A28 THURSDAY, September 28, 2023
www.merrittherald.com
ORANGE SHIRT DAY NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION THE HEALING CIRCLE
begins with Mother Earth. In all its beauty of the medicines of the insects, four legged, two legged, wing one, fin one, the rivers, the trees, the day and the night, the good and the bad, the warriors female and male that has a connection to our spirit. We need to balance ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually to be grounded and balance. Less we forget our identity, our culture, our traditional teachings, ceremonies, language and songs. The Elders have this knowledge which was passed down to their generations and for this we say all our relations.
Spiritual Mental
Physical
Emotional
LNIB Elder - Richard Jackson Jr.
“WE HONOR OUR ANCESTORS
by practicing our cultural, traditional and spiritual teachings.”
ASSEMB LY OF FI RST NAT MARKS IONS ORANGE S H I RT DAY ND MAIN A TAINS TH A T ALL CHILDRE N MATTE R S
EPTEMB
ER 30
(Ottawa, ON) – In 2014 Ass National embly of Chief Gh First Nati islain Pic the coun ons (AFN ard enco try to ma ) uraged p rk Orang day to re eople acr e Shirt D cognize th oss ay on Sep e experie Residenti tember 3 nce of for al Schoo 0, a mer stud ls and affi ensure th ents of In rm a coll at every dian ective co child ma mmitmen tters. “On Sep t to tember 3 0 th to wear , h e e n courages an orang everyone e sh the exper in Canad ience of th irt to commemor a ate and e thousan from the remembe ds of chil ir familie r d s and pla ren who and to sh were tak ced in In ow a com en dian resi mitment said Nati dential sc to work to onal Chie hools w a r f d Picard. s reconcil engage in “Septem iation,” discussio ber 30th ns with and non is a day o -Indigeno ne anoth to er – Fir us Cana where ev st Nation dians an ery child d s commit matters. Governm to a futu Please jo ent of Ca r e in u n s in callin ada to offi as Orang g on the cially desi e Shirt D ay, a day gnate Sep spirit of r fo tember 3 r all of us econcilia 0 come tog tion, resp ether in th ect and p Orange S artnersh e hirt Day ip.” is an outc Residenti ome of th al Schoo e St. Jose l Comme events th ph Missi moration at took p on Project a lace in W stems fro nd Reun illiams L m a story io a n k e , BC in M told by fo Phyllis W ay 2013. rmer resi ebstad, w It d e n ho had h tial schoo her gran er new o l student, dmother, range sh taken fro She spok irt, boug m her a e powerfu ht by s a six-y lly of how cared and ear old g it seemed , in this p irl. to her th ersonal w experien at nobod ay, it spea ced by ch y k s to the m ildren in the resid any harm ential sch s ools.
Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Day and Orange Shirt Day. Dan Albas MP Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola
Conayt Friendship Society
@DanAlbas
DanAlbas4COSN
Toll Free: 1-800-665-8711 www.danalbas.com