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Ritika Goel
RitikaGoelTO
Today, as we drop off our kids worrying about #COVID19, remember that for 100 years, Indigenous parents had their kids taken by force “for their own good” to schools where
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APTN News
APTNNews
September 30 is #OrangeShirtDay2020, where we remember the survivors of residential schools and join together in spirit of reconciliation.Here are the facts behind #OrangeShirtDay... What is Orange Shirt Day? How
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U'mista Society
UmistaCentre
1/5 E. Beverly Brown was taken from her family home in Bella Bella/ Kitasoo in 1937 when she was seven years old and sent to St. Michael's Indian Residential School
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Gabrielle V Fayant
GabrielleFayant
On #OrangeShirtDay2020, I want Canadians to know that the intentions of genocide and assimilation from the Residential Schools never stopped. It literally morphed into Day Schools, Child Welfare, forced sterilization,
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National Arts Centre
CanadasNAC
September 30th is Orange Shirt Day. This is a day where we remember and honour the survivors of the Residential School system. Read more in this thread Pictured: NAC staff
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ᓅᑎᓂᑐᒫᑲᐣ
cedarsageskoden
A threadToday is #OrangeShirtDay2020. I think one of the things non-Natives don’t fully comprehend is the sheer magnitude of the devastation residential schools, the 60s scoop, and the ongoing over
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Chris Corrigan
chriscorrigan
I was in the room in 1996 when the United Church of Canada took the decision to be the first church to apologize for its role in colonization and the
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Indigo Raven
IndigoRave
PSA thread - Today is orange shirt day to honour children who attended IRS (Indian Residential School). I see clips and posts etc by various govt orgs incl the TRC.
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low arctic
LowArctic
Forty-four years ago this month the consent decree for the Molly Hootch case was signed, ending the the segregationist boarding school system for Alaska Native students in Alaska and providing
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Conor McCannabis
ConorMcCannabis
Angry RANT:Since it was confirmed that @ryanjespersen was fired by @630CHED, I've taken a couple days to stew over it. I was angry, and I didn't want to say the
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