Perce Leader Casey Mitchell Sworn in as CRITFC's New Chairman

HOOD RIVER, OR - Nez Perce leader Casey Mitchell has been sworn in as chairman of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. He was elected by his peers from the Nez Perce, Warm Springs, Yakama, and Umatilla Tribes. The 38-year-old Mitchell is one of the youngest individuals to ever chair the four-tribe commission. He assumes the position from Leland Bill, a tribal council member from the Yakama Nation.

Mitchell is the Secretary of the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee, the tribe’s governing body. He has spent the past 20 years serving his community, focusing on tribal treaty rights and natural resources issues.

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