About Us
The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council is an Indigenous grassroots non-profit organization, consisting of 73 First Nations and Tribes, dedicated to the protection and preservation of the Yukon River Watershed. The YRITWC accomplishes this by providing Yukon First Nations and Alaska Tribes in the Yukon Watershed with technical assistance, such as facilitating the development and exchange of information, coordinating efforts between First Nations and Tribes, undertaking research, and providing training, education and awareness programs to promote the health of the Watershed and its Indigenous peoples.
YRITWC Co-Chairs
Chief Clarence Alexander
Yukon Flats
Fort Yukon, Alaska
George Shepherd
Carcoss/Tagish
Carcross, Yukon
Team
Alaska Region Executive Committe Members
Elder Advisor
Sarah James
Arctic Village, AK 99722
Elder Advisor
Trimble Gilbert
Arctic Village, AK 99722
Elder Advisor
Chief Peter Captain Sr.
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Elder Advisor
Martha Wright
Ruby, AK 99768
Elder Advisor
Chief Benedict Jones
Koyukuk, AK 99754
Elder Advisor
Nick Andrew Sr
Marshall, AK 99585
Elder Advisor
Eliza Jones
Koyuk, Alaska 99753
Yukon Region Exectuive Committe Members
Northern Tutchone
Chief Eric Fairclough
Carmacks, YT Y0B 1C0
Southern Tutchone
Geraldine Pope
Burwash Landing, YT Y0B 1V0
Kwanlin Dün
Jessie Dawson
Whitehorse, YT Y1A5A5
Stewart River
Chief Simon Mervyn
Mayo, Yukon Y0B 1M
Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in
Darren Taylor
Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0
Kaska
Chief Daniel Morris
Watson Lake, YT Y0A 1C0
White River
Chief Angela Demit
Beaver Creek, YT Y0B 1A0
Elder Advisor
Harold Gatensby
Carcross, YT Y0B 1B0
Elder Advisor
Stanley James
Carcross, YT Y0B 1B0