Indigenous Peoples Day
Indigenous Peoples Day 2020
The City of Boulder Human Relations Commission is soliciting proposals from local organizations that would like to host a non-in-person event for the Fourth Annual Indigenous Peoples Day, to be held between Friday, Oct. 9, and Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. The celebration is part of a national effort to recognize and honor the existence, culture and contributions of the original inhabitants of North America. Community groups and organizations are eligible for grants through the Human Relations Commission with a maximum amount of $2,000 per event. In addition, the Office of Arts and Culture is offering enhancement sponsorships of up to $2,000 available per event for programs that include arts components.
Funding priority criteria includes:
- Community-initiated event
- Nonprofit agency/group
- Free and open to the public
- Event to be held between Oct. 9-12, 2020
Arts components examples include:
- Visual arts and crafts;
- Music, theater and dance;
- Educational activities including lectures; and
- Many more examples are listed in the RFP.
Proposals must be received by 5 p.m., Thursday, August 20th, 2020. The full description and application can be downloaded here 
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Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration 2016 from City of Boulder on Vimeo .
Indigenous Peoples Day
Indigenous Peoples Day is part of a national effort to recognize and honor the existence, culture and contributions of the original inhabitants of North America on the day that has for the past 82 years been observed as Columbus Day.
Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations have been adopted by cities and counties across the United States: Albuquerque, NM; Alpina, MI; Anadarko, OK; Berkeley, CA; Bexar County, TX; Lawrence, KS; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis, MN; Olympia, WA; Portland, OR; St. Paul, MN; Santa Cruz, CA; and Seattle, WA.
Locally, the City of Denver passed a one-year proclamation in 2015 replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day; this designation was made permanent the following year.
In a 2016 report prepared by the Governor of Colorado’s Commission to Study American Indian Representation in Public Schools, commission Chair Clement Frost of the Southern Ute Tribe called for the state to “recognize the role of American Indians in Colorado’s history and to ensure that this history is taught comprehensively and accurately.” 1 At both a national and regional level, it is important to realign the public’s knowledge toward a more whole, realistic historical perspective and provide opportunities to share the stories, culture and history of the Indigenous Peoples of North America.
Indigenous Peoples Day in Boulder
A community-initiated project with the assistance of Mary Young, the City of Boulder Mayor pro tem, to adopt Indigenous Peoples Day took place throughout 2016. The committee expressed a high-level of commitment to two objectives in the resolution process: First is a focus on the Boulder area and its significance to Native American culture. Second is an accurate history of Native interaction with the Europeans who arrived largely in the 19th century. In response to the committee’s proposal, a resolution was passed by City Council on Aug. 2, 2016 that officially recognizes Indigenous Peoples Day.
Indigenous Peoples of North America
The earliest known human inhabitants of Boulder, the Clovis people, left artifacts that date back to approximately 11,000 BCE. Archaeologists believe that they, along with their camels and other animals, congregated at a site along Gregory Creek. Yes, camels roamed around Boulder Valley at that time! In subsequent years, many Paleo-Indian cultures inhabited areas of present-day Colorado including the Anasazi. These ancestral Puebloans are known for their rich culture of architecture: cliff dwellings and pit houses; crafting: basket-making, pendants and bracelets; rock art; agriculture and trade.
