--- title: Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Blog | History (2) description: History | Your guide to Working Effectively With Indigenous Peoples® including the Indian or First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples. 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[Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-first-thanksgiving-in-north-america-was-not-held-by-europeans) [![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) 2 min read #### [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,... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/national-day-of-truth-reconciliation-september-30) [![Sign from Wet'suwet'en protests. 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[Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/hereditary-chiefs-vs-elected-chiefs) [![Storyteller by Dale Stonechild](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/storyteller-artwork-5177337812_Flickr_1168w.jpg?width=1168&height=584&name=storyteller-artwork-5177337812_Flickr_1168w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/11-things-you-should-know-about-aboriginal-oral-traditions) 2 min read #### [11 Things You Should Know About Indigenous Oral Traditions](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/11-things-you-should-know-about-aboriginal-oral-traditions) March 01, 2021 Oral traditions retain the history of Indigenous Peoples by passing cultural information from one generation to the next. For Indigenous communities... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/11-things-you-should-know-about-aboriginal-oral-traditions) [![Moccasin Identifier](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Moccasin-Identifier_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Moccasin-Identifier_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-is-the-moccasin-identifier) 1 min read #### [What is the Moccasin Identifier?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-is-the-moccasin-identifier) November 06, 2020 Initiated, designed, and led by Carolyn King and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Moccasin Identifier is a teaching tool and public... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-is-the-moccasin-identifier) [![Navajo Code Talkers Memorial in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza. 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