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What does Indigenous knowledge (IK) mean? That’s a big question because “there are approximately 370 million Indigenous people in the world, belonging to 5,000 different groups, in 90 countries worldwide. Indigenous people live in every region of...
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Indigenous people account for less than five percent of the Canadian population, yet represent 25 percent of the total inmate population. Canada is...
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Canada has a complicated history with the totem pole. Totems have been misunderstood, coveted, stolen, quashed, copied, and celebrated. The first...
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When communicating cross-culturally there are certain sensitivities around the language used in the letter and expectations placed on the recipient...
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We identify ourselves in many ways - by gender, generation, ethnicity, culture, religion, profession/employment, nationality, locality, language,...
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In recent decades, there has been significant pressure to address historical Indian Act issues. That pressure has been imposed by the combination of...
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The foundation of meaningful engagement with an Indigenous community is trust. Earning that trust will take time, consistency, and transparency. The...
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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...
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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...