Among contemporary tribes, the Ute migrated to Colorado from Utah sometime prior to the 1600s to hunt large herds of buffalo. They were followed by the Comanche in the 1700s and later by the Arapaho and Cheyenne along with several other indigenous groups. The following is a list of Indigenous Peoples of North America:
| Ababco | Aleut | Arikara (Arikaree, Ree) |
| Abenaki/Abnakii | Algonquian Family | Arivaipa |
| Aberginian | Algonquin | Arkokisa |
| Abittibi | Allakaweah | Armouchiquois |
| Abenaki (or Abnaki) | Alliklik | Arosaguntacook |
| Absaroka/Apsaroke | Alsea/Alsi | Ascahcutoner |
| Absentee | Amacano | Assateague |
| Accohanoc | Amahami | Assegun |
| Accominta/Agamenticus | Amaseconti | Assiniboine (Stoney) |
| Achiligonan | Amikwa | Assuti |
| Achomawi | Anadarko | Atakapa |
| Acolapissa | Ancient Puebloans/Anasazi | Atanumlema |
| Acquintanacsnak | Anishinaabe | Atchatchakangouen |
| Acuera | Ani-Stohini/Unami | Atfaiati |
| Adai | Aondironon | Athapascan Family |
| Adirondack | Apache | Atikamek |
| Adshusheer | Apalachee | Atquanachuke |
| Agua Caliente | Apalachicola | Atsina |
| Agawam | Appomattoc | Atsugewi |
| Ahantchuyuk | Aquackanonk | Aucocisco |
| Ais/Ays | Aranama | Avavares |
| Akonapi | Arapaho | Avoyel |
| Alabama/Alibamu | Arendahronon | Awani/Awanichi |
| Alchedoma | Awatobi | |
| Bahacecha | Bellabella | Biloxi |
| Bankalachi | Beothuk | Blackfoot/Siksika |
| Bannock | Bersiamite | Blewmouths |
| Basawunena | Bidai | Bocootawwonauke |
| Bayougoula | Bigiopa | Brotherton |
| Bear River | Big Swamp Indians | Buena Vista |
| Caddo | Chehalis | Chumash |
| Cahokia | Chelamela | Clackama |
| Cahuilla | Chelan | Clallam |
| Cajuenche | Chemehuevi | Clatskanie |
| Calapooya | Chepenafa | Clatsop |
| Callam | Cheraw | Clowwewalla |
| Calusa | Cherokee | Coahuiltecan |
| Canarsee | Chesapeake | Coaque |
| Caparaz | Chetco | Cochimi |
| Cape Fear Indians | Cheyenne | Cochiti |
| Capinans | Chiaha | Cocopa |
| Catawba | Chickahominy | Colville |
| Cathlacomatup | Chickamauga | Comanche |
| Cathlacumup | Chickasaw | Conestoga |
| Cathlakaheckit | Chilliwack | Congaree |
| Cathlamet | Chilluckittequaw | Conoy |
| Cathlanahquiah | Chilula | Coos |
| Cathlapotle | Chimakuan | Copalis |
| Cathlathlalas | Chimakum | Coree |
| Caughnawaga | Chimariko | Costanoan |
| Cayuga | Chine | Coushatta (Koasati) |
| Cayuse | Chinook | Cowichan |
| Chactoo | Chippewa Chiricahua Apache | Cowlitz |
| Chakankni | Chitimacha | Cree |
| Chakchiuma | Chiricahua | Creek |
| Chatot | Choctaw | Croatan |
| Chaui | Choula | Crow |
| Chaushila | Chowanoc | Cuñeil |
| Chawasha | Cupeño | |
| Dakota | Delaware | Dotame |
| Dakubetede | Diegueño | Doustioni |
| Deadose | Diné - See Navajo | Dwamish |
| Eyak | Eskimo - See Inuit | Etchareottine |
| Eno | Esselen | Etheneldeli |
| Erie | Etchaottine | Eyeish |
| Fernandeño | Five Civilized Tribes | Fremont |
| Flathead - See Salish | Fox | Fresh Water |
| Gabrieleno - See Tongva | Gros Ventre | Guale |
| Grigras | Guacata | Guasas |
| Haida | Hidatsa | Houma |
| Hainai | Hainai | Housatonic |
| Halchidhoma | Hitchiti | Huchnom |
| Halyikwamai | Ho-Chunk | Hualupai |
| Hanis | Honniasontkeronon | Humptulips |
| Hathawekela | Hoh | Hupa |
| Hatteras | Hohokam | Huron |
| Havasupai | Hopi | |
| Ibitoupa | Innu | Iowa/Ioway |
| Icafui | Inuit | Iroquois |
| Illinois/Illini | Inupiat | Ishak (see |
| Isleta del Sur | ||
| Jamez | Jeags | Juaneño |
| Kadohadacho | Kawchodinne | Konomihu |
| Kahnawake | Kawia | Kootenai/Kutenai |
| Kalapooian | Keyauwee | Koroa |
| Kalispel | Kichai | Koso |
