--- title: Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Blog | Indigenous Awareness (2) description: Indigenous Awareness | Your guide to Working Effectively With Indigenous Peoples® including the Indian or First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples. (2) 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. ### Indigenous Awareness (2) [![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... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-cultural-appropriation-is-disrespectful) [![Residential School, 1890, Quebec. Photo: H.J. Woodside / Library and Archives Canada / PA-123707](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/LAC_3193392_PA-123707_Residential-school-nuns-Quebec_1632w.jpg?width=1632&height=816&name=LAC_3193392_PA-123707_Residential-school-nuns-Quebec_1632w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/back-to-school-then-and-now) 4 min read #### [Back to School, Then and Now](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/back-to-school-then-and-now) September 10, 2020 This article includes a video of a conversation I had with my father Chief Robert Joseph, O.C., O.B.C., about his first day at residential school and... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/back-to-school-then-and-now) [![Scrabble letters](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/scrabble-letters-1615794_1920-pixabay-1920w.jpg?width=1920&height=960&name=scrabble-letters-1615794_1920-pixabay-1920w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/abcs-of-indigenous-awareness) 3 min read #### [ABCs of Indigenous Awareness](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/abcs-of-indigenous-awareness) August 19, 2020 We have over 700 articles on our blog so decided to see if we could put the blog to the test by having an article that applied to every letter of the... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/abcs-of-indigenous-awareness) [![diverse people with hands in a circle](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/shutterstock_343048862-hands-circle-team_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=shutterstock_343048862-hands-circle-team_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/6-steps-to-create-an-inclusive-environment-for-indigenous-workers) 2 min read #### [6 Steps to Create an Inclusive Environment for Indigenous Workers](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/6-steps-to-create-an-inclusive-environment-for-indigenous-workers) June 05, 2020 One of the challenges to retaining Indigenous employees is that many work sites are not inclusive environments. Creating a working environment that... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/6-steps-to-create-an-inclusive-environment-for-indigenous-workers) [![autumn leaves stream Ontario](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/autumn-leaves-stream-Oxtongue-Ontario-unsplash-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=autumn-leaves-stream-Oxtongue-Ontario-unsplash-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/seventh-generation-principle) 1 min read #### [What is the Seventh Generation Principle?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/seventh-generation-principle) May 30, 2020 The Seventh Generation Principle is based on an ancient Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)* philosophy that the decisions we make today should result in a... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/seventh-generation-principle) [![Featured photo: Bob Joseph at the Aboriginal Opportunities Forum 2014. Photo: Tyson Jerry, courtesy of the Vancouver Board of Trade.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/VBOT-32-of-71_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=VBOT-32-of-71_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/vancouver-board-of-trade-intercultural-presentation-by-bob-joseph) #### [Vancouver Board of Trade Intercultural Presentation by Bob Joseph](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/vancouver-board-of-trade-intercultural-presentation-by-bob-joseph) February 27, 2020 In case you wondered what I (Bob Joseph) do for a living, here is a 45-minute video of my "Intercultural Presentation" delivered at the Vancouver... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/vancouver-board-of-trade-intercultural-presentation-by-bob-joseph) [![Family, Blackfoot Reserve, AB. Canada. Dept. of Interior / Library and Archives Canada / PA-040714](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/LAC-3368338_Blackfoot-Reserve-family_826.jpg?width=826&height=413&name=LAC-3368338_Blackfoot-Reserve-family_826.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-indigenous-cultures-were-primitive-at-time-of-contact) 2 min read #### [Myth: Indigenous Cultures Were Primitive at Time of Contact](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-indigenous-cultures-were-primitive-at-time-of-contact) February 26, 2020 A widely held belief about Indigenous Peoples is that they were primitive cultures living in primitive conditions at the time of the arrival of... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-indigenous-cultures-were-primitive-at-time-of-contact) [![Coast Salish Welcome. Photo: Vancouver 125](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Coast-Salish-Welcome_Vancouver125_Flickr_1536w.jpg?width=1536&height=768&name=Coast-Salish-Welcome_Vancouver125_Flickr_1536w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-peoples-are-all-the-same) 1 min read #### [Indigenous Peoples Are All the Same, Right?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-peoples-are-all-the-same) December 29, 2019 A frequent misconception is that Indigenous Peoples are all the same in Canada but there is a clear diversity amongst Indigenous Peoples. Linguists... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-peoples-are-all-the-same) [![Elder in regalia](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/powwow_elder_woman_shutterstock_3113995-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=powwow_elder_woman_shutterstock_3113995-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-elder-definition) 2 min read #### [Indigenous Elder Definition](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-elder-definition) December 07, 2019 In this article, we provide the definition of Indigenous Elder and answer some specific questions people ask us in our Working Effectively with... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-elder-definition) [![Indigenous mask. Photo: Flickr, Ruth Hartnup](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/respecting-the-cultural-diversity-of-indigenous-peoples) 2 min read #### [Respecting the Cultural Diversity of Indigenous Peoples](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/respecting-the-cultural-diversity-of-indigenous-peoples) December 06, 2019 Anishinaabe, Métis, Coastal Salish, Cree, Cherokee. We have nothing much in common. We’re all aboriginal and we have the drum. That’s about it.... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/respecting-the-cultural-diversity-of-indigenous-peoples) [ Prev ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/topic/indigenous-awareness/page/1) [1](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/topic/indigenous-awareness/page/1) [2](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/topic/indigenous-awareness/page/2) [3](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/topic/indigenous-awareness/page/3) [4](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/topic/indigenous-awareness/page/4) [5](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/topic/indigenous-awareness/page/5) [ Next ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/topic/indigenous-awareness/page/3) ![](https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/1003610425/?value=0&guid=ON&script=0) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=7874204&fmt=gif) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "VideoObject", "caption" : { "@type" : "MediaObject", "contentUrl" : "https://www.ictinc.ca/media-transcripts/26334618179/en.vtt", "inLanguage" : "en", "name" : "en Captions" }, "contentUrl" : "https://374848.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/374848/Video/Intercultural%20Presentation%20-%20Bob%20Joseph.mp4", "dateModified" : "2026-03-14T17:28:40.647Z", "description" : "A 45-minute video of Bob Joseph's \"Intercultural Presentation\" delivered at the Vancouver Board of Trade - Aboriginal Opportunities Forum 2014.", "duration" : "PT44M0.943S", "height" : 720, "name" : "Board of Trade - Building Sustainable Aboriginal Relations", "thumbnailUrl" : "https://api-na1.hubspot.com/filemanager/api/v3/files/thumbnail-redirect/26334618179?portalId=374848&size=medium", "uploadDate" : "2020-02-26T00:07:23.308Z", "width" : 1280 } ```