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The Banff Indian Days tourism festivals

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The Banff Indian Days tourism festivals, which occurred annually from 1910 to 1972, reinforced temporalized and exoticized images of local Indigenous peoples and informed the production of “Indigeneity.” While attention is directed to prevailing discourse, this research is also concerned with how Nakoda participants responded to this discourse through their participation in local tourism economies. As well as facilitating a process where Nakoda peoples returned to important locations within Banff National Park, the Indian Days offered unique socio-economic, political and cultural opportunities. Through interpreting the discursive production of Indigenous identities, it is revealed how some community members refused colonial structures and defied limiting definitions of their cultural practices. The festivals are established as key spaces of exchange that fostered identity-making possibilities.

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  • Mason, Courtney W., 2015. "The Banff Indian Days tourism festivals," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 77-95.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:53:y:2015:i:c:p:77-95
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2015.04.008
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    1. Emalee A. Vandermale & Jordyn Bogetti & Courtney W. Mason, 2024. "Land Use Policy Frameworks in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand: Examining the Opportunities and Barriers of Indigenous-Led Conservation and Protected Areas," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-22, June.
    2. Jing Xu & Yongchun Yang & Shihan Cheng & Yanjie Mu, 2022. "The Globalization Path of the Deep Inland Cities Dominated by the International Festivals Based on the Power in Western China: The Comparison between Xining Sports Festival and Yinchuan Cultural Festi," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-23, November.
    3. Jiafeng Gu, 2024. "The impact of national tourism day festivals on inbound tourism: A spatial difference-in-differences approach," Tourism Economics, , vol. 30(2), pages 417-441, March.
    4. Xiaoming (Rose) Liu & Jun (Justin) Li, 2018. "Host Perceptions of Tourism Impact and Stage of Destination Development in a Developing Country," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-15, July.

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