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Urban Native Education Alliance and community urge board to adopt ‘Every Child Matters’ day
Summary
Students, elders and educators urged Seattle Public Schools to adopt a proclamation recognizing the boarding‑school era and to designate Sept. 30 as Every Child Matters/Orange Shirt Day; board president said resources have been shared and encouraged recognition.
Multiple speakers representing the Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA), teachers and survivors urged the Seattle School District board to adopt a proclamation recognizing the history and harms of Indian boarding schools and to designate Sept. 30 as “Every Child Matters” or Orange Shirt Day.
UNEA representatives described the federal boarding‑school policy as having been designed to assimilate Native children and to cause long‑term, intergenerational trauma. Jesse McFerrin, a teacher partnered with…
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