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handshake

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Handshakes and Indigenous Peoples

When it comes to a handshake and Indigenous Peoples what could possibly go wrong? Many people like to shake hands and always offer a hand when meeting and working with people. This works most of the time, but we do have to remember that when we are...

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Specific Claims

"The Manitoba Indian Treaty - Indian Chief Harranguing at the Stone Fort". Photo: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3764c: Peter Winkworth...

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Bob Joseph on dogsleds in Alaska

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The Inuit Dog and My Adventure Outside Whitehorse, Yukon

Earlier this week I delivered a pre-conference Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® training session at the 3rd annual Yukon First Nations...

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Kenipitu women in beaded amautiit, Cape Fullerton (Qatiktalik)

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3 Mistakes People Make When Working With the Inuit

The Inuit were identified as one of Canada's three distinct Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution Act of 1982 and as such Inuit have their own...

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Onion Lake Energy Forms New Alliance with Alberta First Nations

Press Release - March 12,2012

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Thunderbird mask, Audain Museum, Whistler, British Columbia. Photo: Thomas Quine, Flickr.

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Aboriginal Images and Symbols

A question comes up from time to time about the use of Aboriginal images and symbols in organizational logo design and/or presentations. There are...

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The Royal Proclamation of 1763

In Canada, the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples was driven primarily by the Royal Proclamation of October 1763; of particular...

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Nakwakto pictographs

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Indigenous Peoples Did Not Have Written Languages

Many Indigenous Peoples of North America did not have written languages and instead relied on oral histories to pass down their traditions and...

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Summer lodges of the Ojibway. Photo: Credit: Library and Archives Canada / PA-121615

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Were All Indigenous People Nomadic?

There has been a long-held idea that all Indigenous Peoples were nomadic peoples living in primitive conditions roaming the land searching for their...

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black and red painted canoe on water

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Indigenous Peoples Did Not Have Wheels

Indigenous Peoples did not have wheels at the time of the arrival of Christopher Columbus and were therefore, according to widely held belief, living...

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