combined with an overnight ‘glamping’ stay with dinner by the campfire.
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Dené Sinclair, director of marketing, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada Indigenous tourism experiences have the power to change perspectives, preserve culture, language and community, and provide our relatives with a platform to be the leading voice in reclaiming our space in history, both ancient and modern. Our association helps indigenous communities, entrepreneurs and businesses tell their own story through tourism. There are so many experiences to try across the country: engage all your senses in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, on the Mahikan Trail, as you touch, taste, smell and hear stories of traditional plant medicines; travel the path of the Huron-Wendat people in Quebec; or take a tour of a kekuli (traditional underground accommodation) at Quaaout Lodge in British Columbia.
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w BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE YUKON Go wild: Experience true wilderness living at Shakat Tun Wilderness Camp on the edge of Kluane National Park, and learn more about the traditional ways of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations. Activities range from medicine walks and drum-making workshops to trapline tours and nightly campfire storytelling, all within breathtaking wild Yukon surroundings.
shakattunadventures.com Learn the lifestyle: Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Centre is an excellent modern museum and cultural centre in the heart of Whistler, showcasing the Squamish and Lil’Wat nations. Visitors are welcomed with a traditional song, shown a well-made cultural film and taken on a tour, before settling down to make traditional crafts. Stay for an indigenous-inspired lunch or book one of the popular salmon barbecue nights.
slcc.ca Tour totem poles: Join First Nations guides from Talaysay Tours in Vancouver, Squamish and on the Sunshine Coast for cultural walks, kayak tours and multi-day adventures. Perfect for clients with time restrictions, the 90-minute Spoken Treasures tour in Stanley Park views Vancouver through an indigenous lens.
talaysay.com Eat indigenous: Dive into delicious First Nations-inspired dishes at one of Vancouver’s most popular restaurants, Salmon n’ Bannock. Try game meatballs, wild boar sausages, birch-glazed wild salmon and, of course, bannock, paired with wine from Canada’s First Nations-owned wineries.
salmonandbannock.net Natural beauty: Canada’s answer to the Galapagos Islands, the protected rainforest archipelago of Haida Gwaii offers incredible ecotourism opportunities, fishing adventures and wildlife viewing, teamed with cultural tours visiting ancient Haida villages, towering totem poles and learning more about the Haida nation through storytelling and song. Haida Style Expeditions is a 100% Haida-owned and operated cultural ecotourism business.
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w ONTARIO Follow the trail: Get an aboriginal perspective on Manitoulin Island, the biggest freshwater lake island in the world, and explore the Sagamok region of northeastern Ontario on the Great Spirit Circle Trail. There’s something for everyone here, whether it’s a kayak tour with an indigenous guide paddling the lake and hearing stories of local legends, taking part in a workshop learning to set up a teepee, or heading out on a medicine walk gathering herbs and plants in the forest. Alternatively, you can
just stay in First Nations-owned accommodation, and dine out at indigenous-inspired restaurants.
circletrail.com Go downtown: Enjoy an aboriginal cultural adventure in the heart of the nation’s capital on Victoria Island in Ottawa on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people. From May till October, clients can book guided tours of the village, take part in pow wow dance performances, traditional meals and craft workshops, and paddle a canoe on the Ottawa River.
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RIGHT: Squamish
Lil’Wat Cultural Centre,
Whistler, British Columbia
PICTURE: ROBERT BARONET/STUDIO DU RUISSEAU; NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR TOURISM
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