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

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### Arts and Culture

[![hands together on a log representing community](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/hands-together-unsplash_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=hands-together-unsplash_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-membership-vs-citizenship-whats-the-difference)

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#### [Indigenous Membership vs Citizenship: What's the Difference?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-membership-vs-citizenship-whats-the-difference)

July 03, 2024

Long before the arrival of Europeans, confederation, and the imposition of the Indian Act, Indigenous communities were self-determining. They decided...

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[![COVID medical mask hanging from a tree](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/face-mask-covid-pixabay_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=face-mask-covid-pixabay_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-indigenous-cultural-continuity)

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#### [The Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Cultural Continuity](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-indigenous-cultural-continuity)

September 14, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic could be the single greatest threat in this generation to the continuity of Indigenous cultures and the preservation of...

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[![Nawalakw Culture Camps](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Nawlakw-Bev_Robert_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Nawlakw-Bev_Robert_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/nawalakw-cultural-survival-in-action)

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#### [Nawalakw - Cultural Survival in Action](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/nawalakw-cultural-survival-in-action)

May 03, 2022

Indigenous Corporate Training Donates $40,000 to Nawalakw Culture Camps Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. had the recent honour of speaking with...

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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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[![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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[![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)

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#### [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...

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[![teepee at Head Smashed In, Alberta](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/teepee-2548128966-1000w.jpg?width=1000&height=500&name=teepee-2548128966-1000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/7-first-nation-facts-you-should-know)

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#### [7 First Nation Facts You Should Know](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/7-first-nation-facts-you-should-know)

October 11, 2020

Here are seven First Nation facts plus one fun fact to add to your storehouse of knowledge. 1) Number of Nations There are over 634 recognized First...

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[![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)

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#### [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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[![Métis dancers](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Metis_dancers_Raielene_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Metis_dancers_Raielene_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/11-ways-to-virtually-celebrate-national-indigenous-peoples-day)

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#### [11 Ways to Virtually Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/11-ways-to-virtually-celebrate-national-indigenous-peoples-day)

June 02, 2020

In National Indigenous Peoples Day: 10 Ways to Celebrate we have suggestions for celebrating this important day. Most of the suggestions involve...

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[![medicine wheel](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/shutterstock_1291900252-medicine-wheel_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=shutterstock_1291900252-medicine-wheel_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-is-an-indigenous-medicine-wheel)

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#### [What is an Indigenous Medicine Wheel?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-is-an-indigenous-medicine-wheel)

May 24, 2020

The circle, being primary, influences how we as Aboriginal peoples view the world. In the process of how life evolves, how the natural world grows...

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