Indigenous everything. A list of Indigenous Peoples Day events.

You know that infamous meme with the person by the copy machine and a paper flies to the side? It says, "Move, I'm Indigenous." That meme (along with John Trudell's photo from "Smoke Signals") pop up every second Monday in October and just makes the day grander to be an Indigenous person.

It's also a day (or a weekend) of more regalia, moccasins, ribbon skirts, grandma scarves, huge earrings, singing, gossiping, laughing, and Native kids running around. So much more.

Indian Country celebrates the day across the U.S. with festivals, parades, film screenings, and more. So our news organization compiled a list of happenings taking place near you — on Indigenous lands. 

And if you missed it, Indian Country Today also created a map that shows you the 11 states and 129 cities that recognize Indigenous Peoples Day. The list of universities and colleges changing the holiday name continues to grow too.

EAST COAST

PORTLAND, MAINE
Wabanaki Confederacy, Aucocisco, and Abenaki / Abénaquis Lands

Indigenous Peoples Day Gathering
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
WHERE: Maine Historical Society (489 Congress St, Portland Maine 04101)
ADMISSION: Free admission to “Holding Up the Sky”
MORE INFO: Facebook or website

BOSTON
Wampanoag Lands

Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the MFA
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
WHERE: Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115)
ADMISSION: Free
MORE INFO: Facebook or website
Indigenous Peoples Day bill is still in legislature.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
WHERE: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115)
MORE INFO: Facebook

NEW YORK
Lenape Lands

Indigenous Peoples Day NYC 2019
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 13 - Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
WHERE: Randall’s Island, New York, NY
ADMISSION: Free
MORE INFO: Facebook, event website or GoFundMe

NYC’s 12th Annual Indigenous Day of Remembrance
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 13
TIME: 1 - 4 p.m.
WHERE: Columbus Circle, New York NY
MORE: Facebook

Indigenous Peoples’ Day at Columbia University
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
WHERE: Sundial on College Walk, Columbia University
MORE INFO: Facebook

SYRACUSE
Onondaga Lands

Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration 2019
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 5 - 6 p.m.
WHERE: Syracuse Inner Harbor Amphitheater (396 W Kirkpatrick St, Syracuse NY)
MORE INFO: Facebook

LONG ISLAND
Shinnecock and Montauk Lands

Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 13
TIME: 1 - 3 p.m.
WHERE: Bridgehampton Community Center (551 Sag Harbor Tpke., Bridgehampton NY)
ADMISSION: Free and open to all
MORE INFO: Facebook

Indigenous Peoples Day Hamptons International Film Festival
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 13
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Regal UA East Hampton, Cinema 5
TICKETS: Shinnecock tribal members, contact nationsvoice@shinnecock.org for film tickets; www.hamptonfilmfest.org
MORE INFO: Facebook

DELAWARE
Nanticoke Lands

Dedication of Delaware Public Archives Historical Marker
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
WHERE: Cupola Park, Millsboro DE 19966
HOSTED BY: Nanticoke Indian Tribe
MORE INFO: Facebook

BALTIMORE
Piscataway and Conoy Lands

Indigenous Peoples Day Powwow & Evening Lecture at Hopkins
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (powwow) & 6 - 8 p.m. (evening lecture)
WHERE: JHU Office of Multicultural Affairs, Keyser Quad (3003 N Charles St, Ste 100, Baltimore, MD 21218) & Bunting Meyerhoff Interfaith & Community (3509 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21218)
MORE INFO: Facebook

Indigenous Peoples Film Festival and Potluck
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 4-9 p.m.
WHERE: Baltimore Center Stage (700 N Calvert St)
ADMISSION: Free
MORE INFO: Facebook or email Kerry Hawk Lessard of Native American Lifelines at kerry@nativelifelines.org

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Piscataway, Pamunkey, and Conoy Lands

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Open Mat
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
WHERE: BETA Academy(1353 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 2000)
ADMISSION: Free
MORE INFO: Facebook

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Gathering and Visit to NMAI
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 3 - 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Indian near main entrance (4th St. and Independence Ave, S.W. Washington, DC 20560)
ADMISSION: Free
MORE INFO: Facebook; **This is not an event sponsored by the museum. It is hosted by local Indigenous people. Press Contact: Opal Boyer (928) 963-0142 oboyer86@gmail.com. **

Sihasin Concert at the Kennedy Center
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 6 p.m.
WHERE: Millennium Stage, The Kennedy Center, Washington DC
ADMISSION: Free
MORE INFO: Band's website or venue website

CENTRAL

WAUSAU
Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Menominee, and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) Lands

Inaugural Central Wisconsin Indigenous Peoples Day Powwow
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 12 & Sunday, Oct. 13
TIME: See flyer for times
WHERE: Wausau West High School Field House (1200 W. Wausau Ave, Wausau WI)
ADMISSION: Free
MORE INFO: Facebook

MINNEAPOLIS
Dakota Lands

Indigenous Peoples Day Festival 2019
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 12
TIME: 11 a.m.
WHERE: 1414 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis
MORE INFO: Event website

Luminary Walk
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 13
TIME: 7 - 9:30 p.m.
WHERE: Circle Trail, Pipestone National Monument in southwestern Minnesota
MORE INFO: Event website

