Orange Shirt Day
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Orange Shirt Day. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Orange Shirt Day, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Orange Shirt Day in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Orange Shirt Day you have here. The definition of the word Orange Shirt Day will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofOrange Shirt Day, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From orange + shirt + day. From the colour of the shirt worn by a survivor of the residential school system, which was forcibly removed by Christian missionaries, who desired to assimilate indigenous children forcibly enrolled at the schools.
Proper noun
Orange Shirt Day (plural Orange Shirt Days)
- (Canada, politics, memorials) September 30th; A national observance in remembrance of the time of year that Indigenous children were forcibly removed from Native homes to be forced into schools to assimilate into the colonizer's culture and lose their birth culture; and the cultural genocide and deaths of children at the schools, caused by the residential school system. Observers frequently wear orange shirts to stand in solidarity with survivors of the residential schools. First observed in 2013.
Coordinate terms
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (A coincident statutory holiday of Canada in remembrance of the cultural genocide suffered by the Indigenous peoples of Canada caused by Canadian government policies. First observed in 2021.)
Translations
Canadian day of observance
|