Grade 9 students learn traditional Indigenous skill for Truth and Reconciliation – Wellington Advertiser
September 20, 2024
GUELPH – Students carefully weaved orange and white yarn in their school library, making bracelets and bookmarks to raise money to honour Indigenous children who attended residential schools.
The St. James Catholic High School students were preparing for the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, or Orange Shirt day, on Sept. 30, when they will sell their creations to peers.
They learned finger weaving, an “old, old skill” that Knowledge Keeper Alicia Hamilton said Métis people “learned from our First Nations grandmothers.”
During her visit to the Grade 9 art class on Sept. 18, Hamilton taught the students about Métis history, finger weaving, and the Métis sash.
