3rd Native Crossroads Festival 

Thursday, April 24, 2025 

Franklin Patterson Hall 

Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 

The Native Crossroads Festival brings Indigenous culture keepers, organizers and scholars to share their work with our communities.  This is an opportunity to learn  about decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty and building right and reciprocal relationships with the land, ecosystems, and Indigenous communities.  The festival features Indigenous artists and vendors who will bring native material culture from the region and raise awareness about the historical and contemporary importance of buying from Indigenous people.

Schedule of Events 

1:00-2:20 PM in FPH Faculty/Staff Lounge | Workshop: Sovereignty & Indigenous Women | Rachel Beth Sayet (Mohegan), anthropologist, meditation coach, and an Indigenous food educator. Register here. 

1:15-2:30 PM in FPH West Lecture Hall | Legal, Societal and Cultural Understanding 101 | In this workshop, Justin Beatty (Ojibwe/Saponi/African-American) will address common misconceptions the general public often has about areas affecting Native American people such as: “recognition”, legal status, cultural practices, treaties, activism, land acknowledgments, TV/movies/media, and more. Some subjects will be discussed based on previously submitted questions but questions from those in attendance are welcome and encouraged. Register here. 

3:00-6:00 PM in FPH Courtyard  Native Crossroads Festival Artists & Vendors 

4:30 - 6:00 PM  in FPH West Lecture Hall | Indigenous Reciprocity with the Land | a presentation by Leah Hopkins (Narragansett), Indigenous Peoples Partnership Coordinator for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) 

6:00 PM Reception | FPH Lobby 

6:30-8:00 PM in FPH West Lecture Hall | Indigenous Futurity through Film | with Anthony Sneed (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)

This year's Native Crossroads Festival is organized by Hampshire College’s Decolonization & Reciprocity Working Group in partnership with Justin Beatty.   The event is co-sponsored by the ARC (Anti-Racism on Campus), Five College Native American Indigenous Studies, Division of Justice Equity and Anti-Racism, Learning Collaboratives, Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center, Sustainable Hampshire.