# @zapotectravelbylily on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeKOVVPqosW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71381394-zapotectravelbylily-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-06T16:47:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Indigenous woman owned in Oaxaca, Mex (@zapotectravelbylily) — https://gondola.cc/zapotectravelbylily

## Caption

We stand in solidarity with the First Nations of Canada✊🏽🧡

As Founding Member of orangeshirtsociety Orange Shirt Day – Every Child Matters and Founding Member & CEO for Orange Shirt Society, Phyllis Webstad facilitates dialogue around the Indian Residential School system and creates space for education, awareness, and healing. Orange Shirt Day – Every Child Matters: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, recognized annually on September 30, is a day to honour Residential School Survivors and their families and to remember those that never made it home. It is a day for people to reflect, educate themselves, and commit to Truth and Reconciliation.

When Phyllis was just six years old in 1973/1974, she attended St. Joseph’s Mission Indian Residential School, aka The Mission, near Williams Lake, British Columbia. Her grandmother bought her an orange shirt to wear on her first day of school, but upon arrival, her shirt was removed. No matter how much Phyllis cried or protested, her special new shirt was never returned. This cruel action, and her one-year experience at The Mission, resulted in Phyllis feeling unimportant; as if she did not matter. The colour orange has become a symbol of the effects of Indian Residential Schools and a physical symbol for ‘Every Child Matters’. The Orange Shirt Society was created in 2019 as a legacy to Phyllis’ Orange Shirt Story. The non-profit organization is located in Williams Lake, British Columbia, and the board of directors consists of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous members. Phyllis works full-time with the society as CEO.

#everychildmatters #orangeshirtday #truthandreconciliation #canada🇨🇦 #zapotectravel

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truthandreconciliation, orangeshirtday, everychildmatters, zapotectravel, canada

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