Indigenous Peoples Day
Image Laura Kozlowski Photography
From Arlington to Winchester, Boston to Stockbridge, you can find a way of honouring Indigenous Peoples Day across Massachusetts. We’re going to Newburyport, where there’s a fabulous, day-long outdoor gathering with Indigenous crafts, dance, music and speakers. A highlight is the creation, ceremonial launch and paddle on the Merrimack River of a traditional muhsh8n (mishoon dugout canoe), handcrafted by Darius Coombs, Mashpee Wampanoag, and Jonathan Perry, Aquinnah Wampanoag.
If our list doesn’t tell you what you need to know, here’s a longer list of events, compiled by Indigenous Peoples Day MA and Italian Americans for Indigenous Peoples Day.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Arlington - Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
1pm - 2:30pm
First Parish Unitarian Universalist
630 Mass. Ave, Arlington, MA
https://arlingtonhistorical.org/event/arlington-indigenous-peoples-day-celebration/
Boston – Massachusetts Statewide Indigenous Peoples Day March
Gathering at 12:00pm
Park Street Station, Boston, MA
The painstaking task of creating a mishoon, for Newburyport MA’s Indigenous Peoples Day, Saturday, October 11, 10am-5pm. Image Laura Kozlwski Photography
Chelmsford - Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
11am - 2pm
Town Common
4 North Rd, Chelmsford, MA https://www.chelmsfordma.gov/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/2296
Newburyport – 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Cultural Art Celebration
10am – 5pm
Waterfront Park
Newburyport, MA
https://imaginestudios.org/indigenous-peoples-day/
Plymouth - Indigenous Peoples' Weekend Event
10am - 4pm
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
137 Warren Ave, Plymouth, MA
https://plimoth.org/events/indigenous-peoples-weekend
Stockbridge - Language of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community
10am - 11am
The Mission House
19 Main St, Stockbridge, MA
https://thetrustees.org/event/441480/
Sunday, October 12
Edgartown - Indigenous Peoples Day
2pm - 3:30pm
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
100 Felix Neck Dr, Edgartown, MA
https://calendar.vineyardgazette.com/event/indigenous-peoples-day-celebration
North Grafton - Hassanamisco Indian Fair
10am - 4pm
Phelps Athletic Field
7 Jumbo's Path, North Grafton, MA
https://nipmuc.gov/event/hassanamisco-indian-fair/
Watertown - Watertown Celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day
12pm - 3:30pm
Hosmer Elementary School
1 Concord Rd, Watertown, MA.
https://watertowncitizens.org/event/watertown-celebrates-indigenous-peoples-day-3/
Monday, October 13, 2025
Boston - Indigenous Peoples’ Day Open House
10am – 5 pm
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
https://www.mfa.org/event/open-house/indigenous-peoples-day
Brookline - Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
1pm - 4pm
Florida Ruffin Ridley School Café, 345 Harvard St, Brookline, MA
https://www.brooklinema.gov/1555/Indigenous-People-Celebration-Committee
Concord - Indigenous Peoples’ Day Family Program with the Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers
10am - 11am
Concord Museum
53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, MA
https://concordmuseum.org/event/indigenous-peoples-day-4/
Ipswich - Corn Husk Creations
10am – 11:30am
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
290 Argilla Rd, Ipswich, MA
Marblehead - presented by the Marblehead Museum, with Anne Jennison, Native American storyteller, who will share stories of the Abenaki/Wabanaki people. Followed by Q&A.
11am
Marblehead Museum’s Jeremiah Lee Brick Kitchen, 157 Washington St., Marblehead, MA. Seating is limited
Newton - 5th Annual Ceremonial Celebration for Indigenous Peoples Day
11am – 5pm
Albermarle Field
250 Albemarle Rd, Newton, MA
Salem - Indigenous Peoples Day Drop in Art Activity
11:30am – 3pm
Peabody Essex Museum, Main Atrium
161 Essex St, Salem, MA
https://www.pem.org/events/indigenous-peoples-day?date=2025-10-13&time=11:30
Sandwich – Indigenous Peoples Day - Wetu: A Traditional Wampanoag Dwelling, Wampanoag Mush8n, & Three Sisters-style Garden
10am – 5pm
Heritage Gardens & Museum
67 Grove St, Sandwich, MA
https://heritagemuseumsandgardens.org/mecevents/daily-admissions-ipd/?occurrence=2025-10-13
Winchester - Indigenous Peoples Day Family Celebration
10am - 12pm
Wright-Locke Farm
82 Ridge St, Winchester, MA
https://nfsj.org/events/winchesters-5th-annual-indigenous-peoples-day-celebration/
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
North Andover
An afternoon with Thomas Spirit Tree Green, tribal council member and cultural educator of the Massachusetts Tribe at Ponkapoag
2-4pm
North Andover Historical Society
800 Massachusetts Ave.
Image Laura Kozlowksi Photography