Two years ago, Lutsel KSA国际影视传媒檈 hosted 15 people from Wakefield, Que. for a week of cultural activities. Last year, Wakefield returned the favour. This summer, Wakefield wants to come back.

James Marlowe has been a big part of orchestrating this SA国际影视传媒渃ultural exchange,SA国际影视传媒� and says the interest for it was originally piqued when Marlowe and a delegation from Lutsel KSA国际影视传媒檈 went to Ottawa in late 2015 to lobby for the planned Thaidene Nene National Park.

In July 2016, Marlowe helped take the 15 guests from Wakefield out on the land, to an elderSA国际影视传媒檚 camp, fishing on the Snowdrift River, exploring the nearby features of Great Slave Lake each day, checking out historic trappersSA国际影视传媒� cabins.

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He says the visitors got to see moose, black bears and muskoxen while out on boat tours.

In the evenings, people came from town to share stories with the visitors and eat with them SA国际影视传媒� delicacies like moose meat and moose head that one might not run into in Wakefield.

To top it off, they timed the trip so that the visitors could head over to Yellowknife after the week in Lutsel KSA国际影视传媒檈 and catch Folk on the Rocks before heading back home.

Then, last summer, Marlowe fundraised $20,000 to take a group of 15 youth, adults and elders down to Wakefield for seven days of swimming, ziplining, go-cart racing, visiting farms, going to cinemas and museums, hopping over to Ottawa to go to Parliament Hill and the Assembly of First Nations, and take in a local baseball game.

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He said Wakefield tourism operators also met up with the Lutsel KSA国际影视传媒檈 delegation to provide advice on running tourism operations, fundraising, attracting clients and nuts-and-bolts details like insurance.

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Now the relationship is there, built by the communities themselves, and Marlowe says Lutsel KSA国际影视传媒檈 might be getting another visit this summer.

"Those guys are interested in coming back and probably this summer we'll host them again.SA国际影视传媒