AWARENESS DAYS
A Catalyst for Raising Awareness and Advocating Positive Change
APRIL 22
MOTHER EARTH DAY
“We, the Indigenous Peoples, walk to the future in the footprints of our ancestors.”
MAY 5
NATIONAL DAY OF AWARENESS
FOR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
“Once upon a crime, they took a Native daughter; Long before this time, trafficked her across the water...”
MAY 25
MISSING CHILDREN’S DAY
“All the missing children in this world— something’s wrong; Homeless runaways, where have they gone”
AugusT 9
International day of the world’s INDIGENOUS Peoples
“The blood of the land runs through our heart; Political borders won’t tear us apart; From the shadow world frayed by war, class, and race; We rise together in beauty and grace; We are Indigenous”
SEPTEMBER 30
NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
FOR INDIAN SCHOOL SURVIVORS
“Put in a place, no one what’s to be; Miles away from family; To save the man, and kill the Native child in me”
