What is Orange Shirt Day?
On September 30, Orange Shirt Day raises the concern that the Indian residential school system is still affecting Native American populations in the United States and Canada. The children were forced into Indian boarding schools and are honoured on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, according to the day. In addition,, the day honors those who have never returned home.
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In the early 19th century, Indian residential schools, also known as American Indian boarding schools, were established in India. The schools were designed as an assimilation scheme to teach Indian children in Euro-American ways. Native American children were deprived of their culture, including their language, customs, music, and traditions, according to Residential schools.
The government forcibly removed Native American children from their homes and families, according to Christian missionaries. Children who protested may also face violent treatment if these organizations followed corporal punishment. Unfortunately, new probes have found instances of sexual assault and mental abuse, all because they were Indian.
Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt, a Civil War veteran, built Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania in 1879. Eventually, 29 states will have 367 schools in the United States. The Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in 1978 by the United States in 1978. Native American parents have the right to refuse to enroll their children in schools off the reservation. Nevertheless, some schools will continue to operate well into the 1970s, with the last school officially closing in the 1990s.
