Published on Sep 24, 2016
Orange Shirt day is an annual event held each September 30th in remembrance of the Canadian Residential School system and the impact of this government policy on First Nations. Phyllis Webstad presents her memories of Residential schools and the meaning of Orange Shirt Day.
Please also read this article by the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/09/29/orange-shirt-day-residential-schools_n_12250652.html
Related Links:
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/10/the-truth-about-canada-teach-your.html
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2015/06/residential-schools-cultural-genocide.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/truth-and-reconciliation-commission-by-the-numbers-1.3096185
I am sharing this song because I think the message is so powerful.
"Teach Your Children"
You, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by.
And so become yourself because the past is just a good bye.
Teach your children well, their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams, the one they fix, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.
And you, of the tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by,
And so please help them with your youth, they seek the truth before they can die.
Teach your parents well, their children's hell will slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams, the one they fix,the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.
