What's the Best Way to Get to Know You?(Strictly Speaking‪)‬

Cross-cultural training, is it called that because it is Christian based? Is it called "cross" because it is based on anger? Are you feeling cross today? If not, would you like to feel cross today? Maybe it means that the Aboriginal people are going to learn about our "Canadian" culture. Maybe the instructor is going to teach the non-Aboriginal participants about the nuances, differences and similarities between the cultures of EnCana and Hewlitt-Packard? Is that cross-cultural training? Maybe this instructor will be so astute as to teach about the differences in cultures between the Dogrib of Sahtu and the Maliseet of New Brunswick. Remember, it is not the Aboriginal people that are taking this training. Who do you think is qualified to teach non-Aboriginal people about a Blackfoot Thunder Medicine Bundle Transfer Ceremony usually held the last day of May? How does one participate and what does the painting of one's wrists and forehead by the Elder mean as you crawl in a clock-wise circle past the Elder being honored? When at a powwow, should a person pick up a feather that falls to the floor during a dance? Who will tell you about this, an unsanctioned instructor? How do you even know what questions to ask when you know nothing about the topic?