Every Child Matters T-Shirt - The Children Are Coming Home
Description
Native Northwest 2026 Every Child Matters Orange Shirt Day T-Shirt is The Children Are Coming Home by Deanna Samuel, Ditidaht, Nuu-chah-nulth.
Message from the Artist:
In our Nuu-chah-nulth teachings, children are sacred. They are the seeds of our future and the carriers of the teachings, songs, language, and strength of our people. Our Elders taught us to love and protect our children deeply, because they are the continuation of who we are as a Nation. The Residential School system tried to separate children from their families, their identities, and their belonging. It created silence, grief, and generations of disconnection that many of our people still carry today. But even through that pain, our people endured. Our culture endured. Our children endured.
The Children Are Coming Home is more than a phrase. It is a truth carried in spirit, memory, and healing. Home has always known their names, even when the world tried to forget them. They are not records in a book. They are the living spirits of our Nation, returning to rest where their ancestors once stood.
Their return reminds us of our responsibility to continue healing, to protect the generations rising behind us, and to ensure our children grow up knowing who they are, where they come from, and that they matter.
Every Child Matters because every child carries the future of our people.
- Deanna Samuel Ditidaht, Nuu-chah-nulth
At Dilly Dally, we will be donating 100% of our profit from the sale of these shirts to the same organizations.
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Sizing info:
- XS is size 2-4 (15 inches wide 19 inches long)
- S is size 6-8 (16 inches wide 20 inches long)
- M is size 10-12 (17 inches wide 22 inches long)
- L is size 14-16 (18 inches wide 24 inches long)
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