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The American Indian
Recruitment
Programs

Serving the Southern California American Indian Community for over 30 years

Thank you for your support and friendship for the last 30 years

 

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Areaya Fernandez

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians 

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Liyah Martinez

San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians

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Faith Pojas

La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians

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Jayla Pete

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

AIR NEWS

AIR News / Read all about it! -
January 2023 - 30 years of AIR Programs

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AIR Programs Honors Project

Creating opportunities for our Native and Tribal Communities.

Course/Training at UCSD
Intro to Tribal Legal Studies

Making A Positive Impact. Together.

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Tribal Youth Court

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Honors
Project

Now on Sale
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Tutorial

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Summer
Programs

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Scholarships

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Fundraising

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AIR: By The Numbers

Community Impact

2500

Students Served in 29 Years

Representation

40

Tribal Nations Represented

500

Goal

1

Goal of Pursuing Higher Education

Mentors in 29 Years

About

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."

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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