--- title: Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Blog | Land Acknowledgement description: Land Acknowledgement | 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. ### Land Acknowledgement [![Chief Willie Littlechild. Photo: michael_swan, Flickr](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Chief-Willie-Littlechild_mmmswan-5911839655_Flickr_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Chief-Willie-Littlechild_mmmswan-5911839655_Flickr_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/honourary-chief-wilton-littlechild) 5 min read #### [Honourary Chief J. Wilton “Willie” Littlechild](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/honourary-chief-wilton-littlechild) October 09, 2024 Anyone aware of the work, life, and growing legacy of J. Wilton Littlechild will know that he is a significant leader in international Indigenous law... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/honourary-chief-wilton-littlechild) [![meeting boardroom](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/meeting-boardroom-unsplash-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=meeting-boardroom-unsplash-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/weaving-reconciliation-into-your-meetings) 3 min read #### [Weaving Reconciliation into Your Meetings](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/weaving-reconciliation-into-your-meetings) November 13, 2019 Land acknowledgements are increasingly present at the beginning of meetings in board rooms, lectures, classrooms, entertainment events etc. Land... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/weaving-reconciliation-into-your-meetings) [![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) [![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) [![Squamish and Whistler road sign with Indigenous names](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Squamish-Whistler-road-sign-Indigenous-name-Flickr_brand0con-4658094389-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Squamish-Whistler-road-sign-Indigenous-name-Flickr_brand0con-4658094389-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-should-you-learn-to-pronounce-indigenous-names) 3 min read #### [Why Should You Learn to Pronounce Indigenous Names?](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-should-you-learn-to-pronounce-indigenous-names) September 09, 2016 It’s becoming more commonplace for formal meetings to begin with an acknowledgement of the traditional or treaty territory on which the meeting is... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-should-you-learn-to-pronounce-indigenous-names) [![mountain lake](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/shutterstock_2837849-mountain-lake_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=shutterstock_2837849-mountain-lake_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-you-should-avoid-using-crown-lands-in-indigenous-consultation) 2 min read #### [Why You Should Avoid Using “Crown Lands” in Indigenous Consultation](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-you-should-avoid-using-crown-lands-in-indigenous-consultation) August 10, 2014 One of the terms you will want to consider avoiding is “crown land” or “crown lands”. If you use this term in your work with Indigenous Peoples, you... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-you-should-avoid-using-crown-lands-in-indigenous-consultation) [![microphone in conference room](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/microphone-conference-speaker-unsplash_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=microphone-conference-speaker-unsplash_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nations-protocol-questions-reader) 2 min read #### [First Nations Protocol: Questions From a Reader](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nations-protocol-questions-reader) December 18, 2013 We recently received the following questions from a reader: Question: A few years ago I attended your workshop in Ottawa and bought your [Working... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/first-nations-protocol-questions-reader) [![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... 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