Every Child Matters "Ancestors with us" 2024

"Ancestors with us" Orange Shirt 2024

I am part of the 60's Scoop, my dear Mom gave me up for adoption so that I would not have to attend the Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS).

She came down to Vancouver to give birth to me, I was adopted as a newborn. 

Over the years, I faced many difficult challenges and I wondered, how did I make it through. I've come to realize that even though I didn't grow up in my Community or with my Family, my Ancestors were always with me. 

My design shows my Mom and I in Vancouver when I was born, the eagle, placed over "child" represents our Ancestors who are always watching over us. 

This design also represents any parent who had to see their child/ren off to residential school, taken during the 60's Scoop or today where Indigenous children make up a large percentage in foster care. 

Our Ancestors are always with us. 

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$3 from each shirt sale is being donated to the Orange Shirt Society. 

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