Research projects conducted on Indigenous communities have largely been developed within a dominant Western research paradigm that values the researcher as knowledge holder and the community members as passive subjects. The consequences of such research have been marginalizing for Indigenous people globally, leading to calls for the decolonization of research through the development of Indigenous research paradigms. Based on a reflexive analysis of a five‐year partnership focused on developing capacity for tourism development in Lake Helen First Nation (Red Rock Indian Band), we offer a way of understanding the connection between Indigenous research paradigms and the western construct of community‐based participatory research as a philosophical and methodological approach to geography. Our analysis shows that researchers should continue to move away from methods that perpetuate the traditional ways of working ON Indigenous communities to methods that allow us to work WITH and FOR them, based on an ethic that respects and values the community as a full partner in the co‐creation of the research question and process, and shares in the acquisition, analysis, and dissemination of knowledge. Our reflection also shows that when research is conducted on a community, the main beneficiary is the researcher, when conducted with, both parties receive benefit, while research for the community may result in benefits mainly for the community. We further contend that any research conducted within a community, regardless of its purpose and methodology, should follow the general principles of Indigenous paradigms, and respect the community by engaging in active communication with them, seeking their permission not only to conduct and publish the research but also with respect to giving results of the research back in ways that adhere to community protocols and practices.

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Many Canadian, resource-based communities are facing an economic crisis and often turn to tourism for economic diversification and some recent trends in the growth of tourism employment in Canada's rural areas suggest that such choices are well founded. Despite positive growth indicators, rural tourism is criticized for several reasons, including issues with employment, ownership and lack of understanding of the industry. Although much has been written on the development of community-based tourism and its potential to address such concerns, much of the discussion remains at theoretical levels, with few examinations of practical frameworks for rural communities in crisis, such as the current experience in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Enquiries into tourism's contribution to rural community economic development identified two gaps concerning how rural tourism can be a viable industry in resource-dependent communities and how to embed the industry within a community seeking alternatives from a deficit/crisis context. Interviews with a tourism operator in rural Manitoba, Canada seemed to provide an answer to both of these questions, through the application of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) to rural tourism development. Such an examination indicates that although such an approach does not solve the issues, it does provide a new lens through which to understand the potential for tourism in rural communities. Résumé: 'Recherche Appréciative' et le tourisme rural: un cas d'étude canadienDe nombreuses communautés canadiennes qui vivaient de leurs ressources naturelles se trouvent facè a une criseéconomique et se tournent souvent vers le tourisme pour diversifier leurséconomies. La croissance récente de l'emploi dans le domaine du tourisme en zones rurales au Canada suggère que c'est un choix approprié. Toutefois, malgré des indices de développement positifs, le tourisme rural est critiqué pour plusieurs raisons: problèmes de l'emploi, de propriété et manque de compréhension de cette activité. Bien qu'on ait beaucoupécrit au sujet du développement d'un tourisme implanté dans la communauté localeà cause de son potentiel pour résoudre de telles préoccupations, la discussion demeureà un niveau théorique. On voit peu de propositions de cadres pratiques pour les communautés rurales en crise, comme celles du nord ouest de l'Ontario au Canada. Lesétudes sur la contribution du tourisme au développementéconomique des communautés rurales a identifié deux lacunes relatives au tourisme rural comme activitééconomique viable dans des communautés qui dépendent de leurs ressources naturelles età la façon d'incorporer cette activité dans une Correspondence Address: Rhonda Koster, School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism, Lakehead University, Appreciative Inquiry and Rural Tourism 257 communauté qui cherche des alternatives dans un contexte de crise. Des interviews avec un opérateur de tourisme dans le Manitoba rural au Canada semblent procurer une réponseà ces deux questions grâceà l'application d'une 'Recherche Appréciative' (AI dans l...