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(3) image: https://www.ictinc.ca/hubfs/Dancing_Big_House_socialmedia.jpg --- #### **Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples®** # Blog Filter by Tag Show All 21 Things™ Allyship Arts and Culture Business Contributors Court Cases Cultural Appropriation Customs Education Elders Emploi Employment Enjeux autochtones Environment Environnement Famous Indigenous People First Nations Forestry French Generational Wounds Government Healing Health History Indian Act Indigenous Awareness Indigenous Consultation Indigenous Consultation and Engagement Indigenous Economic Development Indigenous Engagement Indigenous Issues Indigenous Organizations Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Procurement Indigenous Protocol Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Indigenous Relations Indigenous Rights Indigenous Self-Government Inuit Land Acknowledgement Language Law Loi sur les Indiens Mental Health Mentor Mothers Myths Métis National Day of Truth & Reconciliation National Indigenous Peoples Day Negotiations RESPECT™ Reconciliation Relations avec les Autochtones Repatriation Residential Schools Santé mentale Sensibilisation aux réalités autochtones Spiritual Beliefs Sports TRC Calls-to-Action Terminology Tips Tourism Traditional Knowledge Training Treaties UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Veterans Videos Vidéos Women Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples Youth Éducation or - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ### Arts and Culture (3) [![Vancouver totem poles](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/totem-poles-Vancouver-unsplash-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=totem-poles-Vancouver-unsplash-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/debunking-misconceptions-about-first-nation-totem-poles) 3 min read #### [Debunking Misconceptions About First Nation Totem Poles](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/debunking-misconceptions-about-first-nation-totem-poles) April 07, 2018 There are lots of lore and misconceptions about First Nation totem poles. In this article, we address six of the more common misconceptions. [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/debunking-misconceptions-about-first-nation-totem-poles) [![totem poles in Alert Bay, BC, 1920](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/totem-poles-Alert-Bay-1920_PA-095510_LAC-1736w.jpg?width=1736&height=868&name=totem-poles-Alert-Bay-1920_PA-095510_LAC-1736w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/canadas-complicated-history-with-first-nation-totem-poles) 3 min read #### [Canada’s Complicated History with First Nation Totem Poles](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/canadas-complicated-history-with-first-nation-totem-poles) March 08, 2018 Canada has a complicated history with the totem pole. Totems have been misunderstood, coveted, stolen, quashed, copied, and celebrated. The first... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/canadas-complicated-history-with-first-nation-totem-poles) [![](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/mask_Ruth-Hartnup_Flickr_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=mask_Ruth-Hartnup_Flickr_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-buying-authentic-indigenous-art-is-important) 3 min read #### [Why Buying Authentic Indigenous Art is Important](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-buying-authentic-indigenous-art-is-important) August 11, 2017 A newsletter reader sent us a message asking if we would write something about appropriated art. The topic of cultural appropriation is increasingly... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-buying-authentic-indigenous-art-is-important) [![Indigenous graffiti](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/graffiti-birds-shutterstock_293987534-editorial-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=graffiti-birds-shutterstock_293987534-editorial-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-brief-definition-of-decolonization-and-indigenization) 2 min read #### [A Brief Definition of Decolonization and Indigenization](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-brief-definition-of-decolonization-and-indigenization) March 29, 2017 Decolonization Decolonization once viewed as the formal process of handing over the instruments of government, is now recognized as a long-term... 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[Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-definition-of-smudging) [![Indigenous-made jewelry](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Indigenous-jewelery_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Indigenous-jewelery_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-are-appropriate-gifts-for-indigenous-guest-speakers) 4 min read #### [What are Appropriate Gifts for Indigenous Guest Speakers?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-are-appropriate-gifts-for-indigenous-guest-speakers) February 24, 2016 This article goes out to all the people who organize events that include Indigenous speakers and we thank one of our readers for suggesting we write... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-are-appropriate-gifts-for-indigenous-guest-speakers) [![Two signs at the top of Mt. Doug/Pkols in Victoria, BC; one comes from the Canadian government, who refer to the mountain as Mt. Doug, while the other, newer, sign refers to the mountains traditional name, Pkols.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Pkols-sign_Flickr-154534379aN04-42106984624_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Pkols-sign_Flickr-154534379aN04-42106984624_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-relationship-between-indigenous-peoples-and-place-names) 4 min read #### [The Relationship Between Indigenous Peoples and Place Names](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-relationship-between-indigenous-peoples-and-place-names) February 16, 2016 What is the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and place names? Indigenous place names carry knowledge that has been passed from generation to... 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Photo: Doug Young](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/women-button-blanket-regalia-DRY_1330-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=women-button-blanket-regalia-DRY_1330-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/cultural-competency-and-you) 2 min read #### [Cultural Competency and You](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/cultural-competency-and-you) October 05, 2015 Cultural competency has become a buzzword in the Indigenous Awareness training industry and we get a lot of requests from individuals and... 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