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“Every Child Matters” t-shirt design by Six Nations artist featured at Blue Jays Game

A young man wearing a black tshirt stands in front of two windows against a black wall with artwork behind him.
Monty Adams, Designer of everychild matters t-shirt. Photo by: Deya Miller
Deya Miller - CKRZ - Ohsweken • ON | 10-10-2023
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Local Six Nations Entrepreneur and artist Montana (Monty) Adams' received big recognition when his Every Child Matters t-shirt design was featured at the Toronto Blue Jays game on the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation on September 30 at the Rogers Centre in downtown Toronto.

Adams is part owner of the Adams family boutique which is a tattoo studio and an artisan & lifestyle boutique. He was asked by the Survivors’ Secretariat to create a design which then was forwarded to the Toronto Blue Jays organization who took interest in supporting the cause.

The Survivors’ Secretariat was established in 2021 to organize and support efforts to uncover, document and share the truth about what happened at the  Mohawk Institute Residential School. The Mohawk Institute Residential School was a Canadian Indian residential school in Brantford Ontario which operated from 1831 to June 27, 1970.

After being asked by the Survivors’ Secretariat to create a design, it was forwarded to the Toronto Blue Jays organization who took interest in supporting the cause. The Toronto Blue Jays organization and staff who were present at the game on National Day for Truth & Reconciliation all wore the shirt in support of National Day of Truth & Reconciliation orange shirt day in downtown Toronto at the Rogers Centre.
Adams explained the importance of the shirt and what it meant to him, saying It was mostly for his grandmother. He explained that his grandmother was a residential school survivor. He wanted to incorporate a baseball into the design because one of his favourite memories of his grandmother was playing baseball growing up. "She would pitch me the ball and I would practise my batting and stuff". He also incorporated an eagle feather representing strength.  "She was the just nicest and strongest person so it represents strength and hope".
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