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#### **Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples®**

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### TRC Calls-to-Action

[![Flags representing children who died at residential school. Photo: Jason Woodhead, Flickr.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/residential-school-flags-died-in-school_woodhead-51702423242_Flickr_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=residential-school-flags-died-in-school_woodhead-51702423242_Flickr_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/handling-tough-questions-about-denialism)

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#### [Handling Tough Questions About Denialism](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/handling-tough-questions-about-denialism)

December 03, 2024

There isn’t a single public school in Canada or in the United States that features a graveyard out back next to the football field. [1] Grand Chief...

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[![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...

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[![Rankin Inlet. Photo: Shawn, cdnav8r.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Rankin-Inlet_Shawn-cdnav8r_Flickr_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Rankin-Inlet_Shawn-cdnav8r_Flickr_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-significance-of-irssa-recognized-schools-in-indigenous-relations)

 4 min read

#### [The Significance of IRSSA-Recognized Schools in Indigenous Relations](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-significance-of-irssa-recognized-schools-in-indigenous-relations)

September 17, 2024

Many educational programs and documents that recount the history of Indian Residential Schools in Canada will state that 1996 was the year that...

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[![Nuqo booth at the 2024 UBCM tradeshow](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Nuqo-Indigenous-business_2024UBCM-tradeshow_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Nuqo-Indigenous-business_2024UBCM-tradeshow_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-role-of-indigenous-procurement-in-economic-reconciliation)

 2 min read

#### [The Role of Indigenous Procurement in Economic Reconciliation](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/the-role-of-indigenous-procurement-in-economic-reconciliation)

September 04, 2024

In 2025, it will be a decade since the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Summary Report (June 2015) on the horrific...

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[!['A new map of the Province of Quebec according to the Royal Proclamation of the 7th October 1763'. 1776. Library and Archives Canada.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/LAC_4133853_1763-map-Quebec.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=LAC_4133853_1763-map-Quebec.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-brief-timeline-of-the-history-of-indigenous-relations-in-canada)

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#### [A Brief Timeline of the History of Indigenous Relations in Canada](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-brief-timeline-of-the-history-of-indigenous-relations-in-canada)

June 11, 2020

National Indigenous Peoples History Month is a time to acknowledge the history of Indigenous relations and Indigenous Peoples in Canada....

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[![Truth and Reconciliation display](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/reconcilation-display-29682238760_UBC_CTLT_Flickr-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=reconcilation-display-29682238760_UBC_CTLT_Flickr-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-reconciliation-is-and-what-it-is-not)

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#### [What Reconciliation Is and What It Is Not](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/what-reconciliation-is-and-what-it-is-not)

August 16, 2018

For a very long time, mainstream Canadians were unaware of the horrors and conditions that 150,000 Indigenous children endured in the Indian...

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[![Pow wow dancers. Photo: Marc Lautenbacher, Flickr](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Powwow-dancers-Marc-Lautenbacher-51160259891-Flickr-1024w.jpg?width=1024&height=512&name=Powwow-dancers-Marc-Lautenbacher-51160259891-Flickr-1024w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-is-indigenous-cultural-continuity-critical)

 3 min read

#### [Why Continuity of Indigenous Cultural Identity Is Critical](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/why-is-indigenous-cultural-continuity-critical)

June 10, 2018

We all belong to some form of culture and identify with that culture to varying degrees. Our understanding of our own cultural identity begins at...

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[![Indigenous graffiti](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/graffiti-birds-shutterstock_293987534-editorial-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=graffiti-birds-shutterstock_293987534-editorial-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-brief-definition-of-decolonization-and-indigenization)

 2 min read

#### [A Brief Definition of Decolonization and Indigenization](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-brief-definition-of-decolonization-and-indigenization)

March 29, 2017

Decolonization Decolonization once viewed as the formal process of handing over the instruments of government, is now recognized as a long-term...

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[![smudge bowl](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/smudge-bowl-shutterstock-2620745-social.jpg?width=1200&height=600&name=smudge-bowl-shutterstock-2620745-social.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-definition-of-smudging)

 2 min read

#### [A Definition of Smudging](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-definition-of-smudging)

February 16, 2017

Sacred smoke created from burning medicinal or sacred plants is an aspect of many cultures and religions the world over. In North America, it is a...

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[![TRC report cover](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/TRC_report_cover_social.jpg?width=900&height=450&name=TRC_report_cover_social.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/truth-and-reconciliation-commission-calls-to-action)

 21 min read

#### [Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/truth-and-reconciliation-commission-calls-to-action)

February 01, 2016

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its summary report and findings on June 2, 2015, after six years of hearings and testimony from more...

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