Hamilton has endorsed a plan that includes setting up a new Indigenous cultural centre, and including Indigenous people more in the decisions that impact them.

City councillors voted Monday to endorse a new urban Indigenous strategy. The 38-page document includes 40 recommendations, such as establishing and maintaining land for spiritual and ceremonial activities. It also recommends a training program for Indigenous youth at the city, and putting up signs that identify traditional Indigenous names for landmarks around Hamilton.

None of that will happen immediately. City staff will bring the projects forward during future meetings and budget sessions, and city council will approve specifics then. But Monday's endorsement by the general issues committee sets this plan in motion.

The strategy is more than two years in the making. It began in December 2016 in response to calls for action from Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Today <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/yhmcc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#yhmcc</a> *endorsed* the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HamOnt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HamOnt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UrbanIndigenousStrategy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UrbanIndigenousStrategy</a> 👏🏽<br><br>A lot of great work & collaborationto get us here, now to move on to implementation!<br><br>Read the strategy here - <a href="https://t.co/BBNBUH35Ik">https://t.co/BBNBUH35Ik</a> <a href="https://t.co/1rL2pIgtsE">pic.twitter.com/1rL2pIgtsE</a> —@EVBomberry

The co-ordinator of the city's plan consulted more than 500 Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents through a survey, workshops and community conversations.

That survey found 41 per cent of Indigenous Hamiltonians experienced discrimination at some point when using city services, with another 63 per cent saying they felt it in the broader community.

The recommendations are divided into three areas — land, spirit and people.

Those recommendations include: