BROWNING De La Salle Blackfeet School recently celebrated a milestone of 25 years of education, community, and cultural connection on the Blackfeet reservation. As part of its anniversary year, the school honored Orange Shirt Day Every Child Matters with a day of remembrance, education, and advocacy.

The observance reflects a growing movement across North America to acknowledge and learn from Indigenous residential and boarding schools. On this day, students, staff, and community members wore orange to commemorate the children who were forced into these institutions, many never returning home.

The tradition of Orange Shirt Day began with the story of Phyllis Jack Webstad, a survivor of Canadas residential school system.

As a young girl, Webstad arrived for her first day of school wearin

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