Sponsorship Information

Rupert Meneen, Chief of Tallcree Tribal Government and Grand Chief of Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta and Craig Mackinaw, Alberta Regional Chief of Assembly of First Nations in partnership with Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8 leadership, North Peace Tribal Council, and Metis people of Alberta have a vision to bring Elders from across Canada together to socialize, celebrate accomplishments, share stories, knowledge and share ideas for future work through hosting the first ever National Elders Gathering.

The National Gathering of Elders provides an opportunity for reconciliation-to understand the cultures, languages, traditions, complexities, protocols and diversity of First Nations, Metis and Inuit from across the country. The single most important key in businesses and governments is in developing opportunities through building relationships.

Only through the combined capabilities and capacity of the host and co-host Alberta Nations, Metis, and Inuit people including the support from our sponsor partners will the Elders gathering be as successful as it should be.

​Elders and community leaders from across the land will attend to listen to the stories, learn about the medicines, traditional ways and much more from the elders gathering.

As one of our invited Sponsor Partners, we wish to offer you an opportunity to join with the elders on our journey together through witnessing, sharing stories and participating in traditional cultural events and feasts during the gathering.  The National Gathering of Elders provides corporations a wonderful opportunity to get to know, understand and respect the traditions, cultures, complexity, protocol and diversity of First Nations.  It is vital that business people come to learn who they are dealing with and the context of how to move forward. To do this a positive relationship needs to be developed and grown. Building such a relationship will help to enlighten corporations of the complexities of First Nations that will lead to deep lasting partnerships to bring certainty to projects that will be of benefit to all our futures.