By Dave Baxter  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Orange shirts, powwow dancers, and chants of `Every Child Matters’ filled downtown Winnipeg’s RBC Convention Centre on Friday, as Manitoba and all of Canada recognized the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Thousands turned out for the second annual Orange Shirt Day powwow and were treated to an elaborate Grand Entry, and the sight of hundreds of powwow dancers both young and old. The first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day also commonly referred to as Orange Shirt Day, was recognized last September and will be held every Sept. 30 to reflect on what the federal government says is “the tragic legacy of residential schools, the missing children, the families left behind, and the survivors of these institutions. The day

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