National Day of Remembrance (Orange Shirt Day)
Schedule
Sat, 27 Sep, 2025 at 03:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind | Colorado Springs, CO
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Our community will come together again to honor the lives of all boarding school survivors and our relatives who never made it back home. These relatives would have been our elders today. They stole future knowledge keepers, first language speakers, medicine people, grandmas & grandpas. We will begin the walk at the Colorado School for the Deaf & Blind where Ute students were housed from 1893-1894. There is residential area parking. After we gather at the school we will walk approximately 1 mile to the Hillside Community Center for a potluck. We will have a van to transport any Elders or those with mobility issues back to their cars after the potluck. We have use of the facility until 8:30pm Saturday.
Please bring a dish to share with serving utensils and don't forget your families feast dishes!
Please check back here for any changes to the schedule!
Colorado had at least 11 Indian boarding schools, 9 of which were directly funded or supported by state or federal resources, and all of which directly impacted the children and multiple generations of the Ute Tribal Nations located within Colorado as well as at least 30 other Tribal Nations across the United States.
These 11 schools were spread throughout the state; Grand Junction Indian Boarding School, Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School, Southern Ute Board School, Navajo Day School,
Allen Day School, Towaoc Day School, Good Shepherd Industrial School for Girls, State Industrial School for Boys, Ignacio School, Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind here in the Springs, and Holy Cross Abbey in Canon City.
Recent local legislation:
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1327
*Wear orange if possible
The Indian Residential School Survivors Society has set up a national Indian Residential School Crisis Line to provide support for former students and anyone affected. You can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-hour national crisis line: 1-866-925-4419.
Learn more here:
https://boardingschoolhealing.org/
https://narf.org/nill/resources/meriam.html
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Where is it happening?
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, 33 N Institute St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3508, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
