Experiences




Aboriginal Performances & Workshops

Culture Shock Interactive Gallery - Cedar Weaving (2 hours)
Cedar bark is sacred to our people. Donna Cranmer received the gift of working with her hands continuing a family line of expert weavers of regalia and baskets. Donna shares her experience as you craft your own cedar bracelet. As you experience working more...

Culture Shock Interactive Gallery - Traditional Salmon Barbeque (2 hours)
Savour mouth watering wild sockeye salmon while you barbeque by an open fire on the beachfront of the Culture Shock Gallery. Roy Cranmer, a knowledgeable 'Namgis fisherman, will guide you in preparing your salmon for barbequing in the traditional fashion. more...

Haida Heritage Centre - Haida Heritage Centre
The new Haida Heritage Centre at Qay'llnagaay, located on scenic Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) celebrates a living culture dating back some 12,000 years. This spectacular Centre, owned and operated by the Skidegate Band, is located at the old more...

Kootenay Wilderness Tours - Elk Runner (4 days)
This 4 day, lodge-based package focuses on nature awareness and native cultural activities with a native elder. The package includes a wilderness nature walk, traditional native ceremonies, and experiencing a traditional healing and purification lodge wit more...

Kootenay Wilderness Tours - Nature Trek Day Hikes (3 days)
Hiking remains the most popular, and arguably the most impressionable, activity to do in the Canadian Rocky Mountains for all ages and skill levels. This 3 day, lodge-based interpretive package is all-inclusive and is based on native teachings. The packag more...

Kootenay Wilderness Tours - Spirit Walker Nature Week (8 days)
The Native North American culture and their rich history in the Canadian Rocky Mountains are inseparable from the natural environment that surrounds us, those wide expanses of nature and wilderness that the natives devoted their culture to respecting and more...

Museum of Northern B.C. - Museum of Northern B.C.
Enter the Museum of Northern B.C. and experience the magnificent architecture of a Northwest Coast Longhouse. View exhibits that portray Northwest Coast history and culture dating back to the end of the last ice age. more...

Nk'Mip - The Okanagan’s Ultimate Destination Resort - Nk'Mip - The Okanagan’s Ultimate Destination Resort
Discover Nk'Mip - The Okanagan’s Ultimate Destination Resort. Just minutes from the main street of Osoyoos, in the rich Okanagan valley, this rare, unrivalled setting embraces culturally significant lands and a dramatic desert more...

Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre - Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre
The Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre invites visitors to celebrate thousands of years of Okanagan First Nations habitation on desert lands. The Centre provides on-site tours – including a traditional village, interpretive programs, an 80-seat performing arts more...

Quaaout Resort and Conference Centre - Quaaout Resort and Conference Centre
Along the shoreline of Little Shuswap Lake lies a place so rich in tradition and hospitality, it is unlike any other resort on earth. It is called Quaaout Resort & Conference Centre, and is the pride of the Little Shuswap Indian Band. Unique sights, aroma more...

Quw'utsun' Cultural and Conference Centre - Quw'utsun' Cultural and Conference Centre
The Quw'utsun' Cultural and Conference Centre in Duncan, on Vancouver Island, is owned and operated by the Cowichan Tribe. Located on 6 acres of beautiful landscaped grounds along the banks of the Cowichan River, the native heritage centre offers a truly more...

Sasquatch Tours - Healing Waters Nature Walk (1 ½ hours)
Join a Chehalis guide for a leisurely walk through the forest to a natural hot springs. During the walk you will also learn some of the traditional medicinal or food uses for the local plants, as well as learn about First Nations culture and local history more...

Sasquatch Tours - Longhouse Dinner Feast & Traditional Dance (2 hours)
The Longhouse is located on traditional Chehalis territory and is still used for local events and ceremonies. Groups will have a chance to sample traditional foods, plus experience a 30-minute dance and song presentation in a traditional Longhouse. Dinner more...

Talking Totem Tours - Festivals and Culture Packages (2 nights)
The Sto:lo people have kept tradition and culture alive in celebration, festivals, art, and every day life. They are actively participating by being host to over 40,000 First Nations and other people a year at annual events and festivals held in their com more...

Talking Totem Tours - Sweat Lodge Ceremony (2 nights)
The Sweat Lodge Ceremony is presented in a traditional working environment to ensure a total First Nations cultural immersion. The tour package includes a traditional medicines hike and a shore barbecue lunch. Accommodations are available in oceanfront more...

U'mista Cultural Centre - U'mista Cultural Centre
U'mista Cultural Centre’s mandate is to ensure the survival of all aspects of cultural heritage of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations in and around Alert Bay, on the northwest coast of British Columbia. The Centre’s main permanent exhibit is called "The Potl more...

Xa:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre - Xa:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre
Xa:ytem (pronounced "HAY-tum") is the Halq'emeylem name for a giant rock situated on an ancient river terrace overlooking the Fraser River. The oral history of the Sto:lo people has preserved their ancestor's stories about this extraordinary monolith and more...