New Boston Walking Tour Focuses on Indigenous Stories

Explore a side of Boston’s history you maybe haven’t yet. Indigenous Stories is a self-guided, augmented reality walking tour available via app and for free, through the end of the year, made possible thanks to White Snake Projects and the North American Indian Center of Boston.

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The walking tour begins at Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion and takes participants across just more than one mile of stops on the way to Boston Common. During each of the six stops, participants learn about a historical event and can listen to a written narrative and original musical performance. Stops touch on King Philip’s war, the enslavement of Indigenous peoples, the Boston Massacre and more.

“Indigenous Stories is White Snake Projects’ contribution to America’s 250th anniversary — and a deliberate intervention in that conversation. As the nation marks its founding, we recognize that one essential voice is missing: the Indigenous voice. We ask users to not only walk this path as tourists, but as witnesses, connecting us to our past and recognizing the central role Native Americans played in the foundation of Boston,” said Cerise Lim Jacobs, artistic director, White Snake Projects.