International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

By Susan Galpin-Tyree

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is celebrated globally on August 9. It marks the date of the United Nations General Assembly’s inaugural session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982. This year’s theme focuses on:

“The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge”

Virtual commemoration on August 9, 2022

(9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EST)

Link to Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81206090975