Residents in and around Boston will have no shortage of ways to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ holidays and Columbus Day, with cultural celebrations across the region on Monday.
Starting Monday morning, Newton’s 4th Annual Ceremonial Celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day will begin at 11 am and last until 5 pm at Albemarle Field, “rain or shine.” The “free, outdoor, family-friendly, Indigenous-led, volunteer-led” event will feature local Indigenous speakers, dancers, vendors and food.
At Tall Ship Park in East Boston, the Italian American Alliance and the National Italian American Foundation will host their third Cultural Celebration of Columbus Day. The free event will feature Italian food, street vendors, children’s activities and Italian music from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy in Boston to host free meeting Walk through the plants and trees of Indigenous Peoples’ Day from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Monday, with prior registration. Beginning at the Shattuck Visitor Center in Fenway, Aquinnah Wampanoag artist and cultural administrator Elizabeth James-Perry will lead a guided, family-friendly walk through the Back Bay Fens, highlighting indigenous cultural cuisine, tribal architectural uses and farming practices. responsible administration.”
Both the Museum of Fine Arts and the Institute of Contemporary Art will offer free admission during the holiday. The MFA will have programming for Indigenous Peoples’ Dayincluding panels from local Indigenous leaders and workshops led by Mashpee Wampanoag and Nipmuc artists on basket weaving, ceramics and more.
He Museo Isabella Stewart Gardner will host a “Connecting to Place” program for Indigenous Peoples Day, featuring art making, storytelling and more. Admission will be free with prior reservation.
Cambridge will host its first Celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the University Park of the Central Plaza all day, with live indigenous music, poetry and food vendors.
Nettukkusqk singers present a program about their traditions and culture during the Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration at Hosmer Elementary School in Watertown on Sunday. (Photo by Jim Michaud/Boston Herald)
