

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
Alaska Region Exectuive Committe Members
Middle Yukon
Kathleen Peters-Zuray
Tanana, AK 99771
Middle Yukon Alternate
Pat Madros Jr.
Kaltag, AK 99748
Lower Yukon Alternate
Morgan Fitka
Marshall, Alaska 99585
Tanana River
Kathleen Ketzler
Nenana, AK 99760
Coastal Communities
John Olson Jr
Hooper Bay AK 99662
Coastal Communities Alternate
Eusebuis Waskey
Emmonak, Alaska 99581
Koyukuk River Alternate
Darrell Vent
Huslia, Alaska 99746
Yukon Flats
Clarence Alexander
Fort Yukon, Alaska 99740
Innoko Confluence
Ron Kruger Sr,
Anvik, Alaska 99558
Innoko Confluence Alternate
TBD
Lower Yukon
Stanislaus Sheppard
Mountain Village, Alaska 99632
Tanana River Alternate
Larry Ketzler
Nenana, Alaska 99760
Koyukuk River
Karen Kriska
Nenana, Alaska 99760
Yukon Flats Alternate
Dacho Alexander
Fairbanks Alaska
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