THE boards of the Proserpine CWA hall came alive to the sound of pitter-pattering little feet yesterday.

The NAIDOC Week picaninni parade bought out some of Proserpine's cutest kids in a celebration of language, indigenous culture and inclusion.

Organised by the Proserpine Indigenous Reference Group, NAIDOC Week celebrations got under way on Monday with a flag raising ceremony followed by morning tea at the Proserpine Library.

Today from 10am-1pm an arts and crafts, sports morning will be held in Pioneer Park.

Open to children of all ages there will be boomerang and flag painting, shell mobile making and a touch footy game.

The theme of this year's NAIDOC Week is language matters. Keisha McEwan of the PIRG noted the importance of learning and understanding of a indigenous dialect in the forging of an indigenous identity.

"Language is really important in indigenous culture and in this community it is really lost,” she said.

"Growing up in a broken home I never really really found out about my own language, and have only started finding out about it in the last few years by being involved with PIRG and listening to elders.”

Indigenous elder in the Proserpine community, Aunty Sue, was at the picaninni parade and said the people have not been taught the old languages.

"They took the aboriginal people from here and took them over to Palm Island in chains and they were not allowed to speak their language,” she said.

Aunty Sue said rediscovering language was a way for people to connect with their roots and strengthen a connection with country and ancestors.

Proserpine NAIDOC Week celebrations continue on Friday with a deadly disco from 6-9pm at the Untiing Church hall.

Five dollars gets you entry and sausage sizzle. There will be prizes for fancy dress and a dancing competition.

Celebrations wrap up on Friday with a family cultural day from 11am-4pm at the Proserpine State School featuring the annual kids against cops football match.