Call Out for Trust Overseers

Due date for applications: Friday, August 18, 2017 @ 4:00pm

Applications will be taken from interested members to serve as Trust Overseer to advise the Community Trustee as part of the Akwesasne Community Settlement Trust.

CANDIDATES MUST DEMONSTRATE:

• Knowledge of the Kanienkehaka culture and the Akwesasne community

• A commitment to learning, or enriching his/her knowledge of, the Kanienkeha language

• Knowledge, understanding and commitment to the role of Trust Overseer

• Honesty, integrity, ethical conduct and common sense

• The ability to maintain objectivity, fairness, accountability and operational transparency

• Knowledge of issues and needs within the community of Akwesasne

CRITERIA FOR OVERSEERS:

• Be at least thirty (30) years of age

• Have been a resident in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne for at least ten (10) years and within the last fifteen (15) years

• Have demonstrable knowledge and life experience of the Mohawks of Akwesasne

• Be willing to put the collective, best interest of the Mohawks of Akwesasne before personal interest

• Not be an elected official of either the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne or the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

• Not be a member of the Technical Working Committee of the Akwesasne Community Trust

• Never have been convicted of an offense under Akwesasne Law, an indictable offense in Canada or a felony in the United States

• Not have been convicted of an offense under Akwesasne Law, a summary conviction in Canada or a misdemeanor in the United States in the past five (5) years

For more information call Rasennes Pembleton of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Aboriginal Rights and Research Office at 613-575-2348 ext. 2202, or Email [email protected]. Applications can be picked up at the MCA Mohawk Government Building No. 2, 33 Third Street in the village of Kanata:kon, or download at http://www.akwesasne.ca. Completed applications along with a Letter of Interest must be delivered electronically or in person to the addresses listed in the application package no later than 4pm on Friday, August 18, 2017.

** Incomplete applications will be screened out**