| Kamia | Kickapoo | Kosotshe |
| Kanza/Kaw | Kiowa | Koyeti |
| Karankawa | Kitanemuk | Kutchin |
| Karok | Kitksan | Kutenai |
| Kaska | Kitsai | Kuitsh |
| Kaskaskia | Klallam | Kusan |
| Kaskinampo | Klamath | Ktunaxa |
| Kato | Klickitat | Kutchin |
| Keresan Family | Koasati | Kwaiailk |
| Kawaiisu | Kohuana | Kwakiutl |
| Kwalhioqua | ||
| Lakmiut | Lillooet | Luiseno |
| Lakota | Lochapoka | Lumbees |
| Lassik | Lohim | Lummi |
| Latgawa | Loucheux | Lutuamian |
| Lenape - See Delaware | Luckeamute | |
| Macapiras | Mattole | Mogollon |
| Machapunga | Meherrin | Mohawk |
| Mahican | Meits | Mohegan |
| Maidu | Menominee | Mojave |
| Makah | Mescalero Apache | Molala |
| Maliseets | Meskwaki | Monacan |
| Mandan | Methow | Mono |
| Manhattan | Metoac | Mono-Paviotso |
| Manahoac | Miami | Montagnais |
| Manso | Mical | Montauk |
| Marameg | Michigamea | Moravians |
| Maricopa | Michilimackinac | Moratoc |
| Mariposan | Micmac | Mosepolea |
| Martha's Vineyard | Mikasuki | Muckleshoot |
| Mascouten | Miluk | Mucogo |
| Maskegon | Mishikhwutmetunne | Mugulasha |
| Massachusett | Missouri | Muklasa |
| Mashpee | Miwok | Multnomah |
| Matchoctic | Mobile | Munsee |
| Matinecoc | Mocogo | Muscogean Family |
| Mattabesic | Moctobi | |
| Modoc | ||
| Nabedache | Natchitoches | Niantic |
| Nacisi | Nauset | Nippissing |
| Nacogdoche | Navajo | Nipmuc |
| Nakota | Neusiok | Nisqualli |
| Naltunnetunne | Neutrals | Nongatl |
| Nanatsoho | Neketemeuk | Nooksak |
| Nanticoke | Nemalquinner | Nootka |
| Napissa | Nespelem | Noquet |
| Napochi | Nez Percé | Nottoway |
| Narragansett | New York | Ntlakyapamuk |
| Natchez | ||
| Occaneechi | Onatheaqua | Opelousa |
| Oconee | Oneida | Osage |
| Ofo | Oneota | Osoche |
| Ojibwe/Ojibway | Onondaga | Otoe |
| Okanagon | Ononchataronon | Ottawa |
| Okelousa | Ontonagon | Ouachita |
| Omaha | Ozette | |
| Onathaqua | ||
| Paiute | Pennacook | Plains Indians |
| Pallachacola | Penobscot | Pocomoke |
| Palouse/Palus | Pensacola | Pocomtuc |
| Panamint | Peoria | Pohoy, Pooy, Posoy |
| Papago | Pepikokia | Pomo |
| Pascagoula | Pequawket | Ponca |
| Passamaquoddy | Pequot | Potano |
| Patiti | Piegan | Poosepatuck |
| Patwin | Pima | Potawatomi |
| Pawnee | Pinal Coyotero | Powhatan |
| Pawokti | Piankashaw | Pshwanwapam |
| Pecos | Piro Pueblo | Pueblo |
| Pedee | Pit River | Puyllup |
| Puntatsh | ||
| Quahatika | Quinaielt | Quinault |
| Quapaw | Quileute | Quinipissa |
| Queets | ||
| Rappahannock | Ree - See Arikara | Rouge River |
| Sac | Seminole | |
| Sac and Fox | Seneca | |
| Saconnet | Senijextee | |
| Sahehwamish | Serrano | |
| Salinan Family | Sewee | |
| Salish | Shakori | |
| Saluda | Shasta | |
| Samish | Shawnee | |
| Sanpoil | Shoshone | |
| Santee | Shinnecock | |
| Santiam | Shuswap | |
| Sappony | Siletz | |
| Sarsi | Siksika | |
| Satsop | ||
| Saturiba | Tulalip | |
| Saturiwa | Tunica | |
| Sauk - See Sac | Tunxis | |
| Sawokli | Tuscarora | |
| Seechelt | Tuskegee | |
| Sekani | Tutchonekutchin | |
| Semiahmoo | Tutelo | |
| Tututni | ||
| Twana | ||
| Tyigh | ||
| Ucita | Unalachtigo | Ute |
| Umatilla | Unami | Utina |
| Umpqua | ||
| Wabanaki | Washoe | Wichita |
| Waccamaw | Wateree | Winnebago |
| Waco | Watlala | Wintu |
| Wailaki | Wauyukma | Wintun |
| Walapai - See Hualupai | Waxhaw | Winyaw |
| Walla Walla | Wenrohronon | Wippanap |
| Wampanoag | Wea | Wishram |
| Wanapan | Weanoc | Wiyot/Wiyat |
| Wappinger | Weapemeoc | Woccon |
| Wappo | Wenatchee - See Yakama | Wyandot |
| Wasco | Whilkut | Wynoochee |
| Washa | ||
| Yahi | Yaquina | Yuchi |
| Yahooskin/Yahuskin | Yatasi | Yufera |
| Yakama | Yavapai | Yui |
| Yakonan Family | Yazoo | Yuki |
| Yamasee | Yodok | Yuma |
| Yamel | Yojuane | Yuman Family |
| Yampa | Yokut Family | Yurok |
| Yana | Yonkalla | Yustaga |
| Yankton - See Nakota | Yscanis | |
| Zuni |