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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

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