OSCAR DENNIS PO Box 16. Iskut, BC. V0J 1K0 Telephone: (604) 737-2522 (H). (250) 234-3161 (C). Email: oscardennissr@gmail.com

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Professional Overview Experienced First Nations professional with strong leadership, relationship-building and consulting skills seeking employment in the Social Sciences; Anthropology and/or First Nations, Cultural, Language, teaching, First Nations Justice fields. Core Qualifications

• Able to participate in multidisciplinary team approach.

• Able to work independently and as a member of a team.

• Aware of legal and ethical standards. • Comfortable with diverse populations. • Excellent relationship building skills. • Excellent writing and critical thinking

skills. • Interpersonal, oral, and written

communication skills. • Public speaking and good

communication skills. • Media experience: television and radio. • Excellent Computer skills (Mac) • Digital audio recording and editing

skills.

• Good negotiator, facilitator and lecturer. • Excellent qualitative and quantitative

research methods. • Good strategic planning,

implementation, and evaluation skills. • Linguistic knowledge and teaching

skills (Specializing in Northern Athabascan Language – Tahltan).

• Highly acculturated into First Nation traditional hunting, trapping, fishing, dog-mushing/sled dog training and wilderness skills (Sub-Arctic Culture).

• Obsidian Knapping (stone crafting - projectile point manufacturing).

• Drone pilot, Arial cinematographer and photographer.

• Class 5, BC Drivers License

Languages Spoken • English – Speak and write professionally (first language) • Tāłtān – Speak and write professionally (second language).

Education 2011 – 2014 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Masters of Arts in First Nations Studies Prince George, BC

1994 – 2000 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA BA Anthropology/First Nations Studies Prince George, BC

1979 - 1980 NORTHERN LIGHTS COLLEGE

Introduction to Heavy Duty Equipment Operator Iskut, BC MA Thesis My MA thesis investigates the morphological structure of Tahltan, an endangered First Nation language in northern British Columbia, Canada. It does not examine the Tahltan language from a scientific linguistic perspective. Instead, it focuses on the pedagogical structure from a second language learning experience. It also examines the cultural differences in perspective between Tahltan and English (translation language). Based on the morphemic findings, and observed behavior governing syllable structure, I argue that the Tahltan Language is structured around the pronouns in a way that is patterned into the paradigms with a consistency that simplifies the learning process when a second language learner understands how it works. I also point out how deeply the cultural understanding of the universe is embedded in the structure and nature of the Tahltan language.

OSCAR DENNIS PO Box 16. Iskut, BC. V0J 1K0 Telephone: (604) 737-2522 (H). (250) 234-3161 (C). Email: oscardennissr@gmail.com

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Experience Iskut First Nations February 2012 to January 2015 Tahltan Language Revitalization Coordinator Iskut, BC

• Directed and coordinated the development of the Tahltan Language Revitalization Program. • Facilitated the recording, digitizing and archiving of linguistic data. • Designed courses on the pedagogical structure of the Tahltan language. • Deciphered the complex morphological structure of the language and performed in-service

presentations to share knowledge with colleagues. • Held office hours to support second language learners and guided researchers in mastering

linguistic field research skills and archiving linguistic data. • Developed pedagogical teaching resources and utilized social media as the means to promote,

teach and reach target audience (Facebook, website design and development etc.). Klabona Keepers August 2010 to December 2011 First Nations Advisor and Consultant Iskut, BC

• First Nations Aboriginal Title and Rights Consultant. • Strategic planner. • Environmental and Conservational Advisor. • Media/Communications Consultant. • Tāłtān Language Consultant.

Iskut Power Corporation September 2007 to July 2010 President Iskut, BC

• First Nations Aboriginal Title and Rights Consultant. • Defined project and company vision, strategies and tactics. • Researched, negotiated, implemented public relations activities. • Evaluated and managed new strategic business opportunities. • Established and maintained cooperative relationships with representatives of community,

stakeholders and public interest groups. • Established long-range objectives and developed innovative strategies to help achieve them. • Cultivated positive relationships with the First Nations community(s) through public relations

campaigns. Klabona Keepers September 2006 to August 2007 First Nations Advisor and Consultant Iskut, BC

• First Nations Aboriginal Title and Rights Consultant. • Strategic planner. • Environmental Advisor. • Media/Communications Consultant. • Traditional Use Study (TUS and mapping). • Tāłtān Language Consultant.

Cassiar Watch August 2003 to August 2006 First Nations Advisor and Outreach Consultant Iskut, BC

• First Nations Aboriginal Title and Rights Consultant. • Strategic planner. • Environmental Advisor and Media/Communications Consultant.

