Today is the actual, official, day for Orange Shirt Day.
As I do some more reading, reflecting, and thinking I wanted to add something that I feel is important. At the University of Victoria in the Centre for Youth and Society a series of Digital Story projects were developed and known as "Residential School Resistance Narratives." Fatty Legs is on its way; I liked the idea of the protagonist, 8-year old Margaret Pokiak, resisting!
In this video, Rita Merrick from Pasqua First Nation shares "Honouring the Stories of Our Grandmothers" from 2012. It embodies the stories of resistance and resilience, key elements to balancing the narrative when examining the legacy of Residential Schools in this nation.
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