Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day!
Indigenous Peoples Day recognizes and celebrates the heritage of Native Americans and the history of their Nations.
We humbly acknowledge that CRWA’s work is carried out across the traditional territory of the Massachusett, Nipmuc, and Wampanoag nations and recognize Indigenous people as past, present, and future caretakers of our watershed.
How will you celebrate the heritage, history, achievements, and resilience of First Nations peoples this October?
FIND AN EVENT NEAR YOU
Find a way to celebrate– explore the full list of cultural events, rallies, community events, art exhibits, and more created by Indigenous Peoples Day MA.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY NOW
Attend the march for Indigenous Peoples Day on Saturday, October 7th in Boston! Gather at Park Street Station at 12 PM sharp to show your support for the statewide replacement of Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate Indigenous resilience and survival.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY NEWTON
Attend the 3rd Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Ceremonial Celebration at Albemarle Field in Newton on Monday, October 9th from 11 AM - 2 PM!
“Each year, we celebrate & amplify Indigenous peoples & voices on Indigenous Peoples Day in Newton, MA. All are welcome to this free, family-friendly, Indigenous-led, volunteer-run event to enjoy great music, check out cultural dances & presentations, meet local Indigenous vendors & non-profits, & eat delicious food.”
LEARN ABOUT MA INDIGENOUS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
MA Indigenous Legislative Agenda is working to support legislation benefiting Indigenous Peoples statewide like recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day, protection of Native American heritage, removal of racist mascots, and more. See their priorities here.
SUPPORT LOCAL INDIGENOUS-LED ORGANIZATIONS
North American Indian Center Of Boston is Massachusetts's oldest urban Indian center. Their mission is to empower the Native American community with the goal of improving the quality of life of Indigenous peoples. NAICOB provides a wide range of cultural, social, educational, and professional services to Native peoples in the Commonwealth.
United American Indians of New England is a Native-led advocacy organization of Native people and our supporters who fight back against racism, strive to correct historical wrongs and support Indigenous struggles worldwide. Each year, UAINE organizes the annual National Day of Mourning on November 24th at Coles Hill in Plymouth, MA. This annual remembrance is held to honor Indigenous ancestors and Native resilience as well as a protest against the racism and oppression that Indigenous people continue to experience worldwide.
Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures, and political resilience. Cultural Survival envisions a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance. They do so through advocacy, community media, radio, and fundraising.
Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective is a regional organization led by womxn and two-spirits boldly reclaiming the right to food and relationship to the earth for indigenous peoples. Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective initiates and helps sustain existing community-led food and medicine projects across tribal communities in the Northeast to restore polycultural food systems and local fisheries, transmission of traditional medicine and foodways, all while reengaging spiritual foundations of these livelihoods.
Native Land Conservancy is a Native-run land conservation group with a mission to preserve healthy landscapes for all living things and help restore land back to its original state wherever possible. We draw upon our collective traditional cultural knowledge as indigenous people with generations of direct experience in the woodlands, coastlines, and waterways of New England.
