Cultural Knowledge Keeper & Elder - Elementary

Northern Lights School Division; La Loche; On-site; CAD 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lights School Division seeks an Elder - Knowledge Keeper at Nitelazetue Elementary School in La Loche. This full-time, school-based position supports cultural education, preserves oral tradition, and partners with teachers to integrate First Nations knowledge and language across the curriculum.

You will teach traditional skills such as trapping, beading, storytelling, and smudging, foster pride and belonging among students, meet with at-risk youths, and support parent groups.

Qualifications

• Fostering atmosphere of pride, respect, and trust.
• Preservation of traditional knowledge and oral tradition.
• Assisting with First Nations and Métis knowledge, language, and traditional skills.
• Teaching traditional and cultural skills such as trapping, fishing, beading, storytelling, and smudging.
• Teaching cultural life skills to promote mastery, generosity, independence, and belonging.
• Meeting with at-risk youths.
• Assisting with parent support groups.

Responsibilities

• Foster an atmosphere of pride, respect and trust.
• Assist with preservation of traditional knowledge and oral tradition.
• Support teachers with First Nations and Métis knowledge and language.
• Teach traditional skills such as trapping, fishing, beading, storytelling, and smudging.
• Promote mastery, generosity, independence and belonging through cultural life skills.
• Meet with at-risk youths and support families.

Skills

Cultural knowledge

Oral tradition

First Nations knowledge

Beading

Storytelling

Job description

Northern Lights School Division seeks an Elder - Knowledge Keeper at Nitelazetue Elementary School in La Loche. This full-time, school-based position supports cultural education, preserves oral tradition, and partners with teachers to integrate First Nations knowledge and language across the curriculum.

You will teach traditional skills such as trapping, beading, storytelling, and smudging, foster pride and belonging among students, meet with at-risk youths, and support parent groups.