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CRITFC Commissioners
The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission makes decisions by consensus, not by majority. This traditional decision-making process ensures that all involved support all the decisions.
The Fish and Wildlife Committees of the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation, comprise the governing body of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. The four Committees must reach consensus in order for the Commission to act.
Officers
CRITFC Officers are elected to a one-year term. The chair is selected by the commission
from the commissioners representing the tribe whose turn it is to hold the
chairmanship.
- Robert Taylor, Nez Perce, Chairman
- Leslie Bill, Warm Springs, Vice-chair
- vacant, Secretary
- Jay Minthorn, Umatilla, Treasurer
Nez Perce Commissioners
Randall Minthorn, Brooklyn Baptiste, Robert L. Taylor, Gary E. Greene, Bill Picard,
Larry M. Greene, Jr., John E. Strombeck, Virgil Holt, Sr., James Holt, Herb
Jackson, Joseph Oatman, Darryl Reuben, Jerry McCormack, Sr.
Umatilla Commissioners
Jay Minthorn, Rapheal Bill, Kathryn Brigham, Ken Hall, Robert Fossek
Warm Springs Commissioners
Bruce Jim, Leslie Bill, Gerald Danzuka, Ryan Smith
Yakama Commissioners
Sam Jim, Sr., Richard George, Fedelia Andy, Leo Alec |
Preamble, CRITFC Constitution and Bylaws
We, the Indians of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, recognize that our fisheries are a basic and important natural resource of vital concern to the Indians of these states and that the conservation of this resource is dependent upon effective and progressive management. And that it is further recognized that federal court decisions have specifically established that the tribes have treaty rights to an equitable share of the Columbia Basin fishery resource. We further believe that by unity of action we can best accomplish these things, not only for the benefit of our own people but for all of the people of the Pacific Northwest.
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