Empowering and investing in the Native American community of Massachusetts for over 45 years.

Native American tribes in Massachusetts are the Native American tribes and their reservations that existed historically and those that still exist today in what is now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Narragansett term for this region is Ninnimissinuok. [1] Massachusetts has two federally recognized tribes.

NAICOB was originally established in 1969 as the Boston Indian Council when it served as the hub of social and civil rights activities for the American Indian/Alaska Native and First Nations urban Indian community in Boston.

Oct 7, 2024 · We are building relationships with local Indigenous communities to better understand, support and foster reconciliation. On October 6th of 2021, the City of Boston issued an Executive Order declaring every second Monday of October as Indigenous People’s Day.

Indian paths and campsites, located in the 6,500-acre Blue Hills Reservation near Boston, are thought to be approximately 10,000 years old. See also: Native Tradition Centers in Boston. Native peoples and their healing traditions have histories that extend into the distant past.

Oct 6, 2021 · Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey signed an executive order Wednesday to recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day.

Boston joins over two dozen Massachusetts cities and towns in recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day, a movement that has garnered allies within the Italian American community.

The metropolitan Boston area is currently home to over 6,000 Native Americans, according to the North American Indian Center of Boston. Typical of urban Native areas, the Boston Indian community is comprised of people from a wide array of tribes, both from New England and the rest of the country.

Nov 3, 2019 · Indigenous people have lived in Massachusetts for 12,000 years. The first known inhabitants of Massachusetts were Paleoindians who moved into New England just as the glaciers were retreating at the end of the last ice age.

Nov 1, 2021 · Native American Heritage Month, also known as Native American Indian Heritage Month, is celebrated in the United States each November. Learn about the City's rich Native American History, and how we're recognizing the month in Boston.