Tlingit & Haida President Richard Peterson Re-Elected to Two-Year Term

Tlingit & Haida President Richard Peterson re-elected to two-year term

Tlingit & Haida President Richard Peterson has been re-elected to another two-year term after winning a majority of delegates' votes during the tribe's annual assembly in Juneau.

Tlingit and Haida’s president will serve another term

Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, speaks at the 90th annual Tribal Assembly in Juneau on Wednesday, April 18, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson will remain the president of Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal government for the next two years. Tribal delegates re-elected him this afternoon during Tlingit and Haida’s 91st annual tribal asse…

Peterson reelected to 7th term as president, Pata ousted as top VP in Tlingit and Haida elections

This is a breaking news story that will be updated. Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson was resoundingly elected to a seventh two-year term as the president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska on Thursday, getting 68.1% of the vote in a five-way race in which the runner-up finished with 11.6%. However, a shakeup in top leadership occurred as First Vice President Ku.seen Jacqueline Pata, who finished fourth in the…Co…