Indigenous Guide Consulting Services

10/02/2026

We are looking forward to hosting our upcoming Indigenous Guide Cultural Awareness Training Courses in Truro (October 6th @ the Best Western Glengarry) and in Halifax (Oct 26th @ the Future Inns Halifax Hotel). We still have space for both, if anyone is interested please register online at www.theIndigenousGuide.com/training - please share in your networks!

09/14/2026

With the downturn in the tourism industry funding and no change in sight I am ramping up my own business back again (Indigenous Guide Development Services) and coordinating a number of Mi'kmaw 101 Cross Cultural Awareness Training Courses in the coming weeks as part of the efforts to honour and recognize the 94 Calls to Action under the TRC (Truth & Reconciliation Commission).

Attached is a poster that I will be sharing far and wide on the upcoming training sessions that I will be delivering along with Mi'kmaw Cultural Specialist Mr. Graham Marshall from Membertou.

Some topics will include Mi'kmaw Cultural Perspectives, Statistical Data, Traditional Protocols & Values, Guide to relationship Building, Historical Treaties in Mi'kma'ki, Residential School Impacts, TRC 94 Calls to Action, Indian Act of 1867 & Today as well as guidelines in developing your Land Acknowledgement Statements.

These will be full day sessions held in different locations across Mi'kma'ki / Atlantic Region. These sessions will be open to anyone interested in learning more about the true Mi'kmaw history of these lands with a focus on reconciliation & decolonization.

There will only be a limited number of 30 seats available for each training session (to ensure quality) so register fast before the sessions fill up. Register online ASAP.

All registration, event info and payments by credit card or E-transfer to my email can be made on the site.

Our first Mi'kmaw 101 Training is scheduled for Monday, September 28th, 2026 at the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre. These are full day sessions from 8:30am - 4:30pm.

Other sessions with dates in October are listed on our poster and on our website at www.theIndigenousGuide.com.

For more information please feel free to message me privately and or email me at [email protected].

Wela'liek/ We thank you!

04/30/2024

04/22/2024

Nature in all it's beauty ❤️ Sending you all peace, love, serenity and appreciation of the bounties of Mother Earth. These are all essential elements of creating balance in our lives. Have a wonderful week everyone!

Photo Credit: Linda Bernard, a beautiful sunrise photo of our home community of We'koqma'q Lnue'kati.

04/02/2024

*** REMINDER ***
Mi'kmaw Tourism Business Owners
Mi'kmaw Artists & Crafters
Mi'kmaw Youth & Elders
Mi'kmaw Interested Individuals

You are invited to attend our next Mi’kmaw Tourism Engagement session scheduled to take place tomorrow on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 at the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre (JENU Room – Main Entrance – First Floor to the Right) from 10:00am – 3:00pm (with lunch served).

We are hoping to gather more voices around the table in support of Mi’kmaw Tourism being included into the new Provincial Tourism Strategy that is being developed by the Province with Tourism NS and TIANS leading the way. We have asked to have specific sessions for our Mi’kmaw people and partner organizations so that we can have stronger input into the new strategy.

We are also including the importance of who we are as a Mi'kmaw Nation, our culture, our history and the future opportunities for our people and children involving tourism.

We hope that you can join us tomorrow – please share in your networks and social media links! For more info, please reach out to Robert Bernard, NSITEN Executive Director at [email protected].

03/17/2024

* IMPORTANT UPDATE - LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER !! *
Are you a Mi'kmaw / Indigenous business owner involved in tourism and culture, artist or crafts person promoting and selling your beautiful creations or a community staff person, leader or decision maker involved in promoting Mi'kmaw cultural tourism in your community? If so then this is the exact place you should be from March 26-28, 2024 in Halifax!
The 2024 Nova Scotia Indigenous Tourism Enterprise Network Tourism Conference, AGM and Mi'kmaw Mawiomi in Kjipuktuk / Halifax which is being hosted at Hotel Halifax from March 26-28, 2024 will be taking place is less than 10 days! Have you registered yet to participate in all of these new updates in tourism!
All NSITEN members will get FREE REGISTRATION for the entire event and additional supports are available for people travelling from far distances for hotels for NSITEN members.
To check out our detailed schedule, please visit our website online at www.NSITEN.com/events - also we will be hosting our NSITEN Tourism Awards so if you have an any individuals or business owners involved in tourism, please nominate them as the deadline for nominations will this Friday, March 22nd, 2024.
Also, for all NSITEN members interested in getting involved as part of the new Board of Directors and Executive Board for our NSITEN organization, please reply to your membership emails asap. The elections will take place during our AGM on March 26th from 12:00pm - 4:00pm (NSITEN Members Only).
Lastly, we will be hosting a Mi'kmaw Mawiomi on the last day of our event. This will be a FREE EVENT for all - we just ask you to please register online on our website at by pressing on this link : www.NSITEN.com/Events .
We are looking forward to hosting you all at our upcoming event and for more information please reach out to us via email at [email protected], register online or call Robert Bernard directly at 902-302-3300. Thank you and please share!

03/11/2024

2024 NSITEN Tourism Conference & Mawiomi (Gathering) - March 26-28, 2024 to be hosted at the Hotel Halifax (downtown Kjipuktuk) if you are a Mi'kmaw/Indigenous tourism business owner and/or Mi'kmaw Artist/Crafter - this is the event for you! Check out our website for more information at www.NSITEN.com/Events .

This Conference is open to all Mi'kmaw & Non-Mi'kmaw friends, allies, partners that want to help advance Mi'kmaw tourism in our ancestral homelands.

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 22nd, 2024.

Nominate your favorite business for our NSITEN Tourism Awards in 7 categories! Take part in our Tourism Trade Show & our Mi'kmaw Arts & Crafts MarketPlace.

Register soon as there are only 200 seats for the conference and 20 tables for the tradeshow and marketplace. NSITEN Members get FREE Registration! Please share widely in your networks and register online!

02/18/2024

Don't you just feel like telling people... "What are you looking at, mind your own business", lol. This beautiful photo of a bald eagle that I found online just reminds me to always keep your head up, "you just never know what beauty you may see in life"...

01/02/2024

On behalf of my business, the Indigenous Guide Consulting Services I would like to send a very Happy New Year to all of our clients, friends and allies! May this new year of 2024 bring you all of the things that you hope and dream for! Let's continue to work together for a better tomorrow for all. Taho!

03/25/2023

My good friend and colleague Graham Marshall shares what we feel as Mi'kmaw with respect to our Welcome Protocols... Great job my friend...