The Tlingit & Haida citizens on the Seattle Community’s official voting list elect delegates to the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (CCTHITA, Tlingit & Haida) every other year in accordance with the Rules for the Election of Delegates.
The office of delegate is held through Tlingit & Haida. Together, the delegates of each community are the governing body of the tribe during Tribal Assembly. Each community is allotted a delegate for each 200 Citizens of Tlingit & Haida that are on the Official Voting List of their community. Each community may have a maximum of 25 delegates.
2024-2026 Delegates
- Catherine Edwards
- Daphyne Albee
- LaVerne Wise
- Monico A. Ortiz
- Kara Peele-Mayer
- Stephanie D. Rainwater
- Janet Peele
- Jocelyn Ketah
- Stephanie Masterman
- Cindy Pederson
- Andrew J. Strobel
- Kathryn Paddock
- Karen J. Elliott-Lauth
- James W. Price
- Jessica S. Elopre
- Joey C. Ketah
- Justice Elizah Dominy
- Voshte Demmert-Gustafson
- Karen Nathan
- Rebecca L. Thompson
- Harry G. Watson
- Joyce M. Alexander
- Patricia Johnson-Yellow Hawk
- Selina Joy Wadsworth-Kahklen
- Cecilia E. Tavoliero