Truth and Reconciliation

Orange Shirt Day

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What day is Orange Shirt Day?

September 30th

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Who created Orange Shirt Day?

Phyllis Webstad, a Northern Secwepemc residential school survivor from the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation.

The Story Behind the Day

• The new shirt: In 1973, six-year-old Phyllis Webstad went to St. Joseph Mission Residential School in British Columbia. Her grandmother bought her a bright new orange shirt for her first day.
• Confiscation: School officials took the orange shirt away from her upon arrival.
• The movement: Her painful experience inspired Orange Shirt Day, which began in Williams Lake, BC, in 2013 to honor residential school survivors and remember the children who did not return home.

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What year was Orange Shirt Day started?

2013, to honor residential school survivors and remember the children who did not return home.

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What is the slogan for Orange Shirt Day?

Every Child Matters

Residential Schools

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Who funded the schools?

Canadian Government/ Federally funded

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True or false. Attendance was mandatory.

True

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Attending a residential school caused the children to lose what?

Will accept any of the following:

Traditional language, culture, knowledge, connection from Family and community.

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About how many children attended a residential school?

More than/At least 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children attended Indian residential schools in Canada.

Resilience and Reconciliation

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This day is observed every year on September 30 in Canada.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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What does resilience mean?

Overcoming challenges

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What does reconciliation mean?

Bringing people together/ fixing relationships.

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Provide one way you can help with reconciliation.

- Learn about Indigenous cultures.

- Learn Indigenous languages.

- Wear an orange shirt on September 30th.

- Read books by Indigenous authors.

- Attend a powwow. 

- Follow Indigenous content creators.

(A powwow is a social and cultural gathering where North American Indigenous and First Nations communities come together to sing, dance, feast, and honor their traditions. )

Indigenous

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Indigenous peoples are the first people to do what?

Live in a territory, Indigenous peoples are the original inhabitants who live in a specific region or country before later groups, explorers, or settlers arrive 

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What are the 3 distinct Indigenous groups in Canada?

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

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Which Indigenous group originates from the northern parts of the country?

Inuit

• The Inuit are the Indigenous people of the Arctic region in North America.
• Regions: Most Inuit live in the northern areas of Canada known as Inuit Nunangat.
• Areas: This includes Nunavut, Nunavik in Quebec, Nunatsiavut in Labrador, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories.
• Culture: They have a deep historical and cultural connection to the ice, snow, and coastal life of the far north.

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What Indigenous group is of Indigenous and European descent?

Metis

•  The Métis are people with mixed Indigenous and European ancestry.
• Origins: Their history traces back to the 17th and 18th centuries when First Nations women married European fur traders.
• Heritage: They developed a unique culture, identity, and language centered primarily in the Canadian Prairie provinces.
• Recognition: They are recognized as a full and separate Indigenous nation under the Canadian Constitution