Services by Jason

Jason offers services in Traditional Teachings, Wellbeing, Language and Culture, and Consulting / Reconciliation. Opportunities for learning, healing, and collaboration are available in various formats including workshops, classroom talks, hands-on land-based teachings, and traditional guidance. Jason tailors each session to meet the unique needs of your group or community and can facilitate follow-up sessions as your group learns and grows.

Ask about customizable rates starting from:

  • Community events: $2,000
  • Schools: $250/hr
  • Human services providers: negotiable 


Jason can help connect you or your group to ceremony holders and knowledge keepers in these areas and more. 

Cultural and Traditional Teachings

Connect with Cree and Indigenous Culture and Practices

  • Holistic wellbeing: Guidance in achieving balance between mind, body, spirit, and community through Indigenous teachings.
  • Spiritual wellbeing: Learn about spirituality in Cree traditions for personal growth.
  • Traditional protocol: Guidance on understanding and respecting traditional Indigenous protocols in various settings.
  • Pipe teachings: Instruction on the sacred significance and use of the pipe in Cree spirituality.
  • Interpretation of sundance, horse dance, pipe ceremony, sweat lodge: Explanation of key spiritual ceremonies and their meanings in Cree culture.
  • Interpretation of feast purpose and meaning: Insight into the cultural and spiritual significance of feasts in Cree traditions.
  • Fasting: Teachings on the spiritual and physical significance of fasting in Cree culture.
  • Confession lodges: Explanation and facilitation of confession lodges for personal reflection and spiritual cleansing.
  • Buffalo Robe ceremony: Interpretation and facilitation of this healing ceremony for personal and communal renewal.
  • Traditional leadership: Teachings on leadership through a Cree worldview, focusing on relationships, service, responsibility, and humility.
  • Rites of passage: Guidance on traditional rites of passage marking key life stages in Cree culture.
  • Stages of growth: Insight into the spiritual and personal growth stages according to Cree teachings.
  • Women’s roles, Men's roles: Exploration of gender-specific roles within Cree culture and society.
  • Four sacred medicines, smudging, fire teachings, water teachings, Grandfather teachings: Primary teachings in Cree culture.
  • Cultural and spiritual safety: Guidance on maintaining cultural and spiritual safety to understand impacts for future generations.
  • Four basic elements teachings, four levels of grandfathers: Teachings on the significance of the four elements and the four levels of Grandfather spirits in Cree cosmology.
  • Time, creation, footsteps of earth, journey back home: Teachings on cyclical natures, creation stories, and the spiritual journey back to one’s origins.


Healing, Wellbeing, and Life Skills

Inspire wellbeing through knowledge and new life skills

  • Emotional wellbeing: Tools for managing emotions and fostering mental resilience through cultural teachings.
  • Mental wellbeing: Guidance on maintaining mental health using a blend of traditional knowledge and modern methods.
  • Grief and loss: Culturally grounded support for individuals and families coping with grief and loss.
  • Addictions and living with abstinence: Support for individuals dealing with addiction through traditional practices and abstinence-focused counseling.
  • Physical approach to health and wellbeing: Support for enhancing physical health rooted in traditional Cree practices.
  • Food and diet: Insights into traditional dietary habits that promote holistic health and nourishment.
  • Food safety, traditional foods, and medicines: Education on safe food practices and the use of traditional foods and medicines for wellness.
  • Life skills coach: Practical coaching in everyday skills to navigate life with confidence and cultural awareness.
  • Communication: Training on effective communication within families, communities, and professional settings.
  • Dream interpretation: Offering traditional perspectives on understanding and interpreting dreams.
  • Family dynamics, roles, and responsibilities: Guidance on healthy family relationships and the cultural roles of family members.
  • Men’s groups, women’s groups: Facilitating men’s and women’s groups for spiritual growth, cultural connection, and personal support.
  • Talking, sharing, and healing circles: Creating safe spaces for open dialogue, cultural exchange, and collective healing.


Education, Mentorship, and Cultural Preservation

Connect and grow knowledge and skills in a learning community

  • Interpretation of Prairie Cree dialect: Interpretation and teaching of the Prairie Cree dialect to preserve language and culture.
  • Drum teachings: Instruction in the cultural importance and technique of drumming in Indigenous ceremonies.
  • Interpretation of song and dance: Explanation of the role of song and dance in Indigenous spirituality and community life.
  • Tipi teachings: Lessons on the spiritual and practical significance of the tipi in Cree culture.
  • Restoration and revitalization of Cree language, culture, and spirituality: Programs aimed at reviving and preserving Cree language, culture, and spiritual traditions.
  • Mentorship and building relationships: Providing mentorship and fostering meaningful relationships rooted in cultural values.
  • Approaching Elders and requests: Instruction on the proper way to approach Elders and make requests with respect and humility.
  • Medicine gathering and tipi raising: Hands-on teachings in gathering traditional medicines and the cultural significance of tipi raising.
  • Working with all ages (except infants) and families: Offering services tailored to individuals and families of all ages, with a focus on cultural education and healing.


Consulting, System Navigation, and Reconciliation

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  • Corrections, transitions, and assisting people’s lives: Helping individuals navigate corrections systems and life transitions with cultural sensitivity.
  • Elder advisor: Serving as an advisor to provide wisdom and guidance grounded in Cree teachings.
  • Working with gangs and youth: Engaging with at-risk youth to help them find positive pathways through cultural connection.
  • Working with adults: Providing support and guidance to adults through traditional knowledge and modern counseling techniques.
  • Assisting in setting up programs, consulting: Offering expertise in developing culturally relevant programs and consulting services for organizations.
  • Assisting in cultural traditional roles and responsibilities: Supporting individuals and groups in understanding their cultural roles and responsibilities.
  • Treaty knowledge, traditional law of treaties: Education on the significance and laws of treaties from an Indigenous perspective.
  • Cultural awareness: Programs that foster understanding and respect between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.
  • Bridging the gap: Indigenous and non-Indigenous practice: Training to help bridge cultural differences and promote collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups.
  • Corrections and social systems: Guidance on navigating and influencing corrections and social systems with cultural awareness.
  • School divisions: Providing cultural training and support for school divisions to better serve Indigenous students and families.
  • Traditional law, natural law, spiritual laws: Teachings on the interconnectedness of traditional, natural, and spiritual laws in Cree worldview.
  • Burial practices: Guidance on traditional Indigenous burial practices and their cultural significance.
  • Reconciliation: Programs that promote healing, understanding, and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.


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