06/17/2026
All are welcome to attend this free evening at the North American Indian Center of Boston! NAICOB will host Iain MacGillivray, Clan Commander of Clan MacGillivray, and Asa Peters, a Mashpee Wampanoag artist, educator and researcher, on Monday, June 15 at 6pm. We hope to foster relationships between local Native peoples and the Scottish Highlands. In a Boston 250 connection, the Commander will also share stories about Alexander MacGillivray, a Muscogee Creek and Scottish leader during the late 1700’s.
All are welcome to attend this free evening at the North American Indian Center of Boston! NAICOB will host Iain MacGillivray, Clan Commander of Clan MacGillivray, and Asa Peters, a Mashpee Wampanoag artist, educator and researcher, on Monday, June 15 at 6pm. We hope to foster relationships between local Native peoples and the Scottish Highlands. In a Boston 250 connection, the Commander will also share stories about Alexander MacGillivray, a Muscogee Creek and Scottish leader during the late 1700's.
About the Artists
Asa Peters Bio
Asa Peters is an educator, artist, and researcher. He is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe with descent and community connections in the Narragansett Indian Tribe. As a musician, he has specialties in saxophone, hip-hop production, and a deepening knowledge of Eastern social songs and dances from northeast Algonquin and Haudenosaunee traditions. Asa enjoys engaging in collaborative and creative projects with tribal communities in the northeast in the realms of history, archive development, dance and music, and plant relationships. He is trained in fields of Botany, Music and Technology (BA, Connecticut College), and Critical Ethnic and Community Studies (MS, UMass Boston). Asa currently works at the Native Land Conservancy as a Land and Cultural Knowledge Caretaker.
Iain MacGillivray Bio
Iain MacGillivray, a seasoned and accomplished Scottish Celtic musician, hails from a family with a deep-rooted piping legacy in the Highlands of Scotland. With a remarkable journey in the world of music, Iain's melodious expertise resonates through his work. A distinguished member of the renowned Tanahill Weavers band, he not only contributes his musical expertise with the bagpipes, fiddle and whistle to the ensemble but also crafts his own compelling compositions under his own music labels- Celtic Streams and IDMacG- as well as performing solo and as a Scottish duo in MacDouble.
In 2016, Iain MacGillivray achieved an extraordinary feat by being unanimously elected as the Clan Commander of Clan MacGillivray Worldwide, etching his name as the youngest clan commander in the annals of Scottish clan history. His strong connection to his heritage and tradition is evident not only through his music but also through his leadership role and his commitment to connecting others.
MacDouble Bio
MacDouble are Highland based musicians Iain MacGillivray and Megan MacKay from Tain, Scotland. Raised through Gaelic education and with a shared love of Traditional Music, the duo began performing together in the lively music scene of Inverness, before bringing their music to audiences across Scotland and beyond. Blending guitar, pipes, fiddle and song, they deliver energetic live performances rooted in Highland tradition and shaped by a love of connection, storytelling and dance.
Megan MacKay, a graduate of the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music, is an accomplished guitarist performing widely with ceilidh bands and touring artists, both at home and abroad. Iain MacGillivray, from a renowned piping family, is an award winning multi-instrumentalist who tours internationally. He has appeared in Outlander, Men in Kilts, Glenmorangie Commercials, major motion films, and has made a name for himself as the youngest ever Clan Commander of Clan MacGillivray. Together, MacDouble creates lively, foot-stomping performances, celebrating Scottish and Gaelic music and inviting audiences from around the world to celebrate the enduring Highland spirit.
