Canada's native side | Brand X | Los Angeles Times

Just a few hours' flight from the freeway frenzy of Los Angeles, dancers in ornate costumes portraying mythical beasts, ravens and bears swirl to a hypnotic drumbeat in a vast longhouse. This isn't British Columbia's rendition of blissed-out Burning Man; it's a performance given by Komok's tribal members on Vancouver Island. These native dances were practiced long before Europeans arrived and spoiled the party, outlawing such gatherings, but now these sorts of festivities are fueling a new tribal tourism in the area.

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