Mr. Donalson Frederick, Indigenous Brave and Chief Technical Officer at the Ministry of Tourism, represented Dominica at the 15th World Tourism Event (WTE) – the International Tourism exhibition for World Heritage Site in Genoa, Italy from September 12- 14, 2024. The Event featured an exhibition area for World Heritage Sites and Tourism professionals; a B2B workshop and an ‘Event and Experience ‘ area. It is reportedly the most prestigious meeting in Tourism supply and demand for cities and UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
There were discussions on current issues related to Tourism promotion, natural conservation, year-round Tourism, and the climate crisis. Despite new and complex global challenges for tourism, the event provides a platform for discussing pressing issues such as climate change, in order to find essential solutions for the promotion and employment of our heritage sites. Along those lines, Frederick is confident that the knowledge he acquired can be of significant importance toward improving the Morne Trois Piton National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Dominica.
No, Brave was not a term used by Indigenous American people.
It is an Anglo term created by a Michigan Indian agent named Henry Rowe Schoolcraft in the 1800’s. In the 1848 book “The Red Race of America” he uses the term Brave in several insistence’s. It grew in popularity as a sign of Anglo respect for the Indigenous people.
Schoolcraft indicates that the term brave is taken from the Ojibwa word for “strong-heart” (zoogigide).
Keep in mind that Indigenous Nations all had separate languages they did not share a common word or phrase. I encourage you to seek other nation’s terms for similar meaning.