--- title: Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Blog | Indigenous Awareness (6) description: Indigenous Awareness | Your guide to Working Effectively With Indigenous Peoples® including the Indian or First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples. (6) 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 (6) [![group of students in graduation cap and gowns](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/graduation-cap-pixabay-1920w.jpg?width=1920&height=960&name=graduation-cap-pixabay-1920w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-4-indigenous-peoples-receive-free-post-secondary-education) 2 min read #### [Myth #4: Indigenous Peoples Receive Free Post Secondary Education](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-4-indigenous-peoples-receive-free-post-secondary-education) August 28, 2012 Myth #4: Indigenous Peoples receive free post-secondary education. Reality: To say that Indigenous Peoples receive free post-secondary funding is... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-4-indigenous-peoples-receive-free-post-secondary-education) [![Battle of the Little Bighorn Memorial ](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Little_Big_Horn_Plaque.jpg?width=1194&height=597&name=Little_Big_Horn_Plaque.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-secret-of-the-battle-of-the-little-bighorn) 2 min read #### [The Secret of the Battle of the Little Bighorn](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-secret-of-the-battle-of-the-little-bighorn) August 20, 2012 A few years ago, while on a driving vacation in the United States, my travel companion and I had an opportunity to visit the Little Bighorn National... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-secret-of-the-battle-of-the-little-bighorn) [![covered wagon](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/shutterstock_3214771-covered-wagon-oak-tree_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=shutterstock_3214771-covered-wagon-oak-tree_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indian-giver-dont-make-the-same-mistake-as-matt-lauer) 2 min read #### [Indian Giver - Don’t Make the Same Mistake as Matt Lauer](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indian-giver-dont-make-the-same-mistake-as-matt-lauer) August 09, 2012 Earlier this year, I wrote about Kevin O’Leary, a business commentator and co-host of The Lang & O’Leary Exchange, unwisely using the term “Indian... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indian-giver-dont-make-the-same-mistake-as-matt-lauer) [![different leaves](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/leaves-different-unsplash_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=leaves-different-unsplash_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/differentiation-indigenous-peoples-and-non-indigenous-peoples) 2 min read #### [Differentiation: Indigenous Peoples and Non-Indigenous Peoples](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/differentiation-indigenous-peoples-and-non-indigenous-peoples) July 16, 2012 Many non-Indigenous people believe that Indigenous Peoples, under the Indian Act receive “special treatment” and unfair advantages. More... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/differentiation-indigenous-peoples-and-non-indigenous-peoples) [![woman and chief standing in front of reserve house](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/LAC_5320237_e011308579_woman-reserve-house_1390w.jpg?width=1390&height=693&name=LAC_5320237_e011308579_woman-reserve-house_1390w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indian-act-and-womens-status-discrimination-via-bill-c-31-bill-c-3) 3 min read #### [Indian Act and Women's Status Discrimination via Bill C31 and Bill C3](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indian-act-and-womens-status-discrimination-via-bill-c-31-bill-c-3) July 09, 2012 Indian Act policies subjected generations of Aboriginal women and their children to a legacy of discrimination when it was first enacted in 1876 and... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indian-act-and-womens-status-discrimination-via-bill-c-31-bill-c-3) [![Reserve housing, 1978-1988. Photo: George Mully / George Mully fonds / Library and Archives Canada / ecopy number ; Copyright: Estate of George Mully](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/reserve-dirt-road-LAC-5098493_980w.jpg?width=978&height=489&name=reserve-dirt-road-LAC-5098493_980w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-3-do-first-nations-get-free-housing-on-reserves) 1 min read #### [Myth #3: First Nations Get Free Housing on Reserves](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-3-do-first-nations-get-free-housing-on-reserves) June 14, 2012 Myth #3: First Nations get free housing on reserves. Reality: Indigenous People can apply for social housing programs offered by the Canada Mortgage... 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Photo: Thomas Quine, Flickr.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Flickr_quinet-46933517971_Thomas-Quine_thunderbird-mask-Whistler_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Flickr_quinet-46933517971_Thomas-Quine_thunderbird-mask-Whistler_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/aboriginal-images-and-symbols) 1 min read #### [Aboriginal Images and Symbols](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/aboriginal-images-and-symbols) March 12, 2012 A question comes up from time to time about the use of Aboriginal images and symbols in organizational logo design and/or presentations. There are... 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Photo: Credit: Library and Archives Canada / PA-121615](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Summer-lodges-of-the-Ojibway_3248436_LAC_1050w.jpg?width=1050&height=525&name=Summer-lodges-of-the-Ojibway_3248436_LAC_1050w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/were-all-indigenous-peoples-nomadic) 1 min read #### [Were All Indigenous People Nomadic?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/were-all-indigenous-peoples-nomadic) January 21, 2012 There has been a long-held idea that all Indigenous Peoples were nomadic peoples living in primitive conditions roaming the land searching for their... 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