Elder-Led Innovation Strategist & Intercultural
AI Facilitator
Helping organizations unlock reconciliation, sovereignty, and future-ready collaboration through Indigenous knowledge systems and ethical AI Dane-zaa 

Elder Garry Oker is a Dane-zaa Songkeeper, artist, and Indigenous Futurist shaping a new generation of reconciliation leadership. As an Elder-Led Innovation Strategist & Intercultural Facilitator, Garry supports companies, governments, and institutions to go beyond tokenism—and into transformational partnerships powered by ancestral wisdom and emerging technologies.
 

Garry bridges the ancient and the future by guiding organizations through:
 

• Ethical AI Strategy & Indigenous Data Sovereignty
   

• Cultural Intelligence for Leadership & Boards
   

• Innovation Grounded in Story & Stewardship
   

• Governance & Economic Inclusion Strategy

Outcomes:
 

• Social license to operate earned through trust and transparency

• Stronger Indigenous partnerships with measurable KPIs

• Decolonized innovation frameworks for AI, tech, and cultural initiatives

• Executive training grounded in ceremony, story, and Two-Eyed Seeing

“We don’t just need seats at the table—we need the tools to build our own,” says Oker.
“AI, data, and innovation must be resourced by and for Indigenous Peoples, or reconciliation is just a word.”