Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits has gained its nonprofit status, the organization posted on social media. Best known for its annual powwow, BAAITS also announced that it has opened a satellite office at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center.

The news coincided with National Native American Heritage Month, which is annually observed in November. In a post on Threads last week, administrators of BAAITS touted the developments.

“As of October 2025, thanks to our leadership team, we are officially operating as our own nonprofit 501(c)3 organization,” the post stated. “In November 2025, we opened a satellite office at the Oakland LGBT center. Come visit us.”

BAAITS had been fiscally sponsored by the Queer Cultural Center and the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous People Inc., according

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