Multicultural Calendar
Monthly Observances
January
- LGBTQ2+ History Month (UK)
- Midwinter Ceremony (Indigenous Iroquois)
February
- Black History Month (Canada/USA)
- Jan-Feb Hopi Holy Cycle (Hopi Indigenous)
March
- Women’s History Month (USA/UK)
April
- Multicultural Communications Month (International)
May
- Asian Heritage Month (Canada/USA)
- National Older Peoples Month (USA)
- Jewish Heritage Month (Jewish)
- May Hopi Kachina Dances (Hopi Indigenous)
- April-May Iroquois Strawberry Season (Iroquois Indigenous)
June
- National Indigenous History Month (Canada)
- LGBTQ2+ Pride Month (USA/Canada/Australia)
- National Caribbean American Heritage Month (USA)
- June 1-3: Red Earth Fair (Indigenous/Canada/USA)
July
- July-August Sun Dance Ritual (Indigenous/Cree/Arapaho/Cheyenne/Sioux/Plains Peoples)
- July-August Green Corn Ceremony (Oklahoma Indigenous)
August
- August Native Wild Rice Harvest (Northern Cree/Ojibwa/Akgonkian Indigenous)
- August Hopi Snake Dance (Hopi Indigenous)
September
- National Hispanic Heritage Month (USA)
- September Sunrise Dance (Indigenous Apache)
October
- Disability Employment Awareness Month (USA)
- Women’s History Month (Canada)
- Black History Month (UK)
- Latin American Heritage Month (Canada)
November
- National Indigenous Month (USA)
- Oct-Nov Iroquois Harvest Ceremony (Iroquois Indigenous)
December
- Universal Human Rights Month (UN)
Anything missing or misrepresented in this calendar? Contact communications@mcawb.org to make an addition/suggestion.
