Position Summary:

Posted: June 4, 2026                    Deadline: June 14, 2026

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION: Tribal Nursery Crew Member

DEPARTMENT: THPO

LOCATION: Lac Vieux Desert Reservation & JW Toumey Nursery

EMPLOYMENT: Full Time; Dependent on funding availability.

SALARY/PAY RATE: $18.68/Hour

DESCRIPTION:

The Tribal Nursery Crew will assist with JW Toumey Nursery functions under the Scope of Work of the GeteMiinikaanan partnership project with the Ottawa National Forest.

Primary Responsibilities:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

·Seed Collection in the field

·Vegetative and root cuttings for propagation

·Seed Processing at the nursery

·Seed Stratification assistance

·Seed Sowing/Root Propagation at the nursery

·Seedling care at the nursery

·Lifting, packing, and shipping seedlings

·Planting of seedlings at designated locations on national forest and tribal lands

·Monitoring of seedling plant survival rates at planting locations

·Data collection, inventory, and tracking

·Other tasks specified by the LVD Ethnobotanist, Nursery Managers, including the Lead Horticulturist

·One of the Tribal Nursery Crew Members will serve as the Tribal Youth Nursery Crew Supervisor. This individual will be subject to a rigorous background check.

Skills & Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Must have knowledge of the Lac Vieux Desert Ojibwe people and their spiritual, traditional, historical, and ancestral ties of the community, while also agreeing not to publish or otherwise distribute culturally sensitive information to the public without proper consent.
• Knowledge and understanding of missions, organizational goals, and objectives of the Tribe.
• Must be willing to work outdoors and in the field daily.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• The applicant must be insurable under the tribes’ insurance as well and must pass a background check as well as a pre-employment drug test.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.Management retains the right to add or to change the duties of the position at any time. Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and applicable background checks related to the position.

Date Approved by the Tribal Council: 4/16/2024

Application:

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

Human Resources Department

P.O. Box 129, N5384 US 45

Watersmeet, MI 49969

Email: hr@lvd-nsn.gov

Website: http://www.lvdcasino.com/Content/Careers.cfm

Phone: 906-358-4226 Ext. 7318

Fax: 906-358-4913