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Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness, Inc. (2009)
(Native religion)
P.O. Box 5885
Boston MA 02114
Phone: 617-642-1683
Websites:
About
"Our mission is to develop and implement programs that serve the cultural and spiritual needs of Massachusetts Native Americans; to financially assist needy Native American residents with food, heating costs, and college related expenses; to increase public understanding, awareness, and appreciation about Native Americans; and to preserve the cultural, spiritual, and traditional ways of the Native American."
Description
Description
The Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness, Inc. was founded by Burne Stanley in 1989. The primary purpose of the Center is to provide cultural, spiritual, and social services to the Native American Peoples of Massachusetts. Secondly, the Center promotes and preserves the cultural and traditional ways of the Native Americans of this land.Activities and Events
In addition to providing many services for the Native American Peoples in Massachusetts, the Center also sponsors public workshops, seminars, and art exhibits to help educate the general public to Native American cultural, traditional, and spiritual ways of life. The Center holds an annual National Native American Heritage Day Pow-Wow and many other festivities. A pow-wow is a celebration of Native American peoples coming together to socialize, feast, and dance. It also provides an opportunity to dispel some of the stereotypes and myths about Native Americans. Most of the events are open to the public. For more information about the Center's services and activities, or to find out about other Native American organizations in Massachusetts, please contact the Center directly.Date Center Founded
1989
Membership
Website says 2.500
Ethnic Composition
Open to the public.