Free augmented reality experience adds Indigenous voices to Boston history
White Snake Projects combines music, storytelling and augmented reality to bring Indigenous-created performances to historic Boston sites
BOSTON —
A free augmented reality experience is bringing Indigenous voices and perspectives to some of Boston’s most recognizable historic landmarks.
“Indigenous Stories,” created by Brookline-based activist performance company White Snake Projects, uses a phone-based app to share original performances by Indigenous artists along Boston’s Freedom Trail.
Visitors can experience the project at familiar sites including the Old State House, where augmented reality performances reveal stories and historical events through the perspectives of Native people whose ancestors experienced them.
The project combines music, storytelling and technology to expand the narratives visitors encounter while exploring Boston’s history.
White Snake Projects is known for using performance and technology to amplify voices that have often been excluded from traditional historical and cultural narratives.
“Indigenous Stories” gives visitors another way to understand the people and events connected to the Freedom Trail — not by replacing familiar history, but by adding perspectives that have often been missing from how it is told.
The augmented reality experience is free and accessible by phone, allowing visitors to encounter Indigenous-created performances while standing at the historic locations connected to the stories.