On-going Recruitment for Cultural Monitors

A Cultural Monitor is a very important position within the Wiyot Tribe. A monitor is a person who ensures the protection and preservation of the Tribe's important cultural resources within our ancestral land.

Some of the many places you can find monitors are in the forest surveying timber harvest plans, working along the road side while roads are being upgraded, or under a bridge that is being seismically retrofitted for safety.

For so long, important cultural resources have been taken from the lands, rivers, and forests where our people have lived. Because of the encroachment upon our ancestral lands, we are quickly losing these important cultural resources. A monitor is a person that helps to protect and preserve these very important areas, items, or sites.

To get started, you need to have some basic knowledge of Wiyot culture and history. For this reason, Tribal members are preferred. Training is on-going and in the field with the Cultural Director or other qualified person. When available, monitors attend workshops on cultural resource management. All of these training tools help a monitor acquire more knowledge to better protect and preserve important Wiyot cultural resources.

The range of pay is $6.75 - $12.50 per hour. However, the rate of pay a monitor receives is dependent upon their qualifications. And, as you learn more and work longer, the pay increases. Please note that this is not a full time position. Because of season changes and scheduling of projects or timber harvest plans, work can be from fairly regular to sporadic.