First Nations and Culture

Canada’s First Nations culture and the heritage of the people who make our country so unique can be explored anywhere you’re travelling in Canada’s west. Stay at lodges run by First Nations communities who will happily share their oral history, their food, music, dance and art. Festivals like the Kamloopa PowWow will leave you wondering why you haven’t been to one before, while a visit to the sacred lands of the Haida G’waii will leave you entranced.

First Nations
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Teepee

Experience Canadian history first hand

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Cranbrook, B.C. – Rising to the early morning glow from outside the teepee walls, we breathed the...

Lund hotel

The Tla’amin Nation Experience

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A Two-night package gives guests the opportunity to go back in time and learn how people not only...

Lund

Welcome to Klah-Ah-Men, a place of refuge

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The waves of the Salish Sea crash rhythmically along the shore of the Sunshine Coast and the seaside...

Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump

Run with the pack at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

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As one of Canada's UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is an incredible...

Speaking Earth: First Nations program

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The rushing waters of the St. Mary River pass a circle of Ktunaxa tipis erected proudly on its banks...

How to uncover the true spirit of Ogopogo

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#OkanaganExploring Ogopogo is B.C.’s very own Loch Ness Monster, turned friendly water creature, the...

Sunshine Coast

Forests of the Sunshine Coast with Talaysay Tours

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“This whole area is one fantastic, giant archeological site,” Candace Campo told me as we convened...

Canoeing

‘The way forward’: Crafting one canoe with many hands

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The project’s premise was simple: one tree equals one sea-worthy canoe built by many hands, some...

Paddling in Salish Sea

The Salish highway uncovers Indigenous culture in Canada

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Reconciliation with the Indigenous People of Canada is an important conversation happening today in...

Texada Island

Exploring Texada Island

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There is something I felt while exploring Sonoma in the Arizona heat that I did not expect to...

A Métis Homecoming: A warm welcome into a storied past

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Mesmerized by the powerful and hypnotic beat of the ancient drums, we pull ourselves away from the...

Haida Gwaii

Totem Pole raising ceremony in Haida Gwaii

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Landing in Sandspit, the main airport to access the village of Queen Charlotte in Haida Gwaii, gave...

Great Bear

Into the lair of the Great Bear

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As dusk descends, an explosion of violence shatters the tranquility of the world’s largest remaining...