News Release

For Immediate Release
September 23, 2022

Media Contact:
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly, Inc. (IPD PHILLY)
1500 Chestnut Street, Suite 2 #1106, Philadelphia PA 19102
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Sixth Annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Event To be Held October 10

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Philly 2022 is a celebration of Indigenous communities in Philadelphia and beyond. This event will combine traditional and contemporary indigenous art, music, dance, and food to increase awareness of indigenous issues.

September 23, 2022 (Philadelphia, PA) — The sixth annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day to be held in Philly is fast approaching! The event will be at Shackamaxon (Penn Treaty Park – 1301 N Beach St, Philadelphia, PA 19125) on Monday, October 10, 2022, from 11 AM – 5 PM EDT. The event is hosted by Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly, Inc (IPD Philly), an Indigenous-led non-profit organization based in Philadelphia, PA. Through a celebration of art and culture, this annual event provides space for different Indigenous communities in the city to shed light on the history and strength of our people from 530 years of resistance.

2022 marks the second year since Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney declared Indigenous Peoples’ Day an official holiday in the city. This decision was a part of Philadelphia’s Pathways to Reform, Transformation, and Reconciliation initiative to build a more equitable community in the City of Brotherly Love. 

The event location, Shackamaxon, also known as Penn Treaty Park, is within the ancestral territory of the Lenni-Lenape peoples. They are the original inhabitants of Delaware, New Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania. Shackamaxon, derived from “sakimauchheen ing,” means “place to make a chief,” and is where the community would formally recognize both family (“sakima“) and clan (“kitakima“) chiefs. The Great Elm Tree that once stood in Shackamaxon had a significant history as a place of important gatherings. It is where many sachems of the Lenni-Lenape and other tribes from Lenapehoking would meet for council. A third-generation descendant of the tree is growing in Shackamaxon today. 

This year has seen some long overdue developments for the Lenape peoples. After 15 years of work, the five Lenape Nations in the United States and Canada finally welcomed 200 bodies of their ancestors back to Lenapehoking. They had been dug up from a ceremonial burial area in the 19th and 20th centuries and sold to collectors, universities, museums, and institutions as far as California. They reinterred their ancestors at Pennsbury Manor, the reconstructed home of William Penn on April 11th, 2022.

You can support the Lenape this year for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Philly 2022! There will be Lenape in the diaspora coming to Philadelphia from as far as Canada this year to celebrate with us on their ancestral territory! We have a fundraiser to help with the costs of travel for 3-5 people.
To learn more and donate, visit this link!

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Philly 2022 is a family-friendly event that is open to the public. We will have some amazing vendors, presenters, dancers, and artists showcasing and selling their work! Don’t miss out on the beauty that the local Indigenous community has to offer!

Be sure to join the festivities on Monday, October 10th, 2022, and bring your chairs, blankets, and masks!!!

We honor the history of this land and look forward to gathering with you again this year!

From IPD PHILLY Team!

About Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly, Inc. (IPD PHILLY)
Established in 2017 in the Lenape Unami territory of Lenapehoking (Southern PA and NJ), Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly, Inc (IPD Philly) is an Indigenous-led 501c3 non-profit organization based in Philadelphia, PA. IPD Philly’s mission is to cultivate an active Native American/Indigenous presence in the city of Philadelphia through cultural, educational, and community-building initiatives. These values will uplift Native traditions, creative economies, and histories.  IPD Philly’s vision is to counter the historical Indigenous erasure—the deliberate and systematic destruction of Native cultures and violent displacement of Native peoples to this day. In addition over time, IPD Philly seeks to build stronger communication channels between the City of Philadelphia and Native constituencies.

