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A Canadian First Nation chief objects to a rule requiring acknowledgment of government funding for Orange Shirt Day, calling it painful and assimilationist.
A Canadian First Nation chief says he is offended by a federal rule requiring funded Orange Shirt Day events to publicly acknowledge government support, calling it disrespectful and reminiscent of forced assimilation in residential schools.
The James Smith Cree Nation received $6,700 from Canadian Heritage for cultural activities, but the mandatory branding and thanks to Ottawa feel contradictory to reconciliation.
The government says the rule ensures transparency, while the chief, who grew up without his language or culture, stresses the pain of being asked to honor the same system that erased it.
The funding supports awareness, remembrance, and healing, but the controversy highlights ongoing tensions over Indigenous autonomy and the legacy of cultural erasure.
Un jefe de la Primera Nación canadiense se opone a una regla que requiere el reconocimiento del financiamiento del gobierno para el Día de la Camisa Naranja, calificándolo de doloroso y asimilacionista.