Orange Shirt Day, National Truth & Reconciliation Day Colonial violence sought to strip away our culture. Our language, our spiritual beliefs, our scared way of life, our creativity, the gifts from the Creator. They feared what they didn’t understand— Our strength, our expression, the beauty of our land. So they came for our land first. And then our children, our language, our songs, our dances, our ceremonial practices, our very worth. They tried to take away the essence of who we are. But they