AIM-West

03/12/2026

Looks like the warm months are upon us, and you know what that means. California Native festivities are coming.

We’re happy to announce our Save the Date for the California Native Spring Festival on April 26, 2026.

This is always an exciting time for our team, and truthfully, it’s one of those events we start looking forward to during the winter months. We’re grateful to be planning another beautiful gathering and can’t wait to share it with the community.

As always, all of us at IFH are looking forward to seeing you there.

02/26/2026

Mazatzin Aztekayolokalli Luis Gutierrez Anthony Gonzales

02/26/2026

Happy birthday KILI Radio!

02/26/2026

We're excited to be the first stop for Chef Crystal Wahpepah book tour. 📖👩‍🍳🤩

Cookbook Launch Celebration: Chef Crystal Wahpepah with Tommy Orange! RSVP to let us know you're coming. Buy a book or a couple and have them signed! Sample some bites from A Feather and a Fork.

🎟 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cookbook-launch-celebration-chef-crystal-wahpepah-with-tommy-orange-tickets-1983836410106?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Penguin Random House Crystal Wahpepah Wahpepah's Kitchen Marcus Books Orange

01/23/2026

Activist Musician, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, and good friend of Tony Gonzales Dr. Jose B. Cuellar aka Dr. Loco journeyed on to the spirit world this morning after battling cancer. He was a Chicano legend, an expert on the music of the Americas before Europeans set foot on this land, and could play saxophone like no other.

01/04/2026

Keeper of the Fire" from documentary film Producers Raymond Telles, Louis F. Dematteis and David L. Brown

Saturday, January 24, 2026
7:00 PM 9:30 PM
Brava Theater Center
2781 24th Street San Francisco, CA, 94110 United States (map)

Keeper of the Fire" from documentary film Producers Raymond Telles, Louis F. Dematteis and David L. Brown

January 24, 2026 @7:00PM

Doors @6:00PM

Brava Theater Center

Happy New Years Brava Family!

We're opening the nee year by announcing our first Brava Presents of the Year, "Keeper of the Fire" from documentary film Producers Raymond Telles, Louis F. Dematteis and David L. Brown

📍Brava Theater 🗓️ January 24, 2025 @7:00PM, Doors @6:00PM

Keeper of the Fire film premier. Through the life and work of acclaimed author and poet Alejandro Murguia, Keeper of the Fire, explores the roles activist writers and poets play in the fight for a just and equitable world. As an educator, writer, activist and change-maker, Murguia inspires and empowers people of all ages to become personally involved in confronting many of the urgent issues of the day.

Get your tickets now by clicking the link in the bio or visit brava.org/events!

Hope to see you there! 🔥🎬

09/20/2025

Longtime political prisoner and Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier speaks in his first extended television and radio broadcast interview since his release to home confinement.

09/12/2025

33rd Annual Indigenous Peoples Day PowWow & Indian Market - Saturday, October 11, 2025, MLK Civic Center Park, Allston Way, Berkeley, CA. | Free Admission
“Celebrate this annual holiday in honor of all of our ancestors, the people continuing the struggle today, and future generations.” (From the www dot ipdpowwow dot org website)

The 33rd Indigenous Peoples' Day Powwow and Indian Market is coming up! It is a free event, and there will be a $1,000 Jingle Dress Contest Special (winner takes all).
🗓 Oct. 11
🕙 10am-6pm
📍M.L. King Civic Center Park

08/10/2025

Our Summer Pop-Up Craft Fair is happening Sunday, August 17th from 11–4 at IFH.

Shop Native-made beadwork, clothing, art & more, plus food for sale to support our Elders.
Free and open to the community

All vendor application proceeds will go to support IFH Youth Programs.

08/10/2025

Today, the world gives a name to this moment — The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. They mark it on their calendars. But for us, this day is not counted by pages or numbers. It is counted by heartbeats — the same heartbeats that began in our ancestors and still move through our own chests today.

From the four directions they rise — our peoples. From the white-blanketed lands of the north to the warm islands embraced by the southern seas, the children of the earth stand together. We are the keepers of the first fires, the singers of the ancient songs, the storytellers whose words are older than the oldest stone. We have walked through storms so fierce they tried to strip us bare — and still, here we stand.

We do not gather in the shadow of loss. We gather in the light of what still breathes. The languages of our grandmothers now find their way back into the voices of our children. The drum once again shakes the ground beneath our feet. Our ceremonies rise like smoke, high enough to make the eagles pause mid-flight to listen.

This day does not belong to us alone — it is a reminder to the world: we are not echoes of the past. We are the roots that hold the land together. We are the rivers that carry life. We are the wind that whispers teachings into the ears of those yet to come.

So stand tall, my relatives. Let your songs fill the air. Wear the clothes that speak your history. Speak the words that carry your spirit. Walk upon the land as one whose ancestors still walk beside them.

We are still here. And as long as the sun rises and the rivers flow, we will remain.

êkosi.

—Kanipawit Maskwa
John Gonzalez
Standing Bear Network