On November 2, 2020, the Newton City Council voted to officially recognize the 2nd Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. The 22-2 vote was the culmination of extended advocacy and grassroots efforts by Indigenous residents of Newton and allies.

Indigenous Peoples Day Newton—formed following the vote—is an Indigenous-led, volunteer committee unified in our vision of a day of remembrance, education, and celebration of Native peoples.

In 2021, we held our inaugural Indigenous Peoples Day Ceremonial Celebration at Albemarle Field. On October 13, 2025, we will be holding our 5th annual Celebration, and we are once again anticipating over 1,000 attendees!

Our Celebration is a free, family-friendly, outdoor, day-long, Indigenous-led, and volunteer-run event. It uplifts and celebrates the music, dance, poetry, and visual art of diverse Native artists in the Northeast and beyond. The Celebration will feature over 60 Indigenous artists, educators, activists, businesses, food vendors, and community organizations.

This Celebration is only made possible by the generosity of individual donors and sponsors. Any donation, no matter the size, would be incredibly helpful in making this Celebration a reality for a 5th year. Your donations will go directly toward payment for all of our Indigenous speakers and presenters, permit costs, tent and table rentals, youth activity materials, and ASL interpreters.

If you represent an organization or business that would like to sponsor the Celebration, please click here.

Prefer to donate via check? Please feel free to mail a check payable to "The NOPI" and write "Indigenous Peoples Day Newton" in the memo. It can be mailed to the following address:

Indigenous Peoples Day Newton
c/o NOPI INC
PO Box 109
Walpole, MA 02081

Arikoma bu/Sulpayki/Kutâputôtamawush/Taubotne/Hahom/Thank you,

The Indigenous Peoples Day Newton Committee

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*Indigenous Peoples Day Newton (IPDN) is fiscally sponsored by NOPI - Nonprofit Incubator, a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation and 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 81-5089505. Donations made to IPDN through NOPI Inc. are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Please email us with any questions at indigenouspeoplesdaynewton@gmail.com.

Support Indigenous Peoples Day Newton's Ceremonial Celebration

Please help support our free, family-friendly, outdoor, day-long, Indigenous-led, & volunteer-run celebration!