Seven Council members, elected at large or by district, serving staggered four year terms.
Every person on this page is invented. The names were chosen to be ordinary and to point at no real officeholder anywhere. The marks beside them are placeholders: there are no photographs of people on this site, and no generated faces.
Chairwoman, At large
Chairwoman Marsh was elected to a second term in 2024 after eight years as Treasurer. She chairs the Enterprise Board and represents the Nation in water negotiations with the state.
Her standing office hours are Tuesday mornings at the Administration Building. No appointment is needed.
Vice Chairman, Dry Fork
Vice Chairman Reyes came onto Council from twenty-two years in the Nation’s road crew. He carries the infrastructure portfolio and sits on the Procurement Review Committee.
Secretary, North Bench
Secretary Whitfield keeps the Nation’s records and is responsible for publishing Council minutes within ten days of every meeting. She pushed the ordinance that put those minutes on this website instead of in a binder in the front office.
Treasurer, At large
Treasurer Maddox is a certified public accountant and the Nation’s representative to the regional Tribal finance consortium. He presents the quarterly enterprise report at the first Council meeting of each quarter.
Council Member, Alkali Draw
Council Member Salas chairs the Health and Elders Committee. She has asked that constituents in Alkali Draw contact her through the Administration Building rather than at home.
Council Member, Sand Bench
Council Member Rowe is the Nation’s youngest elected official and carries the education and youth portfolio. He runs the summer apprenticeship program with the Enterprise Board.
Council Member, At large
Council Member Delgado spent her career in Tribal housing administration. She chairs the Land and Resources Committee and is the Council’s liaison to the Nation’s water utility.
The Nation is governed by a seven member Council. Three seats are elected at large and four by district: Dry Fork, North Bench, Alkali Draw and Sand Bench. Terms are four years and are staggered, so roughly half the Council turns over every two years.
Council elects its own officers from among the seven: Chairwoman or Chairman, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. The officers are Council members first and officers second, and they vote like everyone else.
Council meets in regular session on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 9:00am. Special sessions may be called by the Chair or by any three members.
Every regular meeting is open to members. Public comment is taken at the start rather than the end, so that you do not have to sit through four hours of business to say one thing.
Executive session is used only for personnel matters, litigation, and contract negotiation where a public discussion would put the Nation at a disadvantage. When Council goes into executive session the reason is stated on the record.
Minutes are published on this website within ten days of every meeting, under an ordinance passed in June 2026. Draft minutes are marked as drafts until Council approves them at the following meeting.
The Nation’s seven chartered businesses report to an Enterprise Board rather than directly to Council. The Board has five members: three Council members and two appointed members with business or finance backgrounds who are not on Council.
This separation is deliberate. It keeps day to day business decisions out of Council politics, and it means a Council member cannot direct a hiring or a contract at an enterprise.
Where an enterprise bids on a Nation contract, the Enterprise Board members recuse themselves from the Procurement Review Committee and that recusal is recorded in the minutes.
Elections are held in November of even numbered years. The Election Board is independent of Council and administers registration, candidacy and the count.
Any enrolled member aged 18 or over may vote. Any enrolled member aged 25 or over who has resided on the reservation for two of the preceding five years may stand.
Everything the Nation is buying right now, with the closing date and the person to call. Nothing here lives only in a PDF.
Field recording equipment for the Nation's language program, plus two days of on-site training for staff and volunteer recorders.
Full tear-off and replacement of approximately 9,400 square feet of low-slope roofing on the Dry Fork Health Clinic, including two rooftop units.
Chip seal and shoulder work on five miles of Bench Road, with two culvert replacements at mile 6.
Two wheelchair accessible transit vans, delivered and titled to the Nation, with a three year service agreement.
A single audit of the Nation's governmental funds and all seven chartered enterprises, for the fiscal year ending September 30.