Indigenous Roots Cultural Center (IRoots) is a coalition of artists, culture bearers, business owners, cultural groups, and organizations dedicated to building, supporting, and cultivating opportunities for and with Brown, Black, Native and Indigenous Peoples through cultural arts and activism. Indigenous Roots is a community-based multidisciplinary, multigenerational, multicultural hub deeply rooted in the Dakota ancestral lands of Imníza Ská (East Saint Paul).

Co-founded and led by Mary Anne Ligeralde Quiroz and Sergio Nochtzin Quiroz, Indigenous Roots began its work in 2007 from a dance and drum community circle known as Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli. This community circle continues to share traditional Mexica Nahua dance, drum, and song. Through the years, Indigenous Roots has evolved to meet the growing need to reconnect with ancestral knowledge systems. Additional classes such as song, instrument, language, and philosophy were created to meet the requests of community members. In 2017, the Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center opened as an incubator space for artists, cultural groups, and organizations dedicated to building, supporting, and cultivating opportunities for Native, Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples. IRoots village model approach centers artists and culture bearers in leadership; community partners consist of individuals and groups that are diverse culturally, in age, gender, and sexuality. In addition, IRoots is a community hub for youth, artists, and activists. Believing that an intersectional approach to traditional arts and culture can disrupt oppressive patterns in systems that have been historically inequitable and inaccessible for artists and community members of color, IRoots provides space, resources, community connections, and opportunities for youth, artists, activists, and residents.

Jerome Foundation supports Indigenous Roots’ Early Career Artist Programs. IRoots provides early career Minnesota-based multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary artists and culture bearers support in a way that caters towards the artist's needs rather than providing prescribed programming. As such, there is a plethora of opportunities for mentorship, resources, commissions, professional development and technical assistance through the center. Focus areas include engagement in public process and community organizing, artist training and professional development, artist networking and community building, artist marketing, artist resources, visual/multimedia artist exhibit incubation, and the culture bearer exchange network.