Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly 2025 at Shackamaxon (Penn Treaty Park) / In-person & Livestream

Schedule

Mon Oct 13 2025 at 10:30 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Shackamaxon (Penn Treaty) Park 1301 N. Beach Street, Philadelphia PA 19125 | Philadelphia, PA

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COMMUNITY, SAVE THE DATE!
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly 2025, is coming soon!
On Monday Oct 13th from 10:30am-5pm, we will once again return to the historic Shackamaxon (Penn Treaty) Park. We are anticipating talented new and returning artists, artisans, and speakers. We will be announcing the inspiring line up throughout September, leading up to the day of the event.
EVENT NAME: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly 2025
IN-PERSON LOCATION: Shackamaxon (Penn Treaty) Park – 1301 N Beach St, Philadelphia, PA 19125
LIVESTREAM: (Like this event to receive updates)
FULL PROGRAM: TBA in late September
PAY-AS-YOU-WISH Suggested Donation at the door:
$12 for adults 21+, and $5 for elders-65+ and youth-12-17
This is a family-friendly event and wheelchair accessible.
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Would you help us cover some of the event's expenses?
Visit this link: https://ipdphilly.org/donate
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Cover-image Featuring: Traditional water drum, Round dance at IPD Philly 2024, Lenape Dancers from Oklahoma, Waino Dancers, and Mayan Trumpet player

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ABOUT THE EVENT:
Founded by three Indigenous women, this year will be the 9th pan-Indigenous celebration that combines contemporary and traditional arts, cultures, storytellings, histories, and foods to increase awareness of the First Peoples of the Americas from the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ABOUT THE LOCATION & THE LENAPE (DELAWARE):
SHACKAMAXON, colonially known as Penn Treaty Park, is a historic treasure located along the banks of the Delaware River in Philadelphia. This remarkable park features an eighth-generation tree, a direct descendant of the iconic Treaty Elm, where the Lenape (Delaware) people from Lenapehoking held important council meetings. It was on this very ground that the legendary leader TAMANEND (also known as Tammany) signed the historic 1682 Treaty of Shackamaxon with the Englishman William Penn.
The significance of this site, rich in Indigenous history and cultural heritage, offers a powerful insight to the tragic legacy of the collaboration between the Lenape (Delaware) Tribes and early English settlers, whose descendants would ultimately forcefully remove the Lenape from their homelands to Indian territory in Oklahoma and Wisconsin in the United States, and Ontario, Canada.
This painful journey spanned many years and led to the scattering of countless Lenape people and families across the country. Today, there are five federally recognized Lenape (Delaware) Tribes in the United States and Canada that assert their presence and heritage: the Delaware Nation in Anadarko, Oklahoma; the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Bartlesville, Oklahoma; the Stockbridge-Munsee Community in Bowler, Wisconsin; the Munsee-Delaware Nation; and the Delaware Nation at Moraviantown in Ontario, Canada. Furthermore, there are also Lenape members of the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, alongside the people of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, who continue to uphold their rich cultural identity.

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Event organized by Indigenous Peoples' Day Philly Inc | https://ipdphilly.org
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The event is made possible by the generous support of the following sposors, funders and individuals like you:
CITY SPONSORS
Office of Councilmember Mark Squilla
Philadelphia Parks & Recreations
FUNDERS
Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Bread & Roses Community Fund
WingspanPA Grant - https://pahumanities.org/wingspan/ (PA Humanities, Spring Point Partners, National Endowment for Humanties)
Philadelphia's Cultural Treasures - https://www.philadelphiasculturaltreasures.org
(A regional effort of the larger national initiative from the Ford Foundation funded by the William Penn Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, The Barra Foundation, The Neubauer Family Foundation, and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage)
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Where is it happening?

Shackamaxon (Penn Treaty) Park 1301 N. Beach Street, Philadelphia PA 19125, Abandoned Power Plant, N Beach St, Philadelphia, PA 19125, United States

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