Commissions | Nez Perce Tribe

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: Liz Minkey
208-621-4744 | lizm@nezperce.org

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.

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

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Senior Advisory Board

Chair– Susie Weaskus

Vice Chair– Marilyn Bowen

Secretary– Gloria Johnson

Treasurer– Allen Slickpoo Jr.

Member– Betty Kinser

Member– Loretta Islas

Lapwai Coordinator– Georganne Morrison

Kamiah Coordinator– Mary Tall Bull