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Phyllis Webstad (née Jack; born July 13, 1967) is a Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) author and activist from the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation, [note 1] and the creator of Orange Shirt Day, a day of remembrance marked in Canada later instated as the public holiday of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The week is intended to celebrate the history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, and foster reconciliation discussion and activities. [ 5 ] The day before the start of the week, 26 May, is National Sorry Day , first held in Sydney in 1998 and now commemorated annually to honour the Stolen Generations .
In 1996 this grew into National Reconciliation Week (NRW), which provides a focus on reconciliation activities across the country. [7] The Week occurs each year between two highly symbolic dates: 27 May, the anniversary of the 1967 referendum, and 3 June, or Mabo Day, [25] the date that The Mabo decision was made in the High Court of Australia ...
She was active in the first national women's organisation, the National Aboriginal and Islander Council, formed in the early 1970s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She became Chair of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (CAR) in the late 1990s, at a challenging time when the federal government led by John Howard was cutting reconciliation funding.
[citation needed] The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation was established by Parliament, by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991, to be disbanded after 10 years. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The CAR's vision statement aimed for "A united Australia which respects this land of ours; values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage; and ...
None of this was so during the first few centuries of the Christian movement, and remembering why—and how those early Christians designated themselves and each other—can offer lessons for today.
Aaron Rodgers is open to reconnecting and reconciling differences with his family, the NFL star says in his new Netflix docuseries. Rodgers, 41, and his immediate family have had a long-estranged ...
The Closing the Gap Report 2019 reported that of the seven targets, only two – early childhood education and Year 12 attainment – had been met. Aims to halve the gap in child mortality by 2018, close the gap on school attendance by 2018, close the gap in life expectancy by 2031, halve the gap in literacy and numeracy by 2018 and halve the ...