Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022: Unity in Community

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MTA Executive Director, Francesca Pine-Rodriguez opening up the program for Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022

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Tribal Nations Flags

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Drummers and singers with round dancers in the background

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Stormy Friday, REMATRIATE Team-member and performer

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REMATRIATE by Patti Baldes

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The community joins in a round dance

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Behind the scenes

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Mayor Cyndy Andrus reading the Proclamation that designates the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, now an official holiday in Bozeman, MT.

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REMATRIATE buffalo sculpture made of willow branches: round dancers in the background

Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022:

Unity in Community

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October 10, 2022 5:30pm Gathering; 6pm Opening

Burke Park/Peets Hill

Mountain Time Arts (MTA) presented Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022: Unity in Community in partnership with the City of Bozeman and Indigenous Peoples’ Day Montana.

On the second Monday of October 2022, leaders across the Bozeman community including Mountain Time Arts, City of Bozeman, Montana State University and Extreme History Project gathered to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Peets Hill. The program will started with speeches and included a performance of REMATRIATE by Patti Baldes as well as a round dance. This was a community event that welcomed everyone in Montana and beyond.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Montana Co-Founders, Marsha Small and Ben Pease, were among the speakers. Indigenous Peoples’ Day Montana is dedicated to setting aside the second Monday in October each year to celebrate all Indigenous Peoples and explore all our Indigenous roots.

“The main theme for this event is ‘Unity in Community’ as this is a chance for everyone to unite, get in touch with our own individual heritages, and understand each other,” Francesca Pine-Rodriguez, Executive Director of Mountain Time Arts and member of the Apsáalooke/Crow and Tsitsistas/Northern Cheyenne tribes explained. “We are all indigenous people to somewhere.”

During the event, Patti Baldes (Northern Arapaho/Northern Paiute) will brought her team of matriarchs and their daughters from the Wind River Reservation to bring to life buffalo sculptures made from willow branches. In 2021, Mountain Time Arts recognized the holiday by installing lighted teepees on Peets Hill.

The City of Bozeman read the ordinance that established the day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This ordinance was approved this past summer to officially designate the second Monday in October as a city holiday in recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Since 2016, the day has been recognized through mayoral proclamations.

“The City of Bozeman is proud to stand beside the Native American community in this effort and recognizes that we have a unique opportunity to use this holiday to come together as a community. We hope everyone can attend,” Mayor Cyndy Andrus stated.

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