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Event Details

EVENT NAME: Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Philly 2022
LOCATION: Shackamaxon (Penn Treaty Park) – 1301 N Beach St, Philadelphia, PA 19125
TIME: 11 AM – 5 PM EDT.
PAY-AS-YOU-WISH: Suggested donation for adults $10, elders and youth 12+ $5
RSVP FB EVENT PAGE: fb.me/e/22ssawJuq
TO DONATE: https://ipdphilly.org/donate
EVENT PROGRAM: https://ipdphilly.org/program2022/

Event Speakers:

• Jack Johnson is an enrolled member of the Delaware Nation of Anadarko Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe. He is an avid speaker on Lenape history here in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He’s the president of the Museum of Indian Culture in Allentown and a member of the Native American House Alliance.
• Theresa Johnson, is a traditional Indigenous maker, respected Lenape elder of Lunapeew/Munsee/Mohican descent, a citizen of the EELÜNAAPÉEWI LAHKÉEWIIT (Delaware Nation) at Moraviantown-Ontario Canada, and the owner of the Rez Craft & Supply.
• Cornelia Dimanlanta is an activist, grandmother, a citizen of the state-recognized Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and serves as the co-founding President of the Native American House Alliance (NAHA), Philadelphia PA.
• Peter Brooks is a descendant of the Choptico Band of Indians from Maryland under the historic Piscataway Chiefdom. He is a commissioner of Indian Affairs for the state of Maryland and was recruited by NAHA to help form a commission here in Philadelphia.
• Pauline Hilton is an elder of Seminole Creek descent, an Indigenous activist, and a long-time performer for the Native Nations Dance Theater– a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization known for its Powwow Style performances.
• Miguel Sague is an artist, musician, behike (spiritual guide) for the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle and is Indigenous to the island of Cuba of the Taino peoples. Also sits on the Board of Directors of the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, Pittsburg PA.
• Donna Fann-Boyle is an activist and grandmother of Choctaw & Cherokee descent. She is co-founder of the Coalition of Natives & Allies (CNA),  and the co-director of the American Indian Movement (AIM) Woodlands Territory.
• Eugene Black Crow is an Oglala Lakota, an advisor of IPD Philly, and a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation South Dakota.
• Carlos Chavez is a Native Peruvian and trained in performing arts at the National University of Trujillo in Peru. He has been living in the USA since (1989) and among his extensive work produces Inca-style Theather. He will be sharing about the amazing Inca-Peruvian culture.

Event Performers:

• Talon Bazille is a rap artist and poet from the Crow Creek Dakota and Cheyenne River Lakota tribes.
• Marcus “Quese IMC“ Frejo, a Pawnee and Seminole native, is an Indigenous hip-hop artist and producer, he also performs tribal songs and flute.
• Inkarayku is a fusion Andean Band based in New York City, led by the musician Andres Jimenez from the Quechua-speaking peoples of Peru.
• Tchin is an accomplished Indigenous musician, flute maker, folklorist, jewelry designer, educator, author, painter, and clothing designer.
• Richie Olivera is an Andean flute player and maker from Peru of Inca cultural heritage.
• Native Nations Dance Theater is known for its Powwow Style performances and is led by Vaughnda Hilton of Seminole-Cree & Blackfeet heritage.
• Campatlanezi (Danza Azteca del Anáhuac) is a Philadelphia-based Aztec dance troupe led by Native Mexicans from various Indigenous communities.

Event Vendors:

• Native Crafts 
• Claudette Bryant
• Native Expressions
• Tenangos Philly
• Lumbee Dreamz
• Kichwas Arts 
• Richie Olivera Flutes
• Miguel Sague
• Theresa Jonhson
• Kungi Sapa Moccasins & Crafts
• Nochextli
• Campatlanezi Merchandise
• Maki Arts

Event Sponsors

• PHILADELPHIA PARKS & RECREATIONS
• MAYOR’S OFFICE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
• NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSE ALLIANCE
• PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
• PHILLYCAM
• QUECHUA PROGRAM AT PENN
• RIVERS CASINO PHILADELPHIA

Event Funded

• BREAD & ROSES COMMUNITY FUNDS
• SAMUELS FELS FUND
• PHILADELPHIA’S CULTURAL TREASURES
• PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUNDS
• PA SHARP (Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan) – Funding is provided by Spring Point Partners, PA Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

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Artists featured in these posters:
Top three posters left-to-right: Quese IMC, Inkaraiku, Talon Bazille
The middle three posters are left-to-right: Campatlanezi, Richie Olivera, Native Nations Dance Theather (NNDT)
Bottom poster: Tchin