--- title: Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Blog | Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples description: Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples | 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. ### Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples [![](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Cover%20Images/IndianAct_BlogCoverImage_Feb2026.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=IndianAct_BlogCoverImage_Feb2026.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/looking-beyond-the-indian-act) 5 min read #### [Looking Beyond the Indian Act](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/looking-beyond-the-indian-act) February 07, 2026 This article was originally published on Active History on January 30, 2026. Republished with permission. Original article here:... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/looking-beyond-the-indian-act) [![](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/--Official%20Website%20Images/Banner%20Images/Homepage_banner_Flavio_black2.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=Homepage_banner_Flavio_black2.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-cultural-competency-trainer-criteria) 5 min read #### [Indigenous Cultural Competency Trainer Criteria](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-cultural-competency-trainer-criteria) February 05, 2026 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls-to-Action (CTAs), released in June 2015, have galvanized the government, corporate, and private... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-cultural-competency-trainer-criteria) [![Two totem poles in Cumberland, BC. 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[Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/5-things-to-know-when-working-with-indigenous-communities) [![engineers in hard hats surveying with blueprints](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/construction-blueprints-planning_shutterstock_1994743886-2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=construction-blueprints-planning_shutterstock_1994743886-2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/heritage-conservation-act-hca-transformation-project) 3 min read #### [Heritage Conservation Act (HCA) Transformation Project](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/heritage-conservation-act-hca-transformation-project) February 12, 2024 "cultural heritage resource" means an object, a site or the location of a traditional societal practice that is of historical, cultural or... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/heritage-conservation-act-hca-transformation-project) [![10 Million - Thank you for making us your trusted Indigenous relations article source!](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/10M_BlogPost2.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=10M_BlogPost2.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/thank-you-for-the-journey-celebrating-10-million-blog-views) 3 min read #### [Thank You for the Journey: Celebrating 10 Million Blog Views](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/thank-you-for-the-journey-celebrating-10-million-blog-views) January 21, 2024 As we embark on a new year, Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. (ICT) is humbled to share that our Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Blog... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/thank-you-for-the-journey-celebrating-10-million-blog-views) [![Need a Job sign and unemployed person](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/pexels-9830115-unemployment-job_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=pexels-9830115-unemployment-job_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/higher-rates-of-unemployment-5-of-8-key-issues) 4 min read #### [Higher Rates of Unemployment - #5 of 8 Key Issues](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/higher-rates-of-unemployment-5-of-8-key-issues) May 02, 2023 Indigenous people are the fastest-growing and youngest segment of the Canadian population. And have been for decades. Based on the 2020 Canada Census... 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Photo: Tyson Jerry, courtesy of the Vancouver Board of Trade.](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/VBOT-32-of-71_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=VBOT-32-of-71_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/vancouver-board-of-trade-intercultural-presentation-by-bob-joseph) #### [Vancouver Board of Trade Intercultural Presentation by Bob Joseph](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/vancouver-board-of-trade-intercultural-presentation-by-bob-joseph) February 27, 2020 In case you wondered what I (Bob Joseph) do for a living, here is a 45-minute video of my "Intercultural Presentation" delivered at the Vancouver... [Read More](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/vancouver-board-of-trade-intercultural-presentation-by-bob-joseph) [![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... 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