Indigenous Peoples鈥� Day reimagines Columbus Day to celebrate the other side of European 鈥渄iscovery.鈥� These celebrations advance concrete political causes, such as the re-establishment of land rights in the Piedmont.
The (OBSN) trace their lineage to a confederacy of Siouan language groups that managed land in modern-day North Carolina and Virginia for centuries before colonization. Individual members of the OBSN partnered with local organizations to host the first ever Indigenous Peoples鈥� Day in Alamance County, a ticketed event on . The celebration features an educational panel, culinary tasting, visual art, music, and storytelling.
Host Frank Stasio talks with two of the event organizers who are members of the OBSN 鈥� Crystal Cavalier-Keck, the president of the North Carolina Democratic Party Native American Caucus, and , an Afro-Indigenous musician and artist based in Durham.
