http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/tourism RSS Feed for ICT - Living - Tourism en-us Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:19:31 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/tourism/66570997.html WASHINGTON – An exhibition opening this fall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian explores the identity of people whose ancestry is both African American and Native American. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/tourism/42429562.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – It took nothing less than a mile-thick glacier to carve the cascade at Sioux Falls, S.D. from the quartzite bedrock. Ironically, the hardness of that same rock formation figures differently at the site in Minnesota where it surrounds the soft pipestone that is prized by American Indian tribal members. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/tourism/42426437.html WILLIAMS LAKE, British Columbia – The Xat’sull Heritage Village project began as a step in cultural revitalization for youth of the Soda Creek First Nations in 1996. It was a place where elders could teach the youth about their spiritual, cultural and traditional way of life. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/tourism/42425727.html SUQUAMISH, Wash. – For the first time in the history of byway management, a tribal entity was handed the responsibility of managing a non-tribal scenic byway, U.S. 101, which stretches about 360 miles along one of Washington’s most scenic corridors. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/tourism/42424947.html CRANBROOK, British Columbia – Three Canadian First Nations have taken a bold step towards wiping the tears from past mistreatment of Native people by transforming an old mission school into a first class resort hotel/casino and golf course. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/tourism/42422492.html STURGIS, S.D. – Just outside Sturgis is the Sacred Mato Paha or Bear Butte Mountain. Bear Butte, a 4,426-foot mountain, rests on the northernmost part of the Black Hills. It has been a sacred site to the Northern Plains Indians for thousands of years. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/tourism/42422352.html MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. – When Gerard Baker, an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes, was hired as the superintendent at Mount Rushmore nearly four years ago, not much, if anything at all reflected the rich history of American Indians in the Black Hills. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/tourism/40960492.html SEATTLE – The Northwest Native Canoe Center is scheduled to open in summer 2011 in Seattle’s Lake Union Park. Jones & Jones, whose projects include the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., is the architect.