Where:
Peabody Essex Museum
161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970
Admission:
Unknown
Categories:
Art, Good for Groups
Event website:
https://www.pem.org/events/indigenous-peoples-day-celebration
Included with admission
On Indigenous Peoples' Day, we honor the sovereignty, resilience and immense contributions that Native Americans have made to the world. Join us for a day of programming to respectfully acknowledge and celebrate Indigenous communities.
Film Screening: Native America
10–4 pm | Morse Auditorium
Runtime: 53 mins. English (no subtitles).
Check out an exclusive preliminary screening of an episode from season two of the PBS series Native America before it premieres nationally on October 24!
PEM Pals with Special Guests
10:30–11:15 am | East India Marine Hall
Join our community for songs, movement and a story with special guests.
Drop-in Art Making: Community Project
11 am –3 pm | Main Atrium
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, what would you wish for Native communities? Reflect and take inspiration from the PBS series Native America and the featured stories of Indigenous people. Share your words and contribute to a community art project!
Drop-in Art Making: Plant Pots
1–3 pm | Create Space Studio 1
Join our Native American Fellowship program alumnae Melissa Flamand (Nêhiyâw-iskwêw (Cree) and Anishinaabekwe (Chippewa)) and Rachel Morris (Oglala Lakota) for an art activity! Get inspired by artist and educator Elizabeth James-Perry’s (Wampanoag, Gay Head-Aquinnah) original drawings of native plants and decorate your own pots to take home.
Saturday, Dec 21, 2024 11:00a
Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre