N.S. news: Students learn about Orange Shirt Day [Video]

Students in Nova Scotia got hands on experience to help them understand the importance of Orange Shirt Day beyond just wearing the colour.

“We held a very small kind of teaching. Mawiomi, so a gathering for the kids, and there was five stations in which they all were able to engage in a cultural practice,” said Arlea Walsh, the culture and language lead for Mi’kmaw education services with Halifax Regional Centre for Education.

“There was crafting, we had drumming, we had dancers, we had a cultural teaching of the Seven Sacred Teachings, and then we also had lacrosse which is our medicine game,” said Walsh.

The gathering was held at Bell Park Academic Centre in Lake Echo, N.S., ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

“We are commemorating and remembering those who didn’t come home. So, it’s identifying with those kids the history of our country and what has happened, and also for them to learn to honour …