94. - aaniin Orange T-Shirt

• Featuring Indigenous Syllabics
• Designed in Tkaronto
• Custom QR code at the bottom seam label so you can start the conversation and pass on the 94 calls to action and the syllabic translations

ᑭᒋ ᐊᐲᑌᓐᑖᑯᓯᐗᒃ ᐊᑭᓇ ᐊᐱᓅᓐᒌᔭᒃ

gichi apiitendaagoziwag akina abinoonjiiyag is written 94 times in syllabics and separated into six sections to represent the 94 calls to action and the six categories Indigenous people across Canada are fighting for - child welfare, education, health, justice, language and culture.

Orange shirts are worn on Truth and Reconciliation Day to honour the Indigenous children who were taken from their families and forced into residential schools, stripped of their language, culture, and identity. The orange shirt originates from Phyllis Webstad, a First Nations residential school survivor, whose bright orange shirt — a gift from her grandmother — was taken away on her first day at St. Joseph’s Mission residential school. Her story sparked Orange Shirt Day, a powerful reminder that Every Child Matters and that the work of reconciliation is far from finished.

Start the conversation on honouring Indigenous rights 

Indigenous people across Canada are still fighting for the basic human rights that were stripped away through colonization and government policy. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission created 94 Calls to Action to help Canada repair this broken relationship. These six core issues show why change is still urgently needed:

Child Welfare — Indigenous children deserve to grow up in safe, loving homes connected to their families and culture, not taken away by the system. The child welfare system still separates too many Indigenous kids from their communities.

Education — Every Indigenous child has the right to an equal, culturally safe education that respects their identity and history — not one that erases it.

Health — Indigenous people deserve fair and equal access to healthcare without racism or neglect, so they can live long, healthy lives like everyone else.

Justice — Indigenous people deserve fair treatment by the legal system, which still over-polices and over-incarcerates them while often denying them true justice.

Language — Government policies and policing once outlawed Indigenous languages, silencing generations from speaking their mother tongues. Revitalizing these languages is how communities repair, reconnect, and reclaim identity.

Culture — Culture connects Indigenous people to their ancestors, land, and identity, and healing can’t happen if culture isn’t respected and revived.

For more information on the 94 calls to action visit Yellowhead Institute