New Mexicans Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Photos

Benjamin Shendo, right, helps Mordecai Seaton, 8, left, with his rings for hoop dancing performance during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Dakota Rose, 8, center, performs in Benjamin Shendo’s hoop dancing group at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday.

Mother Shanelle Yazzie, left, fixes her son Quil Thoennes’ hair after his hoop dancing performance at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Monday.

Kaibeya I’atala, 8,performs in Benjamin Shendo’s hoop dancing group at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Owner of RB Designs, Rochelle Bellson, left, helps her customer Nancy Perea, right, pick out a crown piece during the Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Tiguex Park on Monday.

Joseph Calbaza,8, hoop dances for the first time after learing it 30 minutes ago from Benjamin Shendo during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Mayor Tim Keller, left, shakes Rep. Derrick Lente's, right, hand during Indigenous Peoples Day at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Monday.

Benjamin Shendo, left, helps Mordecai Seaton, 8, right, get his rings for hoop dancing after teaching Seaton and two other children how to hoop dance during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

B’alam Tojil Hendreu, 10, puts down his hoops after learning hoop dancing 30 minutes ago during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Rep. Derrick Lente, D-Sandia Pueblo, who introduced the bill to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, speaks at a ceremony at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Monday.

Benjamin Shendo, center, performs with B’alam Tojil Hendreu, 10, left, and Joseph Calbaza, 8, right, after teaching Hendreu and Calbaza hoop dancing 30 minutes ago during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Mordecai Seaton, 8, left, and B’alam Tojil Hendreu, 10, right, perform hoop dancing after learning how to hoop dance 30 minutes ago during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Rep. Andrea Romero, D–Santa Fe, speaks during Indigenous Peoples Day at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Monday.

Kaibeya I’atala, 8,performs in Benjamin Shendo’s hoop dancing group at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Joseph Calbaza,8, performs hoop dancing for the first time after learning it 30 minutes ago from Benjamin Shendo during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

B’alam Tojil Hendreu, 10, puts down his hoops after learning hoop dancing 30 minutes ago during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Mordecai Seaton, 8, left, and B’alam Tojil Hendreu, 10, right, perform hoop dancing after learning how to hoop dance 30 minutes ago during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Benjamin Shendo, center, performs with B’alam Tojil Hendreu, 10, left, and Joseph Calbaza, 8, right, after teaching Hendreu and Calbaza hoop dancing 30 minutes ago during the 5th Annual Indigenous Peoples Day at Tiguex Park on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

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Published October 13, 2025 - 10:20 p.m. Modified October 13, 2025 - 10:20 p.m.

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