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This paper reviews indigenous/aboriginal tourism, a rapidly evolving sector of the tourism industry and an important growth sector in aboriginal economies, and examines the optimism expressed about its growth potential. Case studies are given of the host, guest and intermediary relationships involved in aboriginal tourism in southern Alberta, Canada, still at an early and tentative stage of development, despite the volume of travel taking place in this area, the location of Canada's largest Indian reserves in this region, and world renowned attractionssuch as Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. It notes the lack of industry knowledge on the part of local aboriginal operators, a lack of consumer awareness on the part of travellers and an underutilisation of potentially advantageous partnerships between local product suppliers and tour operators. Suggestions are made for the professional development of an aboriginal tourism product; market reconnaissance and market development; and the evolution of a partnership between aboriginal tourism product suppliers and the travel trade.

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Free‐ranging wild/feral horse populations are found worldwide in a variety of habitats. The animals have varied ecological impacts and socio‐cultural significance which are reflected in profoundly different management approaches. Using qualitative methods, this article investigates divergent perceptions of wild horses in western Canada employing two different frameworks: that of political ecological constructivism and that of nonhuman agency in a more‐than‐human geography. Government authorities mostly view the wild horse as an alien introduced species which competes with native wildlife and negatively impacts native ecosystems as well as interferes with resource industries. In this article, I suggest that the prevalent government view may be interpreted as an example of environmental orthodoxies. This view will be contrasted with an interpretation of wild horses as reintroduced wildlife, based on the findings of molecular biology using mitochondrial DNA analysis, and adopting a paleoecological perspective. However, this view, too, can be challenged as to its objectivity. Finally, this article will show that an engagement with wild horses as nonhuman agents, particularly through the lens of nonhuman charisma, is crucial for understanding the dynamics of change in government approaches to wild horse management as well as a culturally differentiated relationship with these animals.