"Orange Shirt Day" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Orange Shirt Days [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|orange|shirt|day}} orange + shirt + day Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s|head=Orange Shirt Day}} Orange Shirt Day (plural Orange Shirt Days)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: en:Orange Shirt Day Tags: Canada Categories (topical): Politics Coordinate_terms: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (english: 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): Journée du t-shirt orange (French), Jour du chandail orange (French)
    Sense id: en-Orange_Shirt_Day-en-name-GYl4cPjQ Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, politics

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