Tribes honor members who worked for purchase of Kerr Dam
Lake County Leader
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes will honor its leaders this month for their work toward ownership of Kerr Dam.
The “People of Vision” events will include an honoring of all former Tribal Council members, with special regard to those members who served in 1984, when the tribes were focused on gaining ownership of the Kerr project. The tribes will assume ownership of Kerr Dam on Sept. 5, becoming the first native American tribe to own a hydroelectric facility.
Esyapqeyni Celebration
Arlee, July 3
This begins directly after grand entry, at 3:30 p.m., in the main dance arbor of the Arlee powwow grounds.
Standing Arrow Celebration
Elmo, July 18
Begins after grand entry, at 4 p.m. in the main dance arbor of the Elmo powwow grounds.
All Tribal Council members who have ever served as an elected official of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are invited to participate.
Council members who served during 1984 include Joseph Felsman, James Steele, Sr., Robert McCrea, Al Hewankorn, Michael (Mickey) Pablo, Victor Stinger, Ron Therriault, Elmer (Sonny) Morigeau, Kevin Howlett and Teresa Wall-McDonald.
“We appreciate the dedication and sacrifice that was made during each of these leaders’ time of service on the Tribal Council,” CSKT Chairman Vernon Finley said. “On the eve of acquiring the Kerr Project, we want to express our appreciation for the council of 1984 whose work has made ownership of the dam possible.”
“Kerr Dam once exemplified destruction to our way of life,” Finley said. “In the future, we anticipate that this resource will help restore and revitalize our tribes as we continue the important work of protecting our reserved and aboriginal lands, caring for our people, and preserving our cultural resources.”
The following list includes the names and dates of service of all CSKT council members who have served since the start of a tribal constitution and government in 1935.
Louis Adams
1935–1937
Louis W. Adams
1976–1981 / 1986–1995
Joseph Allard
1942–1943
Henry Baylor
1990–1997
Alphe Beauvais
1950–1953
Joseph Blodgett
1935–1939/1942–1945
Lorena Burgess
1944–1947
Alexander
Clairmont
1935–1937
Ernest Clairmont
1944–1947
Joel Clairmont
2002–2005
Louis Clairmont, Jr.
1938–1941
Eneas Conko
1935–1937/1944–1947
Jesse Couture
1946–1953 / 1956–1959
Louis Couture
1935–1937
Steven Demers
1942–1943 / 1948–1949
Darryl A. Dupuis
2000–2001
Donald Dupuis
1994–1999
Edmund L. Dupuis
1944–1951
Edwin Dupuis
1935–1939 / 1942–1943
R. Louis Dupuis
1938–1941
Joe Durglo
2006–2013
Michael Durglo
1996–1999
W. James Ely, Jr.
1962–1973
Rose Dupuis Evans
1985
Joseph J. Felsman
1982–1985 / 1988–1991
Vernon Finley
2014–2015
Everett Fyant
1964–1967
Shelly Fyant
2014–2015
Eli Gingras
1942–1945
William Gingras
1935–1937 / 1940–1941
Margaret Goode
2000–2003
Eneas Granjo
1938–1941 / 1944–1947 /
1952–1955
Leonard W. Gray
2012–2015
Hugh Grenier
1972
Derwin Halvorson
1956–1967
Jami Hamel
1998–2005
Aloysius Hewankorn
1982–1985
Jerome Hewankorn
1948–1961
Morris Houle
1956–1959
S. Kevin Howlett
1984–1986 / 2000–2002
Antoine Incashola
1990-1993
Plassie Incashola
1944
Lloyd D. Irvine
1988–1995 / 1998–2007 / 2012–2015
Laurence Kenmille
1978–1981 / 1986–1993
Michel Kenmille
2004–2011
Carole Depoe
Lankford
1994–2015
Nicolai Lassaw
1935–1939 / 1948–1951
Basil Lefthand
1942–1947
Mary Lefthand
1994–2005
Patrick H. Lefthand
1966–1977 / 1986–1993
Louis Lemery
1940–1941
Steve Lozar
2005–2013
John Lozeau
1990–1993
Alfred J. Malatare
2006–2013
John E. Malatare
1972–1977
Reuben Mathias
2006–2013
D. Fred Matt
1986–1989 / 1992–1995 /
1998–2005
Henry Matt
1940–1951
James Matt
2012–2015
Victor Matt, Sr.
1958–1961
Laura Morigeau Matte
1964–1967
John McClure
1980–1983
Robert A. McCrea
1960–1963 / 1968–1975
Robert l. McCrea
1982–1989
Archie McDonald
1968–1970
Duncan Charles McDonald
1935–1939
Joseph F. McDonald
1974–1981
Walter McDonald
1938–1939 / 1942–1965
Clavin McLeod
1940–1941
Harold W. Mitchell, Jr.
1966–1977
Charles Morigeau
2008–2011
E.W. Morigeau
1950–1984
Elmer Morigeau
1976–2007
Octave Morigeau
1942–1943
Walter Morigeau
1938–1941 / 1948–1951 /
1954–1957 / 1960–1963
Norville Morais
1952–1955
E.T. Moran
2008–2011
William J. Moran
1996–1999
Henry Morin
1952–1955
Phillip Moss
1938–1941
Floyd Nicolai
1968–1971 / 1987–1989
Alvin Orr
1948–1951
Charles D. Orr
2002–2003
Michael T. Pablo
1984–1999
Thomas E. Pablo
1970–1983
Noel J. Pichette
1976–1983
Terry Pitts
2008–2015
Walter Radel
1962–1965
Alfred Senecal
1958–1961
M. Leo Sias, Jr.
1952–1955 / 1960–1971
Alexander Sloan
1956–1959
Alvin E. Sloan
1968–1971
Walter Sloan
1952–1955
James H. Steele, Jr.
2004–2011
James H. Steele, Sr.
1982–1987
Gary M. Stevens
1996–1998
Patty Stevens
2014–2015
Victor Stinger
1972–1987
Emory Swaney
1956–1959
Rhonda Swaney
1994–1997
Thomas Swaney
1972–1975 / 1978–1981
Louis Tellier
1935–1937 / 1940–1941
Ron Therriault
1984–1987
Lyman L. Trahan
1960–1967
Ronald Trahan
2000–2007 / 2012–2015
George L. Trosper
1954–1957
Leonard Twoteeth
2014–2015
Andrew Vallee
1942–1943
Teresa
Wall-McDonald
1984–1985
Gus White
1946–1949
Fred Whitworth
1962–1965 / 1968–1976
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