Ep. 10 | Native Tourism with Ed Hall

Episode 10 of The Native Edge podcast is all about tourism. Yvette solo hosts (with an assist from producer Mikaela Garcia) this episode, which features a conversation with Ed Hall. Ed is a consultant for The National Center working on our new tourism program.

Ed and Yvette talk to the tremendous potential for tourism in Indian Country, as well as some challenges and regional differences. This is the beginning of the conversation about tourism; a future episode will feature the rest of our tourism team representing five regions across the country.

To learn more about our work with tourism, check out this press release announcing the cooperative agreement between The National Center and the Office of Indian Economic Development at the Department of Interior.

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Chapters

• 0:30 Intro
• 1:13 The Native Edge Tourism and Technical Assistance Center (NETTAC)
• 4:12 Doing tourism the right way
• 8:35 International interest in Indian Country
• 10:21 Ed's private and public sector experience
• 13:26 The role of states
• 16:53 Ed on the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
• 20:01 Challenges with tourism
• 25:00 Every community is different
• 29:08 Hawaii
• 30:05 Indigenous tourism app and other ideas
• 33:08 Route 66 revisited
• 37:28 Creating a future for younger generations
• 41:02 Incorporating traditions and culture into new technology
• 44:09 Native athletics
• 45:29 Decolonizing tourism
• 49:19 Food Traditions
• 51:02 Taking ownership