ORANGE SHIRT DAY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 - 2021 NATIONAL DAY OF TRUTH & RECONCILIATION
THE HEALING CIRCLE Spiritual Mental
Physical
Emotional
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.
The Merritt Herald and participating advertisers have prepared this supplement for Orange Shirt Day to honour those who survived Canada’s Residential School system, and to share our collective grief for those who did not.
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.
To the many children now being found at former Residential School sites across the nation, we raise our hands.
LNIB Elder - Richard Jackson Jr.
On Sept. 30, we pause to show our respect and acknowledge the deep losses of our Indigenous community members, and to support them in their healing.
EVERY CHILD MATTERS.