Catherine Edwards Selected to Serve on Tlingit & Haida’s Task Force

Edwards has served as a Seattle Tlingit & Haida Delegate since 2012 and is currently seated as the Tribe’s 6th Vice President. She also serves as Chair of the Tribe’s Audit Committee and on the Executive Committee for the Tlingit & Haida Washington Chapter. She has extensive experience in tribal governance, budgets, domestic violence and drug prevention, and continues to be a strong advocate committed to serving the needs of tribal families. Edwards’ Tlingit name is Kashkaani and she is Raven of the L’eneidi (Dog Salmon) clan.

“It is an honor to be nominated and selected to serve on this task force. I learned recently that there isn’t a word for Domestic Violence in any of our Alaska Indigenous languages, this is because it wasn’t our way. Our women, children, and men were and are sacred and it’s time to return to our teachings. My selection to this task force once again reaffirms that Tlingit & Haida is proactive in its leadership and a testament to our willingness to take on this important work and bring an end to the pandemic of violence that affects our communities,” says Edwards.