Urban Indigenous Collective Presents: Indigenous Peoples Day Beyond Borders

From the Rez to the Barrio to the Borough

Date: October 13th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Location: House of Yes, 2 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY

✊ This Indigenous Peoples Day

We center the legacy and future of Urban Natives. From NYC to LA and every rez, barrio, and block in between, we honor those who held it down in cities for our people: the Black Panthers, AIM warriors, Young Lords, Chicano Movement, aunties, OGs, street scholars, and the first brick thrown at Stonewall. Their teachings continue to guide us.

We recognize that borders are colonial, and we are still sovereign — we always have been. This celebration is about presence, resistance, and power on stolen land. We move in love, we move in protection, and we’ve always moved together.

You are on Indigenous land.

🌎 Why It Matters

Indigenous peoples live in every borough of New York City, yet erasure fuels ongoing inequities in health, housing, education, and representation. Despite centuries of displacement, surveillance, and assimilation, Urban Natives have always carried culture, community, and kinship forward.

This event is more than a celebration. It’s a:

• Platform for visibility in a city where Indigenous peoples are too often rendered invisible.

• Space of cultural survival where traditions, art, and food are centered, not erased.

• Catalyst for action, raising funds that directly support UIC’s year-round programs: behavioral health services, mentorship, cultural healing, and advocacy for Indigenous rights.
  

This year’s celebration marks six years since Urban Indigenous Collective first launched on Randall’s Island as part of Indigenous Peoples Day NYC. Now in its 11th year, Indigenous Peoples Day NYC has been at the forefront of advocating for official recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day in New York City, carrying forward powerful legacy work rooted in community, ceremony, and resistance. From that foundation, UIC has grown into a community-led organization building health, wellness, and cultural programming for Urban Natives across the city. Our anniversary honors both the legacy of Indigenous Peoples Day NYC and the future of Urban Indigenous Collective. 

Thanks to the incredible support from last year’s Indigenous Peoples Day celebration, UIC was able to:

• Create a dedicated Wellness Room in our community space

• Hire our first Indigenous therapist to provide culturally grounded care

• Design our direct services program, which will officially roll out this winter

Your participation makes real change possible. Every ticket, donation, and sponsorship helps us expand healing and wellness services for Urban Natives across the city.

🌿 Activations & Highlights

🍲 Traditional Indigenous Cuisine
Sample dishes rooted in Indigenous food traditions, prepared by an Indigenous chef.

🎨 Cultural + Creative Experiences

• Live Painting: Watch Indigenous painters create works in real time, bringing stories of resilience, land, and culture to life before your eyes.

• Live Protest Art Screen Printing (featuring Relative Arts): Design your own t-shirts with artwork created in collaboration with Relative Arts — wearable resistance rooted in community.

• Collective Zine-Making Workshop: Collaborate with others to produce zines that uplift Indigenous voices, visions, and political education.

• 90’s Resistance-Themed Photo Booth: Step into a reimagined 90’s set-up that celebrates urban Indigenous style, legacy, and rebellion.
  
  

🔥 Political Education & Storytelling
 Micro-talks and teachings from movement elders, cultural practitioners, and scholars.

💃 Two Dance Floors

• House Room: Afro/Latin tribal house weaving sounds from the Americas and the Caribbean, featuring Indigenous dance troupes and dancers who bring ancient movement to the dance floor. This room is about embodied connection — from the rez to the barrio to the borough.

• Onyx Room: Celebrating New York’s legacy of resistance, the Onyx Room will showcase old-school Hip Hop with a political edge, featuring DJ Tony Touch. Between sets, the space will uplift political education moments, grounding the music in stories of struggle, liberation, and survival.

🛍 Marketplace & Vendors
 Explore Indigenous artisans sharing beadwork, jewelry, clothing, herbal remedies, and art.

💆 Wellness Offerings
 Body work by Indigenous healers and nourishing herbal elixirs.

🎟 Tickets

Early Bird Pricing (Deadline 9/19):

• Indigenous & BIPOC Community: $25

• Allies: $50

• Community Champion (VIP): $100
  

Regular Pricing:

• Indigenous & BIPOC Community: $40

• Allies: $75

• Community Champion (VIP): $150
  

Each Ticket Includes:

• Access to select experiences and activations

• Gift bags for the first 100 attendees
  

Community Champion VIP Tickets Include:

• Access to all experiences and activations

• Exclusive VIP gift bags

• Access to VIP lounge areas

🔑 Important Information

This event is 21+ only. All ticket holders’ IDs will be checked at the door upon entry. Guests without a valid ID will not be admitted.

🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities

As a sponsor, your support will:

• Amplify Indigenous voices on one of NYC’s most iconic cultural stages

• Engage audiences directly through unique activations and brand visibility

• Support tangible services that Urban Indigenous Collective provides year-round in health, wellness, and cultural programming
  

📩 Request our full Sponsorship Deck to explore customized visibility and alignment opportunities.

🙏 Thank You

Your support helps ensure Urban Indigenous communities don’t just exist, but thrive. Together, we’ll dance, feast, and celebrate resilience — while fueling a future of Indigenous-led healing and justice.