Tuesday, September 30, marks the National Day of Remembrance for US Indian Boarding Schools and the St. Francis Area Schools American Indian Education Program (AIE) will host an Orange Shirt Day Remembrance Walk beginning at 6 p.m. at Rum River North County Park.
All are welcome to join and are encouraged to wear an orange shirt. Free orange shirts are available by emailing haley.dagle@isd15.org. Please include your shirt size.
The National Day of Remembrance (also known as Orange Shirt Day) event will mark the second year AIE has hosted a remembrance walk. At this event, AIE staff and community members will discuss the history of Native American boarding schools, share their own experiences and connections to Native boarding schools, and reflect on the complexities of boarding school experiences.
Native American boarding schools were tools used to remove Native children from their homes as a means of forced assimilation. These boarding schools caused a lot of trauma that continues to impact Native communities today. Learn more at The National Native America Boarding School Healing Coalition website.