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Title: Interpreter of Native American History
Agency: Natural Heritage Trust
Agency Assignment: NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Location: Peebles Island, Waterford, NY
Compensation: $62,500 and benefits package
Work Schedule: Full time, 37.5 hours per week; Monday-Friday

The Interpreter of Native American History implements the interpretation of Indigenous peoples in a broad variety BHS projects. The Interpreter of Native American History ensures that the perspectives of Indigenous peoples are included in our interpretation for a more truthful view of the past and present. They will serve as a liaison, historical interpreter, and guide during this process

Specific Duties:

1. The development of exhibits, signage, and other written interpretive materials based on primary and secondary research and incorporating an Indigenous lens to promote accurate and sensitive story telling. 
2. Advise Bureau of Historic Sites’s Interpretive Programs Fund and signage review programs for sensitive interpretation.
3. Consult as needed with official tribal representatives from the nations for whom New York is an ancestral home in order to meaningfully inform their representation at New York State Parks and Historic Sites.
4. Provide opportunities in historic sites for Indigenous communities to share their culture and history on their own terms.
5. Frequent in-state travel, as well as periodic nights and weekends.

Qualifications

Required:

1. Excellent communication, research, and writing skills
2. A strong background in Northeastern Native peoples and their histories 
3. Experience working with Native People in a cultural organization or historic institution
4. Experience working on some aspect of an interpretive product (educational tours, programs, signs or exhibits)

The Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) is a New York State public benefit corporation. Established in 1968, the NHT’s mission is to receive and administer gifts, grants and other funds to further public programs for parks, conservation and historic preservation purposes of the State of New York. The NHT is governed by a four-member Board of Directors comprised of the Commissioner of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Chair of the State Council of Parks, the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Secretary of State.

The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Branch that is responsible for the care and management over 215 Parks and Historic Sites.

The selected candidate for this position will be an employee of the NHT with work conducted under the supervision of OPRHP Bureau of Historic Sites.

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