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AMERICAN INDIAN RECRUITMENT (AIR) PROGRAMS

SERVING THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIAN COMMUNITY FOR OVER 32 YEARS

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MAKING A POSTIVE IMPACT, TOGEHTER.

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Tribal Youth Court

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Honors
Project

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Tutorial

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Scholarships

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Fundraising

Now on Sale

annual awards and fundraiser banquet

Thursday, October 23, 2025 

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ANNUAL AWARDS AND FUNDRAISER BANQUET 2024

Honorable Devon Lomayesva Acknowledgements of the superior court of California

Scholarship Awardees 2024

Student Leadership Awardee 2024

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AIR Programs Honors Project
Registration for Fall 25: 


Open for Enrollment

Creating opportunities for our Native and Tribal Communities.

Offering Course/Training at UC San Diego and San Diego State University for Native Youth

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AIR NEWS

AIR Quarterly 2025 News

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Read all about it! 

Previous Quarterly Issue 2025

AIR SUMMER 2025 / Complete!

Thanking Everyone who participated, contributed, and mentored in our program this summer.  We had a great summer and looking forward to our Fall Programing!

TRIBAL LAW DAY EVENT
May 1, 2025

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. 

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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!

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AIR BY THE NUMBERS:

Community Impact

2600+

Students Served in 32 Years

Representation

40+

Tribal Nations Represented

500+

Goal

1

Goal of Pursuing Higher
Education

Mentors in 30 Years

University Admission  Acceptances - last 10 years

100+

AIR Summer '19

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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.

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