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Indigenous women

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7 Tips on Building Relationships with Indigenous Peoples

The quality of your relationship with an Indigenous community will be measured by the effort invested and the integrity of your team. You have to realize why it is critical that a respectful relationship is fundamental to the success of any pending...

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lake trees and hill

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What Does Indigenous Connectivity Mean?

The worldview of many Indigenous Peoples includes the principle of connectivity - that everything in the universe is connected. The spirit world is...

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Cowichan

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Tips for Purchasing Authentic Indigenous Art

In Why Buying Authentic Indigenous Art is Important I talked about the cultural and economic impact knock-off art has on Indigenous artists and...

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Indigenous masks

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Why Buying Authentic Indigenous Art is Important

A newsletter reader sent us a message asking if we would write something about appropriated art. The topic of cultural appropriation is increasingly...

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totems

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Investing Effectively for Indigenous Peoples

Here's an article from a family relative who recently started Ki'mola Indigenous Capital a business that creates community wealth by investing...

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Plane at Victoria International Airport. Photo: Blake Handley, Flickr.

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Indigenous Relations at the Victoria International Airport

Airports - we all travel through them but how often do we actually ponder the Indigenous relations aspect of the operation? These transportation hubs...

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prison wall and fence

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Request for Indigenous Advisors for Citizen Advisory Committees

I recently received an email from Nicole Gareau, Presidente Comité Régional de Direction, CCC, who had read the article on Indigenous Corporate...

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Dene man in a birch bark canoe

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Indigenous Trade Networks Thrived Long Before the Arrival of Europeans

There used to be millions of us. Although there were no population counts, best estimates suggest that there were at least 40 million of us in the...

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Songhees Food Trucks

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Survey Results Show Strong Support for Indigenous Entrepreneurs

The Songhees Food Trucks feature West Coast cuisine & traditional Indigenous flavours. There has been a massive jump in Indigenous-owned and operated...

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Close-up of The Spirit of Haida Gwaii by Bill Reid. Photo: V.L., Flickr.

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The Duty to Consult Just Keeps on Evolving

The jurisprudence of this Court supports the view that the duty to consult and accommodate is part of a process of fair dealing and reconciliation...

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