--- title: Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Blog | Indigenous Protocol description: Indigenous Protocol | Your guide to Working Effectively With Indigenous Peoples® including the Indian or First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples. 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 Protocol [![Two totem poles in Cumberland, BC. Photo: Doug Young](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/two-totems-Cumberland-BC_DRY_1298_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=two-totems-Cumberland-BC_DRY_1298_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/5-things-to-know-when-working-with-indigenous-communities) 6 min read #### [5 Things to Know When Working with Indigenous Communities](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/5-things-to-know-when-working-with-indigenous-communities) January 13, 2025 It is essential when working with some of the hundreds of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities across Canada on industrial, social, and... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/5-things-to-know-when-working-with-indigenous-communities) [!['Hetux' by Connie Watts, an artist of of Nuu-chah-nulth, Gitxsan and Kwakwaka'wakw ancestry. Photo: Quinn Dombrowski, Flickr](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/thunderbird-ConnieWatts-Vancouver-airport-art_quinnanya-35088019462-Flickr_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=thunderbird-ConnieWatts-Vancouver-airport-art_quinnanya-35088019462-Flickr_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-protocol-on-first-nations-treaty-lands) 2 min read #### [First Nation Protocol on Treaty Lands](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-protocol-on-first-nations-treaty-lands) October 21, 2020 In this little article, we talk about how to follow First Nations protocol on First Nations treaty lands. It can be customary between one First... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-protocol-on-first-nations-treaty-lands) [![Indigenous elders at the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 Canada Games.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Flickr-2017canadagames-35405874734_elders-opening-ceremony_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Flickr-2017canadagames-35405874734_elders-opening-ceremony_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-elder-protocol) 3 min read #### [First Nation Elder Protocol](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-elder-protocol) October 16, 2019 The following First Nation Elder protocol question popped up in our inbox and we are really grateful for the opportunity to respond. We appreciate... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-elder-protocol) [![microphone](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/microphone-pexels-64057-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=microphone-pexels-64057-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-protocol-on-traditional-territory) 4 min read #### [First Nation Protocol on Traditional Territory](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-protocol-on-traditional-territory) July 27, 2019 It can be customary between one First Nation and another to acknowledge the host Nation Peoples and their traditional territory at the outset of any... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-protocol-on-traditional-territory) [![Haida big house](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Haida_big_house_shutterstock_75318895_1200w.jpg?width=1200&height=600&name=Haida_big_house_shutterstock_75318895_1200w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-cultural-tourism-protocol) 4 min read #### [Indigenous Cultural Tourism Protocol](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-cultural-tourism-protocol) January 22, 2019 Cultural tourism is one of the largest and fastest-growing tourism markets globally. The urge to experience another culture or learn about another... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-cultural-tourism-protocol) [![woman hands typing laptop](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/laptop-woman-hands-shutterstock_370595636-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=laptop-woman-hands-shutterstock_370595636-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/some-resources-to-help-you-with-indigenous-protocol) 3 min read #### [Some Resources to Help You With Indigenous Protocol](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/some-resources-to-help-you-with-indigenous-protocol) October 11, 2017 On October 1, 2017, as I listened to Jagmeet Singh make his acceptance speech as the newly crowned leader of the National Democratic Party I was... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/some-resources-to-help-you-with-indigenous-protocol) [![Indigenous-made jewelry](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Indigenous-jewelery_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Indigenous-jewelery_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-are-appropriate-gifts-for-indigenous-guest-speakers) 4 min read #### [What are Appropriate Gifts for Indigenous Guest Speakers?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-are-appropriate-gifts-for-indigenous-guest-speakers) February 24, 2016 This article goes out to all the people who organize events that include Indigenous speakers and we thank one of our readers for suggesting we write... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-are-appropriate-gifts-for-indigenous-guest-speakers) [![cup with name tag on it](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/name-tag-cup-tim-mossholder-IQJbbw72PZc-unsplash_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=name-tag-cup-tim-mossholder-IQJbbw72PZc-unsplash_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-protocol-usage-ancestral-spiritual-names) 2 min read #### [Indigenous Protocol Usage of Ancestral and Spiritual Names](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-protocol-usage-ancestral-spiritual-names) January 14, 2014 According to Merriam-Webster, protocol is “a system of rules that explain the correct conduct and procedures to be followed in formal situations.”... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-protocol-usage-ancestral-spiritual-names) [![Chief Robert Joseph speaking](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/RobertJoseph_2018_IMG_7964_BluePixelDesign.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=RobertJoseph_2018_IMG_7964_BluePixelDesign.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-protocol-thanking-host-first-nation) 3 min read #### [First Nation Protocol - Thanking the Host First Nation, Why You Should](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-protocol-thanking-host-first-nation) September 24, 2013 In this post, we share some insight on First Nation Protocol including why you should thank the host First Nation, and on the side provide an example... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nation-protocol-thanking-host-first-nation) [![powwow regalia](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/powwow_shutterstock_2759386_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=powwow_shutterstock_2759386_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-powwow-protocol) 2 min read #### [Indigenous Powwow Protocol - #2 of 3 in the Powwow Series](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-powwow-protocol) June 18, 2013 This is the second in our three-part series on powwows. In the first part, A Primer on Indigenous Powwows, we covered a bit of the history. This... 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