Get Ready for the National Day

for Truth and Reconciliation

Wear Your Orange Shirt on Monday, September 30

New Design for Orange Shirt Day 2024

"The Journey"

Dear Friends of Indigena,

We are pleased to announce that Gallery Indigena now has available the new 2024 T-shirt design of "Every Child Matters" to commemorate the impact of Residential Schools.

In purchasing an orange shirt, you are contributing to reconciliation efforts with proceeds from shirt sales funding initiatives that support Indigenous wellness, learning, and culture. Wearing an orange shirt helps to build awareness about the impact of Residential Institutions on past and current Indigenous peoples.

To learn more about the significance of wearing the Orange Shirt and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, click here .

Coast Salish artist Simone Diamond returns this year as the designer for the 2024 Orange Shirt, called "The Journey." The design features a grown bear holding two cubs in their arms, surrounding and protecting the next generation with the words "Every Child Matters" below the image.

The shirts come in unisex sizes small to xxx-large, and range in price from $26.95 to $34.50. For more details or to order your shirts, visit in-store, call the gallery at 519-271-7881, or hit reply to this email and send a message containing your order details.

We continue to carry Every Child Matters wristbands, designed by Ts'msyen (Tsimshian) artist Morgan Asoyuf.

$5.95 each.

Two sizes are available:

Small - wrist size 4.75”-6.7”

Medium - wrist size 5.75”-7.25”

About the Fund

Proceeds from orange shirt sales will benefit the Native Northwest Reconciliation Fund. Established in 2021, this fund supports people and families who continue to be impacted by Residential Schools and intergenerational trauma. Its purpose is to advance Reconciliation by funding initiatives that support Indigenous wellness, learning, and cultures. Native Northwest has funded 250+ scholarships and awards at 20 partner colleges and universities.

To read more about Native Northwest's Reconciliation Fund, click here.

New Artist! Mazy Way Indigenous Designs

We are pleased to be carrying a new artist at Gallery Indigena. Métis beading artist Kathy Moore creates beautiful, hand-beaded jewellery, including orange shirt and orange dress lapel pins. Kathy created these pins in collaboration with survivors of Residential schools, with proceeds going back to help build the Mohawk Village Memorial Park.

We will be selling her beaded orange shirt pin for $20 ea. and her orange dress for $25 ea. Stock is limited, so act fast!

For those looking to learn more about the origins of Orange Shirt Day, we recommend reading Beyond the Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad. This book is a unique collection of truths, as told by six generations of Phyllis Webstad's family that will give readers an up-close look at what life was like before, during, and after their Residential School experiences.

Beyond the Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad, $19.95.

Lofttan Medicine Wheel Collection

Support the Building of the Mohawk Village Memorial Park

We are also pleased to be selling Lofttan, another beautiful hand-made jewellery line at Gallery Indigena.

Lofttan will be giving a portion of the proceeds from the Medicine Wheel Collection to the Mohawk Village Memorial Park, a place of healing for survivors, their families, and community of the Residential “school” atrocities, in perpetuity, until enough money has been raised to complete the park.

The Mohawk Village Memorial Park began when a group of former students of the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School began meeting informally to discuss their experiences. Realizing they needed a more meaningful way to address the loss of childhood caused by the residential school experience, this group of survivors believed a memorial park would be an appropriate way to honour the children that attended Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School. To visit the Mohawk Village Memorial Park website, click here.

As with Mazy Way, stock is limited, so make sure you're in contact with us to reserve your jewellery choices.

Carrissa Hoop Earrings

(61375)

$50.00

Jackie Long Drop Earrings

(61155)

$50.00

Medicine Wheel Charm Necklace

16" Snack Chain with Charms (61156)

$64.95

Medicine Wheel Stretch Bracelet with Silver Feather Charm

(61154)

$44.95

Medicine Wheel Bracelet

(61375)

$120

Four bracelet sized strands that come with two sizes of circular hardware to customize your fit. Wear individually or all together. Add a chain and open up even more options!

Please contact Gallery Indigena in Stratford at 519-271-7881

if you have any questions or concerns.

www.galleryindigena.com

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