October 12, 2025
Indigenous Peoples' Day
“Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunday”
October 8, 2023
- Brian Tarbox
- Jim Nehring
- Lorinda Morimoto
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- American Indian
- Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Leonard Peltier
- Time for All Ages
FCU member Lorinda Morimoto and I share our thoughts this Indigenous People’s Day with a focus on justice for Leonard Peltier. Special music by Brian Tarbox!
“The Spirituality of Land Acknowledgement”
October 9, 2022
- Cindy Malley
- Lorinda Morimoto
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- Thea Shapiro
- We All Go Back to the Land: The Who, Why, and How of Land Acknowledgements
- American Indian
- anti-racism
- Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Native American
- Time for All Ages
- white supremacy culture
For Indigenous Peoples Day Sunday, I preached on land acknowledgement and the reality that our church is on the historical lands of the Nashobah Praying Indians. Lorinda Morimoto also shared her own perspective.
“Why Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day”
October 10, 2021
Our own FCU member Lorinda Morimoto shares her thoughts about the contributions of Native Americans in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day.
“Why Listen? An Indigenous Perspective”
October 11, 2020
- Debbie Eston
- Lorinda Morimoto
- Martha Childs
- Rev. Lara Hoke
- American Indian
- coronavirus
- covid-19
- deep listening
- Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Native American
- online worship
- Time for All Ages
In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, First Church Unitarian in Littleton’s live, online-only worship on October 11, 2020 was “Why Listen? An Indigenous Perspective”, with a homily by FCU’s own Lorinda Morimoto.
“We’re Still Here” and “Acknowledging Whose Land We Live On”
October 13, 2019
On October 13, 2019, we recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day at First Church Unitarian in Littleton, MA. The sermon was in two parts. The first was “We’re Still Here”, by FCU’s Racial Justice Action Committee co-chair, Lorinda Morimoto. The second part was “Acknowledging Whose Land We Stand On” by FCU deacon Lynn Courtney.