AKRON, OHIO - EVERY FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER
North American First People's Day
Honoring the first people who walked the Portage Path.
Since 2016, the Northern Cheyenne, local students, and the Akron community have walked this ancient trail together. What began as a walk became a student-led resolution and a celebration held every year in Summit County.
Northern Cheyenne guests and community walk the historic Portage Path
Our Story
A walk, a student challenge, and a community celebration, built together with the Northern Cheyenne.
2016-17
The Northern Cheyenne, local schools and the community walk the Portage Path.
2018
Lippman School students take on a problem-based learning challenge.
Resolutions
Students present their solution to Akron City Council and Summit County.
Every Year
NAFPD is celebrated on the first Monday in October in Summit County.
Today
Yearly walks, classroom partnerships, and stories shared across communities.
Four ways in
01
Walk
Use the map to walk the Portage Path and learn the then while enjoying the now.
02
Learn
Problem based learning and curriculum for classrooms.
03
Listen
Come and experience the Northern Cheyenne at ahtove.org.
04
Grow
Classrooms growing native plants and sharing their stories at planttalking.org.
Walk the Path
Long ago, Native American tribes like the Seneca and Delaware used the Portage Path to travel between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers. Today it passes museums, a zoo, and county-wide Indigenous celebrations.
Northern Terminus, Sand Run Metro Park, Stan Hywet, Perkins Stone Mansion, John Brown House, Akron Zoo, Southern Terminus.