--- title: Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Blog | Cultural Appropriation description: Cultural Appropriation | Your guide to Working Effectively With Indigenous Peoples® including the Indian or First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples. 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. ### Cultural Appropriation [![headdress Indigenous appropriation](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/headdress-appropriated-990103-pixabay-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=headdress-appropriated-990103-pixabay-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-cultural-appropriation-is-disrespectful) 2 min read #### [Why Cultural Appropriation is Disrespectful](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-cultural-appropriation-is-disrespectful) October 04, 2020 Randomly plucking “popularized” images of a marginalized culture for entertainment or profit without respect for or an understanding of the culture... 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