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September 30th is Orange Shirt Day
September 30th is Orange Shirt Day
What is Orange Shirt Day?
Orange Shirt Day began in Williams Lake in 2013 and has since spread to schools across B.C. and Canada. (Orangeshirtday.org)
Orange Shirt Day (September 30th) is a day when we honour the Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada and learn more about the history of those schools. (CBCKids.ca)
The “orange shirt” in Orange Shirt Day refers to the new shirt that Phyllis Webstad was given to her by her grandmother for her first day of school at St. Joseph’s Mission residential school in British Columbia. When Phyllis got to school, they took away her clothes, including her new shirt. It was never returned. To Phyllis, the colour orange has always reminded her of her experiences at residential school and, as she has said, “how my feelings didn’t matter, how no one cared and I felt like I was worth nothing. All of us little children were crying and no one cared.”
On the Path of the Elders: The Mushkegowuk and Anishinaabe Peoples and Treaty No. 9: A Cree Culture and History Online Education Game.
NFB Education presents Indigenous Cinema in the Classroom:
NFB Education presents Indigenous Cinema in the Classroom, a series of playlists for educators, students and parents that feature films from our collection of more than 250 Indigenous-made works. Each playlist includes award-winning titles by acclaimed Indigenous directors, as well as age recommendations, information about the subjects covered, and curriculum links.
Moose (L-Dialect) and Swampy (N-Dialect) Cree Conversation Resource.
Practicing the Language: Mr. Fisher has included a quizlet that allows you to practice the Days of the Week, weather terms, feelings and family words in Ojibway.
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