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>Shaking the feathers: Canada's aboriginal cultural tourism in the 21st century. Does native tourism strengthen communities and inform non-native people, or does it reinforce negative stereotypes? An examination of Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ontario and Xa:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre in Mission, B.C.
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Shaking the feathers: Canada's aboriginal cultural tourism in the 21st century. Does native tourism strengthen communities and inform non-native people, or does it reinforce negative stereotypes? An examination of Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ontario and Xa:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre in Mission, B.C.
Aboriginal cultural tourism in Canada has had the potential to help preserve tradition, strengthen identity, create economic opportunities and introduce non-native people to native culture, both historic and contemporary. Alternately, it might have reinforced stereotypes and pushed indigenous people to fabricate experiences to meet tourists' expectations.;Media stories and travelogues from the 19th century have helped perpetuate negative stereotypes. Some recent articles might have done the same thing. In contrast, other modern stories might have fostered a better understanding of the aboriginal experience.;The limited assumptions of non-native tourists could be shifted by stories, as well as visits to sites. When aboriginal cultural tourism has been controlled from within, the attractions could have potentially corrected historical inaccuracies for visitors and aided communities.;My research included Woodland Cultural Centre, established in Brantford, Ont., in 1972 on Six Nations land and Xa:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre, opened in 1992 outside Mission, B.C. I also briefly examined NK'MIP Desert Cultural Centre, in the Okanagan, B.C., and Great Spirit Circle Trail in the Manitoulin region of Ontario.;The question was if aboriginal cultural tourism's strengths outweighed its weaknesses. If so, aboriginal cultural tourism could benefit not only aboriginal communities, but also all of Canada.
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