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Orange Shirt Day: Honoring and Remembering Native American Residential School Survivors
The League of Women Voters honors and remembers Native American Residential School survivors and their families on Orange Shirt Day.
The United States’ Carlisle Indian School is probably the best known boarding school for Indigenous children, and it was founded by Richard Henry Pratt, who also initiated and implemented the Federal government’s “Kill the Indian, save the man” policy. Carlisle is probably the best-known boarding school; however, there were 408 residential schools for Indigenous children in the United States, operating from 1860 through the early 1970s (list here). Prior to the 1980s, most of the U.S. boarding schools created equally devastating consequences for the children living there.
When Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir announced on May 27, 2021, the detection of mass graves at Kamloops Residential School, and First Nations governments announced a spate of similar discoveries at Marieval, Kuper Island, Kootenay Island, and others, it opened up conversations on a national scale about U.S. residential schools for Indigenous children.The United States’ Carlisle Indian School is probably the best known boarding school for Indigenous children, and it was founded by Richard Henry Pratt, who also initiated and implemented the Federal government’s “Kill the Indian, save the man” policy. Carlisle is probably the best-known boarding school; however, there were 408 residential schools for Indigenous children in the United States, operating from 1860 through the early 1970s (list here). Prior to the 1980s, most of the U.S. boarding schools created equally devastating consequences for the children living there.
When Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir announced on May 27, 2021, the detection of mass graves at Kamloops Residential School, and First Nations governments announced a spate of similar discoveries at Marieval, Kuper Island, Kootenay Island, and others, it opened up conversations on a national scale about U.S. residential
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