This is the true story of Phyllis and her orange shirt. It is also the
true story of Orange Shirt Day (an important day of remembrance for
First Nations and non-First Nations peoples). When Phyllis Webstad
(nee Jack) turned six, she went to the residential school for the first
time. On her first day at school, she wore a shiny orange shirt that her
Granny had bought for her, but when she got to the school, it was taken
away from her and never returned.
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