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[Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/making-science-relevant-to-indigenous-students) [![Indian pony relay race, 1914.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Indian-relay-race-1914_OSUcommons_df66v561t_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Indian-relay-race-1914_OSUcommons_df66v561t_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-role-of-indigenous-games-in-culture) 3 min read #### [The Role of Indigenous Games in Culture](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-role-of-indigenous-games-in-culture) February 18, 2019 Agility, strength, balance, reflexes, hand-eye coordination, accuracy, strategy, intuition, and patience. These are skills Indigenous hunters and... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-role-of-indigenous-games-in-culture) [![Hun¿qum¿i¿num¿ alphabet poster, a dialect of Halkomelem, Coast Salish. Photo: George Mully / George Mully fonds / Library and Archives Canada.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/dialect-poster-Halkomelem-Coast-Salish_LAC-5098491_976w.jpg?width=976&height=488&name=dialect-poster-Halkomelem-Coast-Salish_LAC-5098491_976w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-is-it-important-to-protect-revitalize-indigenous-languages) 5 min read #### [Why Is It Important to Protect & Revitalize Indigenous Languages?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-is-it-important-to-protect-revitalize-indigenous-languages) February 15, 2019 Of the most spoken languages in the world, English is third after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. But English is the most commonly spoken second... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-is-it-important-to-protect-revitalize-indigenous-languages) [![Nisga'a elder. Photo: miguelb, Flickr](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Nisgaa-elder-regalia_mig-5716553695-Flickr_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Nisgaa-elder-regalia_mig-5716553695-Flickr_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-is-the-nation-rebuilding-program) 3 min read #### [What is the Nation Rebuilding Program?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-is-the-nation-rebuilding-program) February 14, 2019 In January 2019, a situation arose in northern BC that brought to the public’s attention the fact that some Indigenous communities have two forms of... 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[Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation-the-date-debate) [![foggy unclear window](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/unclear-window-unsplash-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=unclear-window-unsplash-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/insight-on-10-myths-about-indigenous-peoples) 11 min read #### [Insight on 10 Myths About Indigenous Peoples](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/insight-on-10-myths-about-indigenous-peoples) November 27, 2018 The definition of “myth”, according to the Oxford Canadian Dictionary, is “a widely held but false notion.” When it comes to the topic of Indigenous... 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