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The Thoughtful Traveler’s Guide to Indigenous Tourism
Book indigenous-owned and -operated tours and accommodations such as these and your travel dollars will benefit the people whose culture you experience. Experience First Nations culture in British Columbia Candace Campo, co-owner of Talaysay Tours and a member of Canada’s Coast Salish people, has been leading Talking Trees Tours through Vancouver’s Stanley Park full time since 2016. During the 90-minute outing, Campo recounts the culinary and medicinal uses of the plants encountered along the hike. Her stories often incorporate folklore. For example, the western hemlock she notes, is identifiable by its small pine cones and droopy top boughs. Why? According to Coast Salish legend, the tree was so eager to…