Annawon Weeden and Kim Moberg, Indigenous musicians and educators with very different stories, come together for an evening of performance and conversation.
October 23, 2026
7 PM
Black Box Theater
Belmont High School
221 Concord Ave, Belmont
Belmont Against Racism (BAR), in collaboration with the Opening Doors Project and the Club Passim Folk Collective, will present “Indigenous Like Me: Two Paths, Two Stories,” a free community performance and conversation featuring Indigenous musicians and educators Annawon Weeden and Kim Moberg.
The event offers an opportunity for the Belmont community to hear two very different Indigenous stories and explore the ways that history, identity, culture, and lived experience connect the past with the present. Weeden and Moberg will perform both contemporary and traditional music and participate in a conversation hosted by Opening Doors co-founder Alastair Moock.
Two Paths, Two Stories
Annawon Weeden was born and raised in his father’s Tribal community of Charlestown, Rhode Island, where he learned the history of his Narragansett/Pequot lineage. He later moved to his mother’s Wampanoag community in Mashpee, Massachusetts.
Over the course of his career, Weeden has worked as a musician, historian, educator, and cultural ambassador for organizations including Plimoth Plantation, Boston Children’s Museum, and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation’s Cultural Resource Department. Today, he travels widely to schools, museums, libraries, and other communities to share cultural knowledge and accurate history. His work has also been featured by the Smithsonian Institution, National Geographic, PBS, the History and Discovery channels, the Alaska Native Heritage Center, and Harvard University.
Kim Moberg, an award-winning singer-songwriter and founding member of the Club Passim Folk Collective, was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska. She is the daughter of a U.S. Coast Guard veteran from Kansas and a mother of Native Tlingit descent.
Moberg did not begin learning about her Indigenous heritage until adulthood, an experience she has described as being “by design.” After years of researching the Native history that had been kept from her, she created The Seven Fires Prophecy: Suite for Humanity, an eight-song original suite released in 2023. The project connects the ancient Anishinaabe Seven Fires prophecy with contemporary social issues and reached the top ten of the Folk Radio Chart.
Together, Weeden and Moberg bring distinct personal histories and perspectives to an evening centered on music, cultural knowledge, identity, and the many dimensions of Indigenous American experience.
A Free Community Event
“Indigenous Like Me: Two Paths, Two Stories” is part of an ongoing effort to create opportunities for learning, dialogue, and connection across the Belmont community. The event provides an accessible setting for audiences of all ages to engage with Indigenous voices and consider how histories that have often been overlooked or misunderstood continue to intersect with life today.
Admission is free, and community members are warmly invited to attend. Donations are welcome and help support continued programming that is accessible to all.
The program is made possible through the support of Belmont Against Racism, Belmont Public Schools’ Department of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Well-Being, the Mass Cultural Council, Someone Else’s Child Foundation, Antonia and Vladimer Kulaev Foundation, Nine Athens Music, Club Passim, and Filmmakers Collaborative.
