Truth And Reconciliation

Have you ever heard of truth and reconciliation week? The term reconciliation means to restore a relationship. From 1880 – 1996 Indigenous kids were taken out of their homes to go to these schools called residential schools. These schools would take indigenous kids and force them to not speak their language, they would cut the kid’s hair, and they wouldn’t be allowed to talk with their brothers or sisters or else they would be punished. 

 

The kids were really excited to go to school for the first time and they thought it would be really fun and they would learn new things. When the kids arrived there they had to leave their culture behind them and they were forced to learn and speak English. If the teachers heard them speaking their own language they would get whipped. If you have ever heard of orange shirt day it’s about this girl who was so excited to go to school and her grandma bought her an orange shirt for school. As soon as she arrived at the residential school they took away her shirt and made her wear a uniform. That is why we have orange shirt day because it is to pay tribute to the indigenous community that had their culture taken away from them.  It is important that we continue to learn yearly as part of our school curriculum about indigenous people, and the atrocities that happened to them when they were forced into these schools. 

Monday, September 30th is Orange Shirt Day - Métis Nation of Ontario

Residential School Photos Show Canada's Grim Legacy of Cultural Erasure -  The New York Times

 

 

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