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Thunderbird mask, Audain Museum, Whistler, British Columbia. Photo: Thomas Quine, Flickr.

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Aboriginal Images and Symbols

A question comes up from time to time about the use of Aboriginal images and symbols in organizational logo design and/or presentations. There are many examples of images and symbols that extend beyond the more familiar depictions of bears, eagles,...

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The Royal Proclamation of 1763

In Canada, the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples was driven primarily by the Royal Proclamation of October 1763; of particular...

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Nakwakto pictographs

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Indigenous Peoples Did Not Have Written Languages

Many Indigenous Peoples of North America did not have written languages and instead relied on oral histories to pass down their traditions and...

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Summer lodges of the Ojibway. Photo: Credit: Library and Archives Canada / PA-121615

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Were All Indigenous People Nomadic?

There has been a long-held idea that all Indigenous Peoples were nomadic peoples living in primitive conditions roaming the land searching for their...

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black and red painted canoe on water

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Indigenous Peoples Did Not Have Wheels

Indigenous Peoples did not have wheels at the time of the arrival of Christopher Columbus and were therefore, according to widely held belief, living...

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