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Tribal Technical Advisory Committee

The Tribal Technical Advisory Committee helps build and maintain SAMHSA’s government-to-government relationship with American Indian and Alaska Native tribes.

In 2008, in recognition of Presidential executive orders and memoranda on tribal consultation, SAMHSA formed the Tribal Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC) to enhance the government-to-government relationship and honor the federal trust responsibilities and obligations to tribes and American Indian and Alaska Native people.

The SAMHSA TTAC membership, made up of 14 elected tribal leaders from federally recognized tribes, provides a venue where tribal leadership and SAMHSA staff can exchange information about public health issues, identify urgent mental health and substance abuse needs, and discuss collaborative approaches to addressing behavioral health needs.

TTAC Member Roster

Alaska Area

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Lisa Wade Chickaloon Village Traditional Council	Jennifer Showalter Yeoman Council Member Kenaitze Indian Tribe

Albuquerque Area (NM, CO, TX)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Joseph A. Garcia,TTAC Co-Chair Head Councilman Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo	Vacant

Bemidji Area (IN, MN, MI, WI)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Phyllis Davis Tribal Council Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians	Keith Massaway Treasurer Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians

Billings Area (MT, WY)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Pending	Pending

California Area

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Juana Majel-Dixon Legislative Council Pauma Band of Mission Indians	Alesia Reed Tribal Council Secretary Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians

Great Plains Area (ND, SD, IA, NE)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Pending	Harold Frazier Chairman Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Nashville Area (Eastern US)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais Chairwoman Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)	Vacant

Navajo Area (AZ, NM, UT)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Jonathan Nez Vice President Navajo Nation	Amber Kanazbah Crotty Council Delegate Navajo Nation

Oklahoma Area

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Jack Austin, Jr. Assistant Chief Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	Vacant

Phoenix Area (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Pending	Pending

Portland Area (ID, OR, WA)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Vacant	Nickolaus Dee Lewis Jr. "Jutskadim" Lummi Indian Business Council

Tucson Area (Southern AZ)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Pending	Anthony J. Francisco, Jr. Legislative Representative Tohono O’odham Nation

At-Large

Primary Delegate
Andy Joseph, Jr.,TTAC Chair Tribal Council Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Aaron Payment, MPA, MEd, EdD Chairperson Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Last Updated: 11/29/2018