Indigenous Peoples Day Parade
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
WHERE: Starts at the American Indian Magnet School (1075 3rd. St. E)
MORE INFO: Event website

OKLAHOMA CITY
Wichitas, Caddos, Plains Apaches, Quapaws, Osages, Pawnees, Kiowas, and Comanches Lands (before the Indian Removal Act of 1830)

Indigenous Peoples Day at the University of Oklahoma - Norman Campus
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: South Oval, University of Oklahoma - Norman Campus
MORE INFO: Facebook

LAWTON
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache (Oklahoma), Osage, Wichita, and Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Comanche) Lands

City of Lawton’s 2nd Annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
WHERE: Lawton City Hall, Lawton Public Schools - Sullivan Village Elementary School, and McMahon Memorial Auditorium
MORE INFO: Facebook

Celebrating Survivance: Indigenous Peoples Day Round Dance
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 13
TIME: 2 - 8 p.m.
WHERE: Ballroom, Hilton Garden Inn Lawton Fort Sill and Convention Center (135 NW 2nd St, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501)
MORE INFO: Facebook

WICHITA
Osage, Kaw (Kansa), Wichita, and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) Lands

Trail of Tears Memorial Day
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 12
TIME: 1 - 9 p.m.
WHERE: Mid-America All-Indian Center (650 N Seneca St, Wichita KS)
MORE INFO: Facebook

TULSA
Wichitas, Caddos, Plains Apaches, Quapaws, Osages, Pawnees, Kiowas, and Comanches Lands (before the Indian Removal Act of 1830)

Cherokee Art Market
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 13
TIME: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
WHERE: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa
ADMISSION: $5 per person; Children under 12 are free
MORE INFO: Indian Country Today

Tulsa Native American Day
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
WHERE: Guthrie Green (111 East M.B. Brady Street, Tulsa, OK 74103)
MORE INFO: Facebook

MOUNTAIN TIME

RAPID CITY
Cheyenne and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) Lands

2019 Black Hills Powwow
WHEN: Friday, Oct. 11 - Sunday, Oct. 13
TIME: See full schedule online
WHERE: Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City SD
MORE INFO: Event website

Native American Day Basketball Camp
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 13
TIME: See flyer for different times and grade levels
WHERE: King Center, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City SD
CONTACT: Roger Trennepohl 308-760-2386 or roger.trennepohl@sdsmt.edu

POCATELLO
Shoshone-Bannock Lands

Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
WHERE: Idaho State University
MORE INFO: Indian Country Today

DENVER
Arapaho, Cheyenne, Ute, and Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1851 and 1861 Lands

Four Directions All Nations March
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 12
TIME: 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (see flyer for schedule)
WHERE: West Direction (Viking Park on 29th Ave & Federal Blvd.); North Direction (Mestizo-Curtis Park at 30th St. & Champa St.); East Direction (Cheesman Park at 12th Ave & Franklin St.); South Direction (Four Winds American Indian Council at 5th Ave & Bannock St.); See flyer for colors to wear

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Indigenous Peoples Day Drum Tie
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. & 12 - 6 p.m.
WHERE: University of Denver Driscoll Green
MORE INFO: Facebook or call 505-545-9271

BOULDER
Arapaho Lands

2nd Annual Boulder Valley Indigenous Peoples’ Day Powwow
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 12 - Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 12 p.m.
WHERE: 900 Canyon Blvd, Boulder CO 80302
MORE INFO: Website or Facebook

Boulder Valley Indigenous Peoples Day Parade
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
WHERE: Pearl Street Mall (1400 Pearl St Mall, Boulder, CO 80302)
MORE INFO: Website or Facebook

SEE THE FULL SCHEDULE FOR THE BOULDER VALLEY EVENTS ONLINE.

SANTA FE
Jicarilla Apache and Pueblos Lands

3rd Annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day
WHEN: Saturday-Monday, Oct. 12-14
TIME: Saturday 1:00-3:30 p.m.; Sunday 1:00-3:30 p.m.; Monday 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Historic Santa Fe Plaza

ALBUQUERQUE
Pueblos, Eastern Keres and South Tiwa Lands

Indigenous Peoples Day with Native America Calling
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
LISTEN: Online

Inaugural New Mexico Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
WHERE: Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (2401 12th St NW, Albuquerque NM 87104)
PARKING: Free
FOOD: Refreshments provided
ADMISSION: Open to the public
MORE INFO: Facebook or Indian Country Today

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Event at Valle de Oro
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 5 - 7 p.m.
WHERE: Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge (7851 2nd St SW, Albuquerque NM 87105)
ADMISSION: Free
MORE INFO: 505-242-1445 or 505-248-6667 and Facebook

Indigenous Peoples Day 2019
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Downtown Albuquerque (1st & Central)
MORE INFO: Facebook

Indigenous Peoples’ Day
WHEN: Monday, Oct. 14
TIME: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
WHERE: Farmington Public Library (2101 Farmington Ave, Farmington NM)
ADMISSION: Free
MORE INFO: Farmington Public Library Facebook, Native Violinist, Panel Discussion