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Mineral Exploration Mining Aboriginal Community Engagement (ACE): A Guidebook

Aboriginal Community Engagement (ACE) : A Guidebook was written with the sincere hope that it would be viewed as a resource for those who are interested in understanding the history of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, and how that history affects...

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Resource Revenue Sharing and Aboriginal Peoples

Resource revenue sharing (RRS) and Aboriginal Peoples have been in the news a lot of late as it is one of the long-standing issues stirred up by the...

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Totem Pole in Capilano park, Vancouver, Canada

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6 Benefits of Developing Indigenous Awareness

Being aware of both pre-contact and post-contact history, cultural differences, beliefs, values and traditions of Indigenous Peoples in Canada is the...

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Small bentbox UBC, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2017

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Indigenous Repatriation - Andy Wilson and the Haida Nation

This is the third article in a three-part series on Indigenous repatriation – why it is necessary, the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and...

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1860 Nuxalt raven mask, Audain Museum, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, 2018

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Indigenous Repatriation - Indigenous Peoples and Museums

This is the second in a three-part series on repatriation – why it is necessary, the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and museums, and the...

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Deer Lake Park sculpture 'Vitality' by Thomas Cannell, Coast Salish artist. Photo: JMV, Flickr

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Indigenous Engagement vs Indigenous Consultation. Here's the Difference.

Why do we see some organizations call their work Indigenous Engagement and some refer to it as Indigenous Consultation? To find the answer we need to...

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Lidded Eskimo basket with seal fetishes

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Indigenous Repatriation of Ancestral Remains and Artifacts

This is part of a series on Indigenous repatriation – why it is necessary, the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and museums, and the...

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refreshment table

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Indigenous Engagement - Early, Often and Ongoing

A few years ago I was working for a client on a project when I received a phone call from a local community leader with a request for a corporate...

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Gitlakdamix (New Aiyansh) and the YMCA YWCA A Match Made in 1889

Gitlakdamix (New Aiyansh), BC, is a fully functioning chapter of the YMCA/YWCA and has been so since 1889! This relationship, unique-in-Canada,...

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Indian Residential Schools: Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays

I wrote this article because I frequently see postings on Facebook asking people to “like” the “Merry Christmas” greeting and denounce the “Happy...

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