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The Significance of IRSSA-Recognized Schools in Indigenous Relations
Many educational programs and documents that recount the history of Indian Residential Schools in Canada will state that 1996 was the year that...
Inuit
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Using the Inuit Perspective to Successfully Lead a School
Looking for an adventure five years ago, I travelled to a small Inuit community in Nunavut. I quickly discovered teaching Inuit children is a rich,...
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Eskimo Identification Tags Replaced Traditional Names
In Inuit tradition, a child is not considered to be a complete person until they receive an atiq or “soul name,” usually given at birth. The...
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Indigenous Peoples Terminology: Guidelines for Usage
We’ve talked about the definition of Indigenous Peoples and the constitutional significance of Indigenous or Aboriginal. In this article, we drill...
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Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Turns Twenty - 10 Fast Facts
The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) is remarkable on many points, but perhaps the most significant is that this Agreement gave the Inuit of...
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Inuit of the World
The Inuit of the world are a group of culturally similar Indigenous Peoples who live in the Arctic regions of Canada, Denmark, Russia and the United...
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The Inuit Dog and My Adventure Outside Whitehorse, Yukon
Earlier this week I delivered a pre-conference Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® training session at the 3rd annual Yukon First Nations...
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3 Mistakes People Make When Working With the Inuit
The Inuit were identified as one of Canada's three distinct Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution Act of 1982 and as such Inuit have their own...