A sign displayed at a local pre owned shop in the down town of Merritt. File Photo KDG

BC hydro has recommended a number of videos and literature to find out about some of the first peoples culture:

  • A Tribe called Red Ft black bear : You tube
  • Indian Horse : You tube
  • The Road Forward: NFB you tube.
  • The Orange Shirt Story : Good read ( hydro)

The founder of Orange Shirt Day, Phyllis Webstad, shares her story about her experience in a residential school. On top of the trauma she experienced at the school, they didn’t let her wear her favourite orange shirt that her grandmother bought for her. Ever since, she’s associated the colour orange with the trauma of living in a residential school. She took this dark history and turned it into a children’s book, transforming it into a story of hope and education.

Source BC Hydro

We all have a culture in our home (one or more) here is an opportunity to understand a point of view of first peoples. If you are interested you may want to check with a local college to see if they over any Indigenous Art History classes.

On this Day: February 19th 1985

The first heart transplant patient to leave hospital.