Tuesday was Orange Shirt Day, a day of remembrance for Indigenous children who were separated from their families, language and culture and sent to residential schools across North America from the ...
Kim Barrington was on the subway in Toronto last September when a young boy admired the orange shirt that she wore to honor the survivors of Canada's residential schools system. "It was a little boy, ...
“This really is a way for people to come together, celebrate our resilience, celebrate our cultures, respectively, from all of our nations and really create a moment of beauty together,” said Lawrence ...
When Erin Woodell of UC Berkeley School of Law moved to Canada a few years ago, she had no idea what Orange Shirt Day was, which comes every Sept. 30. By the time she left, she said it “wouldn’t occur ...
Phyllis Webstad, a tribal citizen of the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation, is a prime example of how one person can make a difference and create an Indigenous movement across North America. Editor’s ...
As Joanne Frye stood in the lobby of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Government and Community Center, she was helping to arrange 1,100 brightly colored orange shirts. The shirts were to be given to ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — On Monday, Sept. 30, communities across North America observed Orange Shirt Day. It is a day dedicated to remembering the Indigenous children who were forced into residential ...
MANKATO — About 50 people in orange shirts stood amid a sea of orange flags blanketing the grass — a visual tribute to Orange Shirt Day and Indigenous children who never made it home from residential ...
A Winnipeg artist says she's proud that her design for Orange Shirt Day will be worn by Canadians from coast to coast. Brooklyn Rudolph -- a member of Pimicikamak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba -- ...
Jenny Kay Dupuis was recently in a Winners store, when a senior asked for help finding certain sizes of an orange shirt on display. The older woman was on her way to visit her grandchildren in the ...
The munk-yeʔlan sax̣ali marketplace, a Northeast Portland service hub created by the Native American Youth and Family Center, was bathed in orange Sunday in preparation for Orange Shirt Day on Sept.