Events in Massachusetts: Please click here for updates
Compiled by Indigenous Peoples Day MA and Italian Americans for Indigenous Peoples Day. Events will continue to be added as information becomes available. To include your event on this list, please email ItaliansforIPD@gmail.com.
Tufts University Indigenous Peoples Day Lunch & Learn - Indigenous Roots of Wellness: Connecting Ancestral Wisdom and Community Health
October 8, 11:30-1 pm | MEDFORD, MA | In-Person Event
Alumnae lounge, 40 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA 02155. Hybrid.
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Arlington Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration with the Red Hawk Singers and Dancers
October 10, 11-12:30 pm | ARLINGTON, MA | In-Person Event
Arlington Masonic Temple, 19 Academy St., Arlington, MA
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Boston Indigenous Peoples Day March
October 10, 12-3 pm | BOSTON, MA | In-Person Event
Help send the message loud and clear that we must honor and acknowledge the Indigenous history of Massachusetts, as well as the continued presence of Indigenous peoples throughout the state. It is time for the MA State Legislature to pass bills to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day statewide, ban Native mascots, and more! March starts on the steps of the Massachusetts State House.
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Indigenous Peoples Day Observance
October 10, 10-5 pm | NEWBURYPORT, MA | In-Person Event
Waterfront Park, Newburyport, MA 01950
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Wampanoag Culture Celebration
October 11, 10-12:30 pm | FALMOUTH, MA | In-Person Event
Highfield Hall & Gardens, 56 Highfield Dr., Falmouth, MA 02540
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Tufts University Indigenous Peoples Day Community Celebration
October 11, 11:30-2:30 pm | MEDFORD, MA | In-Person Event
Residential Quad, 190 Packard Ave., Medford, MA 02155
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Hassanamisco Indian Fair
October 11, 2-4 pm | NORTH GRAFTON, MA | In-Person Event
Cummings Veterinary School, 7 Jumbo’s Path, North Grafton, MA 01519
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Watertown Celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day 2026
October 11, 12-3 pm | WATERTOWN, MA | In-Person Event
Hosmer Elementary School, 1 Concord Rd., Watertown, MA 02472
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Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend at the Institute of Contemporary Art
October 10-12, 10-5 pm | BOSTON, MA | In-Person Event
25 Harbor Shore Dr., Boston, MA 02210
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Indigenous Peoples Day Native Roots Celebration at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
October 12, 11-5 pm | BOSTON, MA | In-Person Event
25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day at the Massachusetts Historical Society
October 12, 12-4 pm | BOSTON, MA | In-Person Event
1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215
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Museum of Fine Arts Indigenous Peoples Day Open House
October 12, 10-5 pm | BOSTON, MA | In-Person Event
465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
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Brookline Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
October 12, 1-4 pm | BROOKLINE, MA | In-Person Event
Florida Ruffin Ridley School, 345 Harvard St., Brookline, MA 02446
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Indigenous Peoples Day at the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture
October 12, 9-5 pm | CAMBRIDGE, MA | In-Person Event
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Harvard Museum of Natural History, 28 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138
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Concord Museum Indigenous Peoples Day Family Program with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers
October 12, 10-11 am | CONCORD, MA | In-Person Event
53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA 01742
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Sassafras Earth Education Indigenous Peoples Day 2026
October 12, 2-3:30 pm | EDGARTOWN, MA | In-Person Event
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, 100 Felix Neck Dr., Edgartown, MA 02539
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Lexington Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
October 12, 9-4 pm | LEXINGTON, MA | In-Person Event
Events in multiple locations.
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Indigenous Peoples Day Newton 6th Annual Ceremonial Celebration
October 12, 11-5 pm | NEWTON, MA | In-Person Event
Albemarle Field, 250 Albemarle Rd., Newton, MA 02460
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Indigenous Peoples Day at Heritage Museums & Gardens
October 12, 10-5 pm | SANDWICH, MA | In-Person Event
Free admission for Indigenous people 67 Grove St., Sandwich, MA 02563
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Indigenous Peoples Day at the Worcester Art Museum
October 12, 10-4 pm | WORCESTER, MA | In-Person Event
Free admission only 55 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609
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NE Region Presents - Indigenous Peoples Day: A Taino Celebration
October 12, 6-7:30 pm | FACEBOOK | Virtual
Facebook Virtual Event.
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Virtual Talk with Author Traci Sorell (Cherokee), What a difference a decade makes! Contemporary Representations of Indigenous People in Children’s Literature
October 14, 6:30-7:30 pm | BEDFORD, MA | Virtual
Author Traci Sorell (Cherokee) will share some of the exciting ways that Native Nations and their citizens are represented in fiction and nonfiction. Q & A to follow.
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Indigenous Author’s Book Club featuring Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
October 18, 4-5:30 pm | BROOKLINE, MA | In-Person Event
An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
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Opening Doors presents Indigenous Like Me, Musical Performance and Conversation with Annawon Weeden and Kim Moberg
October 23, 7 pm | BELMONT, MA | In-Person Event
Belmont High School Black Box Theatre, 221 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478
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EVENTS OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS
Indigenous Peoples Day Film Festival
October 11, 1:30-7:30 pm | BANGOR, ME | In-Person Event
120 Park St., Bangor, ME 04401
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Indigenous Peoples Day New York
October 11-12 | NEW YORK, NY | In-Person Event
Randalls Island, NYC
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Indigenous Peoples Day at the Abbe Museum
October 12, 10-5 pm | BAR HARBOR, ME | In-Person Event
26 Mount Desert St., Bar Harbor, ME 04609
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Indigenous Peoples Day at the Mt. Kearsarge Museum
October 12, 10-4 pm | WARNER, NH | In-Person Event
18 Highlawn Rd., Warner, NH 03278
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Indigenous Peoples Day Philly
October 12, 11-5 pm | PHILADELPHIA, PA | In-Person Event
Shackamaxon (Penn Treaty Park), 1304 N. Beach St., Philadelphia, PA 19125
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