Why First Nations tourism is flourishing in Canada

In a cedarwood cabin on the remote archipelago of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, a hot tub babbles away on the balcony, and a soft forest light gilds an interior that’s dressed with bespoke easy chairs and Indigenous objets d’art. From the wall, a 2m-wide reproduction of a black-and-white photograph surveys the scene. The image was taken at nearby HIGaagilda, a town better known by its colonial name, Skidegate, in 1876, and depicts 20 women wearing ceremonial blankets, feathered…