About
The Indian Education Center After-School Program offers tutoring, homework help, cultural enrichment, gardening, cultural arts activities, media arts programs, and healthy snacks. Students take part in field trip excursions and field trips, including visits to A’s and Giants games, Disney on Ice performances, Golden State Warriors games, Oakland Raiders games, aquariums, museums, college campuses, powwows, and more. The program also includes Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) workshops and Daughters/Sons of Tradition groups.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: After-school programming for Native students in grades 6–12, Monday–Thursday
• Price: The IEC after-school program is free!
The Indian Education Center After-School Program is part of the American Indian Child Resource Center, a non-profit social services and educational community-based organization serving American Indian community members from across the greater Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding counties. The program’s goal is to meet the academic, cultural, and linguistic needs of American Indian students, as well as needs that come from living in an urban environment. AICRC/IEC youth represent many different tribes from across the country, including many students from more than one tribe.
Each student in the program has a case manager who is an Indian Education Center staff member, and IEC staff serve as a link between American Indian families and the school system. The program works closely with students and their schools. Tutors in the program are well trained and able to provide one-on-one attention to youth.
To join, students must attend a school in Oakland, CA or Alameda, CA and identify or self-identify as Native American. IEC offers transportation to the after-school program to most students, as well as transportation home for youth who attend school and live in Oakland, CA, with transportation based on the number of students picked up at a given school and proximity to the program.
TUPE workshops focus on the traditional uses of tobacco, the negative effects of commercial tobacco use, and the misuse of Indian imagery in the marketing of commercial tobacco products. The Daughters/Sons of Tradition groups focus on providing a space in which Native youth have deep conversations about identity, culture, traditions, and history.
The American Indian Child Resource Center has been serving American Indian youth and their families since 1974. The leadership team includes Mary Trimble Norris, Executive Director; Nicloe Halvorsen, Finance Director; Darlyn Tsosie, Foster Care Supervisor; Andrew DeMers, Youth Therapist; Linda Alston, Indian Child Welfare Act Case Manager; Mia Cruz, Therapist Intern; Manny Lieras, Title VI Indian Education Coordinator; Erick Aleman, Indian Education Center Director; Emily Castaniada, Tutor / Program Assistant; Christian Logan, Program Assistant / Gardner; and Ellissa Thompson, California Native Garden Internship Coordinator.
Last updated March 14, 2026.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: After-school programming for Native students in grades 6–12, Monday–Thursday
• Price: The IEC after-school program is free!
The Indian Education Center After-School Program is part of the American Indian Child Resource Center, a non-profit social services and educational community-based organization serving American Indian community members from across the greater Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding counties. The program’s goal is to meet the academic, cultural, and linguistic needs of American Indian students, as well as needs that come from living in an urban environment. AICRC/IEC youth represent many different tribes from across the country, including many students from more than one tribe.
Each student in the program has a case manager who is an Indian Education Center staff member, and IEC staff serve as a link between American Indian families and the school system. The program works closely with students and their schools. Tutors in the program are well trained and able to provide one-on-one attention to youth.
To join, students must attend a school in Oakland, CA or Alameda, CA and identify or self-identify as Native American. IEC offers transportation to the after-school program to most students, as well as transportation home for youth who attend school and live in Oakland, CA, with transportation based on the number of students picked up at a given school and proximity to the program.
TUPE workshops focus on the traditional uses of tobacco, the negative effects of commercial tobacco use, and the misuse of Indian imagery in the marketing of commercial tobacco products. The Daughters/Sons of Tradition groups focus on providing a space in which Native youth have deep conversations about identity, culture, traditions, and history.
The American Indian Child Resource Center has been serving American Indian youth and their families since 1974. The leadership team includes Mary Trimble Norris, Executive Director; Nicloe Halvorsen, Finance Director; Darlyn Tsosie, Foster Care Supervisor; Andrew DeMers, Youth Therapist; Linda Alston, Indian Child Welfare Act Case Manager; Mia Cruz, Therapist Intern; Manny Lieras, Title VI Indian Education Coordinator; Erick Aleman, Indian Education Center Director; Emily Castaniada, Tutor / Program Assistant; Christian Logan, Program Assistant / Gardner; and Ellissa Thompson, California Native Garden Internship Coordinator.
Last updated March 14, 2026.
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