Randy Williams appointed Tribal Administrator
The Tribal Council of Ketchikan Indian Community has appointed Randy Williams as Tribal Administrator. He replaces Charles White, who served as Tribal Administrator for the past two years, helping to secure funding to complete the renovation of the Administration and Tribal Health building.
“I’m so pleased to have this opportunity to serve our Tribal Members,” Williams says. “I will strive to preserve our traditional way of life by protecting our natural resources, providing the best possible health care for our Tribal members, honoring our Elders and Veterans, advocating for positive economic development, and supporting the creation of employment opportunities and annual monetary dividends for our members.”
A Tlingit born in Ketchikan, Williams brings a wealth of education and experience to the position. As a graduate of Dartmouth College, Williams has put his knowledge and skills to work over the years at Tlingit & Haida Central Council and Ketchikan Indian Community, managing tribal casinos in the Lower 48, and serving as CEO of the Colville Tribal Enterprise Corporation. Williams has also owned and operated a number of successful businesses, including the Four Winds Qw’aan management and consulting company, a UPS store, and two Washington State card rooms.
Williams is a fisherman and lifelong landless advocate. He is currently the president of Natives Without Land, successfully working with Rep. Don Young to introduce legislation in Congress this past May. If passed, this legislation will allow the Alaska Native communities of Ketchikan, Haines, Wrangell, Petersburg, and Tenakee to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA), from which they were excluded a half-century ago.
The second largest tribe in the state of Alaska, Ketchikan Indian Community’s 6000+ tribal citizens are descendants of Tlingit, Haida & Tsimshian as well as Aleut and many other tribal nations. Ketchikan Indian Community incorporated in 1940 under the Indian Reorganization Act and is now a federally recognized Indian Tribe and a sovereign nation.
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