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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sustain. Tour.
Sec. Cultural Heritage and Authenticity in Tourism
Volume 3 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/frsut.2024.1344288
This article is part of the Research Topic UN World’s Indigenous Peoples Day: Indigenous Tourism and Cultural Revitalization: Impacts, Opportunities, and Collaborative Approaches View all articles
Indigenous Interpretation in Parks and Protected Areas on Turtle Island: A Scoping Review
Provisionally accepted- 1 Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
- 2 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- 3 Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
The interpretation of national, provincial, territorial, and state parks and heritage sites is a powerful social force that can foster or thwart respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. By conducting a scoping review of relevant literature, this study aims to initiate conversations about how Indigenous interpretation is conceptualized and practiced in relation to national, provincial, territorial, and state parks and heritage sites on Turtle Island (i.e., North America). Findings indicate that while Indigenous interpretation is rarely explicitly defined, several themes are consistently used to illustrate what Indigenous interpretation entails or should entail. Themes include: i) responsibility and respect, ii) relationships, iii) place-based cultural identity and empowerment, iv) contested stories and histories, and v) storytelling. While these thematic dimensions do not represent a definitive definition of Indigenous interpretation, they do suggest potential features that may enhance understandings and applications of Indigenous interpretation in parks, protected areas, and heritage sites on Turtle Island. They also reaffirm the importance of interpretive encounters as a social force encouraging relationships across cultures.
Keywords: Indigenous Interpretation, Parks and protected areas, Storytelling, Scoping review, North America
Received: 25 Nov 2023; Accepted: 13 Aug 2024.
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* Correspondence:
Raynald H. Lemelin, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
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