Yankwadláak (Lingít)
Iitl' gwii kaahlsaang (Xaat Kil)
Dm dp yaa wila loam (Sm'álgyax)
We will succeed
BOARD
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SYLVIA BANIE, KSH'CHEESH
Secretary,
Organized Village of Saxman representative
Sylvia is a knowledge keeper from the Eagle clan. She serves as the Mayor of the city of Saxman, and has served on the council of the Village of Saxman for over 20 years. She grew up fishing and hunting with her father, Martin T Perez.
ESTHER AALTSEÉN REESE
President
Esther is Eagle Tsaagweidí (Killerwhale) from Ḵéex̱ʼ Kwáan (Kake), Alaska. She serves as the Tribal Administrator for the Wrangell Cooperative Association, the federally recognized Tribe in Wrangell, Alaska. Locally, Esther was elected to a Wrangell School District board seat and serves as the Indian Education Committee Chair.
BRANDON THYNES
Treasurer,
Petersburg Indian Association representative
REPRESENTATIVES
LOUIE WAGNER, JR
Metlakatla Indian Community
Louie is Tsimshian and Łingít of the Wolf/Eagle moiety Teiḵwedí (Brown bear clan) Xóots Ḵoowu Hít (Brown bear’s den house) of Sanyaa Ḵwáan (Cape Fox). Lifelong Metlakatla resident, he has learned his way of life from Elders and is passing it down to his children and grandchildren. Louie has harvested from and taken care of the Unuk River for over 60 years, and continues to do so with his children and grandchildren. He has served his community as Councilman for 16 years, 4 of those years as Acting Mayor. Louie now serves on the Southeast RAC Board and Tlingit and Haida as a Metlakatla delegate.
MIKE JONES
Organized Village of Kasaan
Mike Jones is the President of the Organized Village of Kasaan. Actively involved in preserving cultural heritage of the Haida, he has also played a significant role in advocating for the protection of the Tongass National Forest through the Roadless Rule.
RAY SENSMEIER
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
Ray is a member of the Humpback Salmon Clan. Very active in his native community, he also was the Alaska Native Brotherhood president for many years, and is active in the Grand Camp, serving as Grand Officer. He has also served on the Wrangell/St Elias Park and Preserve Subsistence Commission for over 20 years and worked on subsistence issues in the Wrangell/St. Elias Park and Preserve. He has also traveled the world speaking about Native culture in Alaska.
FREDERICK OLSEN, JR
Sitka Tribe of Alaska
K’yuuhlgáansii hin uu dii kuyaang (Haida, Eagle moiety, Sgajuuga.ahl clan). In Haida, my name means place of one’s own.
Originally from Ketchikan, Frederick graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School and Seattle University with a B.A. in Humanities. He works as the Development Director for KCAW Sitka FM, Raven Radio, and hosts “Gunalchéesh!”, a weekly radio show featuring spoken Alaska Native languages and music. He is a member of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Tribal Council and a former Board Chair and Executive Director of SEITC.
ALEX ANGERMANN
Wrangell Cooperative Association
Alternate
Alex Angerman is the WCA Tl'átk | Earth Branch Coordinator. She will be receiving her MPS in Environmental Studies this fall. The WCA Earth Branch is an organization focused on environmental sustainability and community empowerment. Alex is passionate about promoting ecological economics, intersectionality, and effective climate change adaptation.
LINCOLN BEAN
Organized Village of Kake
NORMAN SKAN
Ketchikan Indian Community
Norman Skan serves as the President of the Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC)ka.
DANIEL KLANOTT
Chilkat Indian Village
Daniel Klanott, Léi.naa, is Gaanaxteidí from the Whale House in Klukwan.
CLARENCE LAITI
Douglas Indian Association
TAZIA W'ALLY SHAATHI TÁ
WAGNER
Metlakatla Indian Community
Alternate
Tazia Wagner is Ts’msyen, Łingít, and Haida of the laxgibuu (wolf clan) from Metlakatla, Alaska. She is an Indigenous scholar, knowledge holder and learner, fisheries scientist, and is SEITC’s youngest Tribal representative.
TONY SANDERSON
Hydaburg Cooperative Association
CLINTON COOK
Craig Tribal Association
SID EDENSHAW
Hydaburg Cooperative Association
ANN WYATT
Klawock Indian Association
STAFF
GUY ARCHIBALD
Executive Director
Guy is an analytical environmental chemist and microbiologist with over 20 years of experience. He works to utilize western science and applies traditional knowledge and practices to protect the communities, the temperate rain forest, and the salmon.
LEE WAGNER
Assistant Executive Director
Lee is Tsimshian, Haida, and Łingít of the Niisk’iyaa Laxgibuu (wolf clan). She grew up fishing with her family throughout Southeast Alaska, learning her way of life from her parents and Elders. Lee has harvested from and helped caretake the Unuk River alongside her family, who continues to do so since time immemorial.
SONIA LUOKKALA
Communications Director
A photojournalist of Finnish and Amazigh descent, Sonia has covered environmental and humanitarian topics for over a decade. She is currently co-directing and producing a documentary film about a community-driven archaeological project on the Bering Sea coast.
MEMBER TRIBES
The Chilkat Indian Village
Craig Tribal Association
Douglas Indian Association
Hydaburg Cooperative Association
Ketchikan Indian Community
Klawock Cooperative Association
Metlakatla Indian Community
Organized Village of Kake
Organized Village of Kasaan
Organized Village of Saxman
Petersburg Indian Association
Sitka Tribe of Alaska
Wrangell Cooperative Association
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe