#OrangeShirtDay on September 30 honours the survivors of Indian residential schools, those who did not survive & their families. #everychildmatters

#OrangeShirtDay started in 2013. A survivor never forgot the orange shirt she wore on her 1st day of residential school. http://tinyurl.com/zu5xfad 

Residential schools from the 1860s on were a key weapon in government efforts to eradicate Indigenous cultures & destroy Indigenous communities. #orangeshirtday

1000S of First Nations, Metis & Inuit children were forced to leave their families & go to residential schools. #orangeshirtday

When Indigenous families tried to prevent their children from attending residential schools, officials withheld food rations & Treaty payments. Authorities raided communities and stole the children. #orangeshirtday

Some Indian residential schools were run by the government and some by various churches. #orangeshirtday

The US had Indian boarding schools, too. You can look up Carlisle Indian School, Haskell Institute & many others. #orangeshirtday

Indigenous communities were devastated by the residential schools. Imagine what it sounded like with all the children gone. #orangeshirtday

Children at Indian residential schools were routinely beaten & punished for speaking their Indigenous languages. #orangeshirtday

Residential schools made Indigenous children ashamed of their families, clothes, bodies, languages, sacred traditions. #orangeshirtday