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Saturday marks the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, coinciding with Orange Shirt Day. Both aim to raise awareness of the history of residential schools and to honour its victims and survivors
Phyllis Webstad, a tribal citizen of the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation, is a prime example of how one person can make a difference and create an Indigenous movement across North America. Webstad is the force behind the Orange Shirt Day movement that is commemorated each year on Sept. 30 to remember Indigenous people who attended Indian residential schools in Canada and Indian boarding schools in the United States. The color orange was chosen because of something that happened to Webstad when she was only six years old.