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In nearly every country with an Indigenous population, and that includes some of the wealthiest countries in the world, there are disparities between the health of the Indigenous population and that of the non-Indigenous population. In 2017, Canada...
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Trade and specialization were common to First Nations in Canada and throughout the Americas in the pre- and early contact periods. Moreover, public...
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In 2017, we had just over 816,000 visitors to our blog Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® looking for information on a wide variety of...
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Definition: Chief (n.) c. 1300, "head, leader, captain; the principal or most important part of anything;" from Old French chief "leader, ruler,...
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"The art of consensus decision making is dying. We are greatly concerned that Aboriginal people are increasingly equating ‘democracy’ with the act of...
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On October 1, 2017, as I listened to Jagmeet Singh make his acceptance speech as the newly crowned leader of the National Democratic Party I was...
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The quality of your relationship with an Indigenous community will be measured by the effort invested and the integrity of your team. You have to...
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The worldview of many Indigenous Peoples includes the principle of connectivity - that everything in the universe is connected. The spirit world is...
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A newsletter reader sent us a message asking if we would write something about appropriated art. The topic of cultural appropriation is increasingly...
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Airports - we all travel through them but how often do we actually ponder the Indigenous relations aspect of the operation? These transportation hubs...