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The Supreme Court of Canada’s Tsilhqot’in Decision reverberated through First Nation communities, leaders, resource developers, provincial and federal governments, lawyers, consultants – basically every First Nation and every person involved in...
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In 1982, the Government of Canada patriated the Canadian Constitution, and in so doing, formally entrenched Aboriginal and treaty rights in the...
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One of the terms you will want to consider avoiding is “crown land” or “crown lands”. If you use this term in your work with Indigenous Peoples, you...
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Understanding First Nations Cultural Differences is key to Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples®. In fact, it should be rule number one. It...
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In this article, we talk about why Aboriginal Stakeholder Engagement is a bad term to have on your business card and what you can do about it. This...
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There is a Canadian Press and Steve Lambert article out with a headline that reads "Online brochure tells lodge visitors aboriginals have...
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Delbert Guerin (1938 - 2014) has been described as an inspiration, a visionary, a leader and a tireless warrior. He was all of these and more. His...
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In 1955, the Musqueam First Nation approved a surrender "in trust" of some of its reserve land in the city of Vancouver, for the purpose of a lease...
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It’s tax time and that means tax pain, as the television commercials say. Tax time is also the time of year that one hears the common myth that...
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The funny thing about building effective relationships and Indigenous name-dropping is that unless you are very sure of your audience, you can have...