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(5) 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 Issues (5) [![coins](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/coins-unsplash-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=coins-unsplash-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-status-indians-exempt-from-federal-or-provincial-taxes) 3 min read #### [Myth #1: Status Indians Exempt From Federal or Provincial Taxes](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-status-indians-exempt-from-federal-or-provincial-taxes) April 07, 2013 In my workshops, I frequently hear statements about unfair advantages and benefits that are available to Aboriginal People in Canada but not to... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-status-indians-exempt-from-federal-or-provincial-taxes) [![doctor with stethoscope and chart](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/doctor-pexels-5452293-1920w.jpg?width=1920&height=960&name=doctor-pexels-5452293-1920w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/9-ways-to-create-a-culturally-competent-environment-for-indigenous-patients) 1 min read #### [9 Tips for a Culturally Competent Environment for Indigenous Patients](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/9-ways-to-create-a-culturally-competent-environment-for-indigenous-patients) February 21, 2013 Fixing the way in which healthcare is delivered to Indigenous people is a massive, complex undertaking on the national scale. However, on a smaller... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/9-ways-to-create-a-culturally-competent-environment-for-indigenous-patients) [![medical devices](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/medical-devices-unsplash-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=medical-devices-unsplash-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/cultural-competency-in-indigenous-health-care) 2 min read #### [Cultural Competency in Indigenous Health Care](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/cultural-competency-in-indigenous-health-care) February 12, 2013 What is a culturally competent healthcare environment? It is an environment in which Indigenous people feel culturally safe... where they are treated... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/cultural-competency-in-indigenous-health-care) [![Vincent Schilling YouTube video screenshot](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Vincent_Schilling_YouTube_Screenshot.jpg?width=1846&height=923&name=Vincent_Schilling_YouTube_Screenshot.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/aboriginal-youth-suicide-an-interview-with-vincent-schilling) 3 min read #### [Aboriginal Youth Suicide: An Interview with Vincent Schilling](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/aboriginal-youth-suicide-an-interview-with-vincent-schilling) December 04, 2012 This very compelling video Stay With Us Young Warriors, We Need You Here by Vincent Schilling, a Mohawk journalist and author, is a resource we can... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/aboriginal-youth-suicide-an-interview-with-vincent-schilling) [![arguing birds](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/argue-arguing-birds-fight-unsplash_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=argue-arguing-birds-fight-unsplash_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-issues-and-politeness-what-should-we-do) 2 min read #### [Indigenous Issues and Politeness: What Should We Do?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-issues-and-politeness-what-should-we-do) October 02, 2012 When it comes to Indigenous issues and politeness the big question for me is what should people do if they encounter a social situation in which... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-issues-and-politeness-what-should-we-do) [![Burial Grounds Here sign, Marpole midden](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Burial-Grounds-Here-Sign-P9230954-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Burial-Grounds-Here-Sign-P9230954-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-middens) 1 min read #### [First Nation Middens - Some FAQs](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-middens) October 02, 2012 Middens are the heaps of shells, bones, utensils and artifacts that accumulated sometimes over thousands of years of Aboriginal Peoples' occupation... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-middens) [![Protest sign at Musqueam site. Photo: Bob Joseph](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Musqueam-midden-site-Justice-Promised-P9230952_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Musqueam-midden-site-Justice-Promised-P9230952_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/musqueam-indian-band-timeline-of-desecration-to-protection-of-cesnaem-marpole-midden) 2 min read #### [c̓əsnaʔəm (Marpole Midden): Timeline of Desecration to Protection](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/musqueam-indian-band-timeline-of-desecration-to-protection-of-cesnaem-marpole-midden) October 02, 2012 The Marpole Midden, just outside Vancouver, British Columbia, is believed to date back 4000 years. It is one of the largest pre-contact middens in... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/musqueam-indian-band-timeline-of-desecration-to-protection-of-cesnaem-marpole-midden) [![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... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-3-do-first-nations-get-free-housing-on-reserves) [![reserve land](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/IMG_1422_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=IMG_1422_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-2-no-restrictions-on-reserve-lands) 2 min read #### [Myth #2: First Nations Have No Restrictions on Reserve Lands](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/myth-2-no-restrictions-on-reserve-lands) May 08, 2012 Myth #2: First Nations have no restrictions on reserve lands. Reality: This is another myth I frequently hear in my workshops. It supports the... 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