OSCAR DENNIS PO Box 16. Iskut, BC. V0J 1K0 Telephone: (604) 737-2522 (H). (250) 234-3161 (C). Email: oscardennissr@gmail.com

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Experience Continued… Sacred Headwaters Adventures Proprietor / Freelance Consultant Iskut, BC

• Canada Wild Productions July 2012 – February 2016 Tāłtān Language Consultant Vancouver, BC Award winning Movie: Konelīne (Playing in theatres across Canada fall of 2016) Director: Nettie Wild. http://www.canadawildproductions.com/film/koneline/

• Urbanrez Productions March 2014 Tāłtān Language Consultant Vancouver, BC Director: Michael Bourquin. ‘Dah-tsiye Kehke: Our Grandfathers Footprints. APTN Feature Documentary: http://www.grandfathersfootprints.ca

• Mongrel Media July 2012 – August 2012 Northern BC First Nations Consultant and Actor on Location Director: Edward Burtytnsky. ‘Watermark’ 2014 Award Winning Feature Documentary: http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/site_contents/Films/Watermark_Film.html

• Out Yonder Films August 2012 Smithers, BC First Nations Consultant and Actor on Location Director: Monty Basset. Life From Ash and Ice. Award Winning Feature Documentary: Broadcasted on: Knowledge Network and Oasis HD. http://www.outyonderfilms.com/about/film-production-awards/

• Fractured Lands July 2013 – August 2013 Northern BC First Nations Consultant and Actor on Location Director: Fiona Ryher and Damian Gillis. ‘Fractured Lands’ 2015 Award Winning Feature Documentary: http://www.fracturedland.com

• Shawn Kitchen February to March 2007 Whitehorse, YT First Nations Consultant Authenticating a First Nations movie script.

• Iskut First Nations Head Start Program April to May 2006 Iskut, BC Tahltan Culture and Language Consultant - Designing and implementing a Tahltan Language Introductory Manual.

• 90TH Parallel Productions Ltd January 2002 Toronto, Ont Researcher/actor on location in South America (Peru) Director Andrew Gregg: Life and Times, Wade Davis National Geographic Explorer. Broadcasted on major Canadian Television Networks - CBC, OLN, TLC, and Discovery Channel. National Geographic etc.,

• National Geographic Magazine July to August 2001 Washington DC, USA Ethnographic Research Colleague March 2004 issue, http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0403/feature5/

• University of British Columbia September to December 1999 Vancouver, BC Linguistic Research Assistant Translating and Transcribing the Tāłtān Language.

OSCAR DENNIS PO Box 16. Iskut, BC. V0J 1K0 Telephone: (604) 737-2522 (H). (250) 234-3161 (C). Email: oscardennissr@gmail.com

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Awards and Accomplishments I spearheaded the First Nations and environmental struggle to protect three major salmon bearing

rivers (Skeena, Nass and Stikine) in northern British Columbia, between 2004 and 2012, from the threat of hydraulic fracking for coal-bed methane gas by Shell Canada. In December 2012 a Tripartite Agreement was reached between the Tahltan Nation, Shell Canada and British Columbia in which Shell Canada agreed to abandon development plans. Shell Canada was compensated by the British Columbia government for their financial losses and the area is in the process of negotiation to be designated a protected Tahltan Culture area (Klappan Initiative). As a result of my work I was awarded ‘The Environmental Protection Award’ by the Iskut First Nations. Membership Boards and Societies

• Tahltan Language Authority 2012 - 2015 • Tahltan Government Councilor 2005 - 2006. • Board of Director, Cassiar Watch 2004 - 2006.

Grants

• July 2012 - National Geographic Legacy Fund: Endangered Language Research Grant. • June 2012 - First People Culture Council: BC Language Initiative Grant.

Book and Website Publications

• 2016 – The Tahltan Pronoun (Digital Interactive ebook). https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-tahltan-pronoun/id1124563812?ls=1&mt=13

• 2016 – De’eda Es-li’e Tedegēt (Digital Interactive ebook).https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/deeda-es-lie-te-deget/id1111848443?mt=11&=&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

• 2015 - Talkin’ Tahltan. (Digital Interactive ebook). https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/talkin-tahltan/id1055985848?mt=11

• 2012 - Tahltan Language Lessons. (Course website). http://didenekeh.com Presentations

• Na-Dene Language Conference. Presentation Title: The Tāłtān Language and The iGeneration. Prince George, BC June 2014.

• Education Conference. Presentation Title: The Tāłtān Language Oral Teaching Methodology. Hazelton, BC May 2013.

• Tahltan Nation Leadership Forum. Presentation Title: The Tāłtān Language Revitalization Program. Dease Lake, BC June 2012.

Interests

• Good nutrition and active balanced lifestyle (spirit, mind and body). • Meditation, weight training, Jiu-jitsu, cycling, roller-blading and snowboarding. • Musician (guitar, vocals, songwriting). • Cyclist, yoga practitioner, backpacker, hiking, canoeist and wilderness cultural skills.

Reference Dr. Wade Davis Professor University of British Columbia

Phone: (604) 833-6836

Dr. John D Alderete Associate Professor of Linguistics. Simon Fraser University.

Phone: (604) 291-3478

Annabell Nole Social Develoment Manager

Phone: (250) 234-3331