Orange Shirt Day…remember!

Six Nations, and the country, has once again marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, or as most of us refer to it, colloquially, Orange Shirt Day. For Indigenous peoples Orange Shirt Day is a day we take a step back to the history of our parents and grandparents. We remember what happened to all of the Six Nations children now our parents and grandparents who were sent to the schools. And we understand now today how it affected their children. We confront the horrors of the schools and what happened in them and we mark it as part of Canada’s history, its legacy and a national shame. A shame brought to the mainstream when Canada officially recognized its first national Truth and Reconciliation Day as a statutory holiday…

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