What is Orange Shirt Day? It is a national day of remembrance of Indigenous Boarding Schools. It began as a day to bring attention to the damage this residential school system did to Indigenous children, lifeways, and cultures.

On September 30^th many people across Canada (Turtle Island), and the US wear bright orange t-shirts to honor and raise awareness of the thousands of Indigenous children who were sent to residential schools. The tradition of Orange Shirt Day was created in recognition of the untold experiences and traumas that children faced after being separated from their families. Orange Shirt Day is now an annual commemoration.

More information can be found at Cultural Survival.org, the Library of Congress with a map of these boarding schools in the U.S., and the Orange Shirt Society.