native youth community.
Created in 1993, the AIR Program has continuously served our San Diego American Indian community and Native youth through our after-school mentoring programs. In 2002, the AIR program was incorporated as a non-profit organization in response to low educational attainment among our Native youth. We have developed our mission as "the promotion and success of American Indians within education."
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The AIR program uses a “Teaching through Culture” model where Native youth learn about their culture and issues affecting their tribal communities. They contemplate the root causes and deliberate possible solutions with the help of college mentors (native and non-native) on many of these issues.