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Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center Dedicated to building and cultivating opportunities for Native, Black, Brown & Indigenous Peoples.
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Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center, located on 788 E 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN 55106, opened its doors to the public on Thursday, May 11, 2017 with an intimate Opening Gathering and Honoring Wisdom with Community Elders. Indigenous Roots Cultural Center is a collective of artists and organizations dedicated to building, supporting and cultivating opportunities for Indigenous peoples and communities of color through cultural arts and activism. This community based multidisciplinary, multigenerational, multicultural center for Native-Indigenous/POC communities in Saint Paul, uniquely presents the many faces and creative expressions blossoming in the cultural scene of Dayton’s Bluff on the East Side. The Indigenous Roots Cultural Center follows a similar model of the East Side Enterprise Center created by Dayton’s Bluff Community Council. The East Side Enterprise Center is a collaboration centered on increasing economic development opportunities to East Side entrepreneurs and residents, especially its diverse and growing immigrant and people of color populations.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day (every day) Feliz Dia de La Raza (todos los dias)It’s been non stop with events and ceremon...
10/14/2026

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day (every day)
Feliz Dia de La Raza (todos los dias)

It’s been non stop with events and ceremonies since the start to our 20th year as Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli (est. 2006)

We are grateful to our community partners who have worked with us in solidarity through the years. Thank you 🙏🏾✨🫰🏾

Much gratitude to Niniijaanis One of Ones Blue Hummingbird Woman Trickster Tacos LLC American Indian Magnet (AIMS) MAIIC and to all the schools, colleges, organizations and business who continue to support us.

Mayacron and Indigenous Roots invite you to learn and participate in a Mayan Time Keeping Ceremony and Gathering, A New ...
10/07/2026

Mayacron and Indigenous Roots invite you to learn and participate in a Mayan Time Keeping Ceremony and Gathering, A New Tzolk’in.

Ceremony and gathering will be led by Elder and Culture Bearer, Gina Kanbalam Miranda, a distinguished Mayan Time-Keeper, spiritual guide based in Mni Sota Makoce and 2026 McKnight Culture Bearer Fellow. Renowned for her deep connection to ancient Meso-American wisdom and the sacred Mayan Navigation Tool often misrepresented, Gina advocates to provide accurate information of her ancestral teachings.

Ceremony gathering is free and open to the public. We look forward to sharing music, dance, song, storytelling, food, drinks with community.

Monday, October 12
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Indigenous Roots

Kicking off a series of classes this month with Soul Ya Yoga w/Ka Zoua. Yin Yoga begins today!
09/14/2026

Kicking off a series of classes this month with Soul Ya Yoga w/Ka Zoua. Yin Yoga begins today!

Gracias Visión Objetiva Salvadoreña en Minnesota por ser un pilar a la comunidad Salvadoreña y por su confianza en nuest...
09/09/2026

Gracias Visión Objetiva Salvadoreña en Minnesota por ser un pilar a la comunidad Salvadoreña y por su confianza en nuestro trabajo colaborativo ✨🇸🇻

Visión Objetiva Salvadoreña en Minnesota desea expresar, una vez más, su más sincero agradecimiento a Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center por su continuo apoyo a nuestra organización.

Gracias a su valiosa colaboración, vamos a llevar a cabo nuestro 3er Festival Salvadoreño, el cual se realizará el próximo 26 de septiembre de 2026. Sin su ayuda, este evento no habría sido posible en la forma en que se ha logrado, gracias a los beneficios que hemos recibido a través de su organización.

Agradecemos profundamente su patrocinio y compromiso con nuestra comunidad.

Atentamente,VOS

We’re keeping Rootschella going with another weekend of events full of artists and culture bearers!Survival Arts Retreat...
08/11/2026

We’re keeping Rootschella going with another weekend of events full of artists and culture bearers!

Survival Arts Retreat: 8/15 and 8/16
Register: https://l1nk.dev/o8eua3h

Play on Payne with Serence and The Unit Band on 8/15 and Cypher Side Dance School on 8/16

The Traditional Connections Gallery Exhibit with City Mischief Murals is on display until 8/22 followed by the Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli 20th Year Anniversary Exhibit and Reception on Friday, August 28.

Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli celebrates its 20th anniversary with a public exhibit of archival photos, videos and ceremonial pie...
08/09/2026

Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli celebrates its 20th anniversary with a public exhibit of archival photos, videos and ceremonial pieces highlighting twenty years of culture bearer work, nation building and solidarity.

🌵Opening Reception: Friday, August 28, 7p
🌵Exhibit Dates: August 28 to October 28
🌵Gallery Hours: M-F, 8 am to 6pm

If you have photos of Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli and want them added to our archives and/or would like them displayed in the exhibit, please send them to [email protected]

Three beautiful days of Traditional Connections Graffiti Jam co-hosted with City Mischief Murals, curated by Thomasina T...
08/09/2026

Three beautiful days of Traditional Connections Graffiti Jam co-hosted with City Mischief Murals, curated by Thomasina TopBear.

Live painting wraps up this evening but you can still check out all the amazing artwork in our gallery until August 22!

Gallery hours during Roots Cafe operating hours (M-F, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm)

Infinite gratitude to all the artists for their trust and partnership in sharing their creative gifts and skills.

is back with an amazing August jam packed with arts, culture, community and radical joy! See you at one, some or all o...
08/07/2026

is back with an amazing August jam packed with arts, culture, community and radical joy! See you at one, some or all of these upcoming events that we are hosting/co-hosting!

Traditional Connections Graffiti Jam starts tomorrow 8/7 and into the weekend!

07/31/2026

Infinite gratitude to our funding partner Carlson Family Foundation for their courageous support through the years.

Video of Co-Founders, Mary Anne Ligeralde Quiroz and Sergio Cenoch Quiroz as well as their Third Born, Xicintli Meztli Quiroz, Assistant Manager of RootsCafe.

Many thanks to our local and talented creatives: Jaali Griffin and Deanah Maria Johnson (Dee) for their continued solidarity with Indigenous Roots.

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788 E 7th Street
Saint Paul, MN
55106

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+16513957145

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