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[Yvonne Terrell-Powell]

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On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 10:21 AM Britten, Robert via DEOC <
deoc at lists.ctc.edu> wrote:

> Good Morning,
>
> Here is the message I’ve sent out to my college in recognition of Orange
> Shirt Day! Please modify and use as you see fit. We bought & distributed
> Orange shirts to staff, faculty and some students to honor this day!
>
> In 2013, September 30 was established as Orange Shirt Day. This day was
> created to honor Native American and Indigenous boarding school survivors,
> descendants and deceased students and was designed in recognition of the
> harm that the Native American and Indigenous boarding school system did to
> generations of Native American and Indigenous families and communities.
>
> There is a long generational impact that the residential boarding and
> industrial schools have had on the Native American and Indigenous
> community. These schools that were created by the federal government and
> religious missionaries were designed to assimilate Native American and
> Indigenous children into Western culture, and to eradicate the practice of
> their traditional culture, language and ceremony.
>
> The Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Carlisle) in Carlisle, PA was the
> model for 26 other schools in the U.S. Founded on the motto “Kill the
> Indian, save the man,” Carlisle was the flagship Indian boarding school in
> the United States from 1879 through 1918. During this time, Native American
> and Indigenous children were transferred from mission schools to Industrial
> schools. More than 10,000 Native American and Indigenous students from 140
> Tribes attended, 158 graduated, and more than 180 children died while at
> Carlisle.
>
> September 30 is known as Orange Shirt Day after former student Phyllis
> (Jack) Webstad shared her story of her first day at boarding school in
> which her favorite orange shirt was taken away.
> This year, LWTech will also honor Orange Shirt Day.
>
> We are asking everyone who can and who has one, to wear an orange shirt
> either Thursday or Friday of this week to honor this day.
>
> Last year The Office of EDI, the Foundation and the Office of Student Life
> partnered with Indigenous Educator and business owner Marysa Joy Sylvester
> of the Tulalip and Quileute Tribes to help us honor Orange Shirt Day as one
> of our first institutional efforts to move beyond Land Acknowledgements and
> a few Orange Shirts were made available.
>
> Marysa states, “Every Child Matters is written to honor those who lost
> their lives in such a terrible way, and to remind people that every child
> who went missing was somebodies everything. It is our responsibility to
> remember them, honor them and share their truths.”
>
> We invite you to view this short video clip with Indigenous Seattle
> Attorney Gyasi Ross *Gyasi on MSNBC - YouTube*
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keSwxHS4Tac> some of what you hear may
> be difficult, but it is a reality that has surfaced in our recent memory.
>
> Humbly,
>
>
> Robert Britten, Executive Director of EDI
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