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#### **Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples®**

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[![UNYA Paddletogether](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/UNYA-Paddletogether-featured.jpg?width=3000&height=1500&name=UNYA-Paddletogether-featured.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/become-a-mentor-to-indigenous-youth-as-a-part-of-your-reconciliation-journey)

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#### [Become a Mentor to Indigenous Youth as a Part of Your Reconciliation Journey](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/become-a-mentor-to-indigenous-youth-as-a-part-of-your-reconciliation-journey)

April 04, 2022

If you want to be an ally to the Indigenous community, becoming a mentor at Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) is a great opportunity. The Mentorship Program is one of 20+ programs that UNYA offers to Indigenous youth in Vancouver. UNYA is a...

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[![woman looking worried or upset as someone talks to her](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/pexels-annoyed_1000x500.jpg?width=1000&height=500&name=pexels-annoyed_1000x500.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/how-can-you-politely-correct-someone-without-causing-guilt-or-reaction)

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#### [How Can You Politely Correct Someone Without Causing Guilt or Reaction?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/how-can-you-politely-correct-someone-without-causing-guilt-or-reaction)

March 01, 2022

Maybe you have recently taken one of our courses surrounding Indigenous Awareness and learned new facts about the history of Indigenous Peoples of...

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[![Covenant House Vancouver](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/CovenantHouseVancouver.webp?width=646&height=218&name=CovenantHouseVancouver.webp) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-corporate-training-inc.-donates-approximately-10000-to-covenant-house)

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#### [Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. Donates $10,000 to Covenant House](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-corporate-training-inc.-donates-approximately-10000-to-covenant-house)

February 07, 2022

In December of 2021, the winds of generosity rushed through the mountains and streams of British Columbia. Indigenous Corporate Training, the...

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[![Thunderbird totem, RBCM](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Thunderbird-totem-RBCM-BlakeHandley_Flickr_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Thunderbird-totem-RBCM-BlakeHandley_Flickr_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/scientific-and-indigenous-perspectives)

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#### [Scientific and Indigenous Perspectives](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/scientific-and-indigenous-perspectives)

December 23, 2021

There has been much discussion in the scientific community about how and when Indigenous Peoples populated the Americas. One prevailing theory is...

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[![Elders and Indian soldiers in the uniform of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Photo: Library and Archives Canada / PA-041366](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/LAC-3192219-military-WW1-Elders-soldiers-Canadian-Expeditionary-Force.jpg?width=1346&height=673&name=LAC-3192219-military-WW1-Elders-soldiers-Canadian-Expeditionary-Force.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-veterans)

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#### [Indigenous Veterans: Equals on the Battlefields, but Not at Home](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-veterans)

November 09, 2021

Indigenous Peoples in Canada have fought on the front line of every major battle Canada has been involved in, and have done so with valour and...

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[![The First Thanksgiving 1621, oil on canvas by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3g04961.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/The_First_Thanksgiving_cph3g04961-wikimedia-social.jpg?width=1599&height=800&name=The_First_Thanksgiving_cph3g04961-wikimedia-social.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-first-thanksgiving-in-north-america-was-not-held-by-europeans)

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#### [The First Thanksgiving in North America Was Not Held by Europeans](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-first-thanksgiving-in-north-america-was-not-held-by-europeans)

October 07, 2021

The descendants of European settlers are brought up believing that it was their ancestors who celebrated the first Thanksgiving after surviving the...

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[![orange shirt hanging in a tree](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/orange-shirt-trees-unsplash_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=orange-shirt-trees-unsplash_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/national-day-of-truth-reconciliation-september-30)

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#### [National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, September 30](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/national-day-of-truth-reconciliation-september-30)

September 20, 2021

Orange is the New Symbol of Truth & Reconciliation The recent discoveries of 215 unmarked graves at a former Residential School near Kamloops,...

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[![Every Child Matters written in chalk](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Every_Child_Matters_Bob-Joseph_638w.jpg?width=638&height=319&name=Every_Child_Matters_Bob-Joseph_638w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/215-a-poem)

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#### [215 - A Poem by Bradley Crawford](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/215-a-poem)

June 02, 2021

Written in response to the 215 unmarked graves discovered in BC in May 2021.

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[![Kamloops Residential School](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/shutterstock_2065669019_KamloopsResidentialSchool-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=shutterstock_2065669019_KamloopsResidentialSchool-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/10-things-you-can-do-kamloops-indian-residential-school)

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#### [10 Things You Can Do: Kamloops Indian Residential School](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/10-things-you-can-do-kamloops-indian-residential-school)

June 01, 2021

Trigger Warning: This article includes information about Residential School experiences In May 2021, the remains of 215 young Indigenous children...

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[![Sign from Wet'suwet'en protests. Photo: Flickr, Jason Hargove](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/wetsuweten-protest-sign-JasonHargove-Flickr_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=wetsuweten-protest-sign-JasonHargove-Flickr_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/hereditary-chiefs-vs-elected-chiefs)

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#### [Hereditary Chiefs vs. Elected Chiefs: What’s the Difference?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/hereditary-chiefs-vs-elected-chiefs)

May 17, 2021

The Wetʼsuwetʼen protests in 2019 and 2020 were widely reported on and sparked public interest around one of many misconceptions of Hereditary Chiefs...

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