Tribal Gaming Commission
The Nez Perce Tribal Gaming Commission regulates the tribe’s gaming enterprises to ensure honesty and fairness. In addition to implementing regulations, the commission:
- Issues gaming licenses
- Screens gaming employees
- Oversees the compliance and auditing of gaming operations
Contact:Â Liz Minkey
208-621-4744 |Â lizm@nezperce.org
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Fish and Wildlife Commission
It is the purpose of the FWC to protect, maintain and advance rights guaranteed to the Tribe in the Treaty of 1855 and to assist the Nez Perce Tribe to administer its natural resources (fishing, hunting & gathering). FWC holds bi-monthly meetings (including emergency and special meetings) to inform and gain feedback from tribal members on important fishing and hunting seasons and regulations, as well as other traditional use in practice that impacts usual and accustomed or on and off the reservation called ceded lands. FWC will continue to reassess available resources, including those being severely impacted, and provide an identified comprehensive management objectives that include quality of life, production goals, and landscape descriptions of all designated resources that may include water roots and plants, wildlife, fish, forestry, agriculture, minerals, recreation, community, and municipal resources. Additionally, the FWC works with the Department of Fisheries Resources Management and Department of Natural Resources programs on the management of our natural resources. These activities are coordinated with the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee and its relevant subcommittees.
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Mission Statement
Nez Perce Tribe Fish and Wildlife Commission will strive to ensure that the rights reserved under the Treaty of 1855, including the natural resources upon which these rights are inextricably linked, are protected, maintained, and enhanced in all areas or processes of natural resources management the Tribe is involved in at present and into the future. Our geographic focus will be to advance our sovereignty and management jurisdiction at all on-reservation, off-reservation ceded lands, and all “usual and accustomed” fishing, hunting, and gathering areas of the Tribe. The Commission will utilize traditional teachings, cultural values (including our tribal and personal history concerning this area, its resources, and the ethical obligations passed to us), along with contemporary resource management tools and concepts in an integrative approach to advance and maintain our way of life.
2020-21 Fish and Wildlife Commission
Chair Erik Holt – erikh@nezeprce.org
Vice-Chairman Andre Picard, Jr. – andrep@nezperce.org
Secretary Nickles Twomoons – redwingt@nezperce.org
Member Michel McFarland – mikemcf@nezperce.org
Member Michael Tuell – miket@nezperce.org
Regular Meetings are held at 5PM the second and fourth Monday of each month at the FWC building at 315 B Street, Lapwai, Idaho. Meetings are open to the Tribal public and conference call lines will be available. Due to holidays or unforeseen circumstances, meetings may be canceled or postponed. Special meetings can be called upon the request of any commission member when they deem it necessary to conduct FWC business that cannot wait until the regularly scheduled meeting.
Nez Perce Tribe Fish and Wildlife Commission also has a presence on Facebook. For more information and/or if you have concerns, please contact either a commission member or FWC staff member:
 Nancy McAllaster- Administrative Assistant II nancymac@nezperce.org  FWC Office Phone: 208.843.9376     FAX: 208.843.7381
P.O. Box 365, 315 B Street, Lapwai, ID 83540
—————————————————————————————————————Hunting & Fishing Regulations
- 21-001 Columbia River Zone 6—Commercial Sturgeon Setline Fishery
- 21-011 Snake River Basin and its TributariesSteelhead Over-the-Bank Allowable Sales Opening
- 21-012 Opening of the Snake River Basin Steelhead Spring Season for
Ceremonial & Subsistence Treaty Fisheries - 21-018 CLOSURE of Asotin Creek Bighorn Sheep Hunting
- 21-032 Columbia River Zone 6— John Day and The Dalles Pool Only
Commercial Sturgeon Gillnet Fisher - 21-032-B-AMENDED Columbia River Zone 6— John Day and The Dalles Pool Only Commercial Sturgeon Gillnet Fishery
- 21-055 Columbia River Zone 6 Commercial Gillnet Fishery – John Day & Bonneville Pool
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Senior Advisory BoardÂ
Chair– Susie WeaskusÂ
Vice Chair– Marilyn BowenÂ
Secretary– Gloria Johnson
Treasurer– Allen Slickpoo Jr.
Member– Betty Kinser
Member– Loretta Islas
Lapwai Coordinator– Georganne Morrison
Kamiah Coordinator– Mary Tall Bull