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Portland, Oregon
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McCoy Oatman, member of the Nez Perce Tribe’s Executive Committee
(NPTEC) and CRITFC commissioner, becomes chair of the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. Oatman was appointed to the position
by the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee to replace Rebecca Miles
and will serve as chair for the next nine months.
“I’m honored to take over the responsibilities as chairman
from Ms. Miles,” said Oatman. “I’m dedicated to
CRITFC, tribal members, and our communities. I’m dedicated
to understanding what matters most to our tribal membership and
advancing our shared goals and objectives on salmon issues in the
Columbia Basin.”
Oatman has served as a NPTEC member and CRITFC commissioner for
the past one and a half years and comes from a long-line of tribal
leaders. A tribal fisher, Oatman is a second generation NPTEC member.
Oatman has a long history of service to his tribal community. Prior
to NPTEC, Oatman helped tribal youth at the Lapwai Valley Boys and
Girls Club and served as the tribe’s community center coordinator.
“Mr. Oatman is a vibrant leader who is dedicated to his tribe,”
said Paul Lumley, executive director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission. “In addition to being a tribal fisher, he
is also well versed on the issues facing salmon and how they impact
the tribes and tribal members.”
Miles stepped down from her position on the Nez Perce Tribal Executive
Committee NPTEC on August 14 to assume the position of the Nez Perce
Tribe's Executive Director. Miles will be responsible for the day-to-day
management of the governmental operations of the Nez Perce Tribe
and implementing the policy directives of the NPTEC in her new position
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About CRITFC
The Portland-based Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission is
the technical support and coordinating agency for fishery management
policies of the Columbia River Basin's four treaty tribes: the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes
and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the Nez Perce Tribe.
CRITFC, formed in 1977, employs biologists, other scientists, public
information specialists, policy analysts and administrators who work
in fisheries research and analyses, advocacy, planning and coordination,
harvest control and law enforcement. |
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