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Indigenous Sacred Plants: Sage
This is the last in our series on Indigenous sacred plants. Sage, along with sweetgrass, red cedar and tobacco, is one of the four plants considered...
Arts and Culture (6)
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Turtle Island Voices - Interactive Books for Kids and Teachers
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin could well have been speaking about the...
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9 Tips for a Culturally Competent Environment for Indigenous Patients
Fixing the way in which healthcare is delivered to Indigenous people is a massive, complex undertaking on the national scale. However, on a smaller...
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Cultural Competency in Indigenous Health Care
What is a culturally competent healthcare environment? It is an environment in which Indigenous people feel culturally safe... where they are treated...
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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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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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Restorative Practice Circles in the Classroom
Restorative Practice Circles are based upon the First Nations tradition of Talking Circles. First Nations, Metis & Inuit cultures are built upon oral...
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Potlatch Ban: Abolishment of First Nations Ceremonies
When the British North America (BNA) Act was passed in 1867, Canada became a country but remained a colony of the British Empire. The BNA Act...
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c̓əsnaʔəm (Marpole Midden): Timeline of Desecration to Protection
The Marpole Midden, just outside Vancouver, British Columbia, is believed to date back 4000 years. It is one of the largest pre-contact middens in...
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The Mi’kmaq People of Nova Scotia
Long before John Cabot arrived on the shores of Newfoundland in 1497, Mi’kmaq People occupied what we now know as the Atlantic provinces. Mi’kmaq...