Will

Native Name: Yaan Yaan Eesh

Tribe: Tlingit

Moiety: Wolf (Eagle)

Clan: Teikweidi

Subcrest: Kaats Hit; Golden Eagle, Killer Whale, Thunderbird, Wolf

Parents: Michael and Barbara Micklin

Maternal Grandparents: Percy and Margaret Lauth Sherar

Paternal Grandparents: Thomas and Doris Watt Micklin

Job Title: 5th Vice President, CCTHITA

Work Experience:

  • CEO of the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
  • I represent the Ewiiaapaayp Band at the National Congress of American Indians, Native American Financial Officers Association, Federal Communications Commission Inter-Agency Council, National Indian Gaming Association, and Self-Governance Consortium

Present Community Involvement:

  • CCTHITA Audit Committee
  • Alternate for the Judiciary Committee, Finance Committee Investment Committee, and Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians. 
  • I attend the Self-Governance Consortium Executive Council and BIA Tribal Budget Advisory Council.
  • Recording Secretary for the San Francisco T&H Community Council

Interests: My personal interests are, of course of greatest importance, my family, that is my mother’s people, my father’s people, my opposite side who are my grandfather’s people, and my wife and her family.  Recently I assisted my maternal uncle with our Koo’Eex, and we will be preparing over the next several years for the next one.  The efforts of my Tongass Tribe people to continue the customary practices of our traditional Tribe, and the renewed protection of our sacred lands, are of particular importance to me and I will provide what assistance I can offer. Basketball is my best-loved pastime.

Goals:
I am serving on The CCTHITA Executive Council because: the core responsibility the Executive Council is to prepare the CCTHITA for change.  I hope to be an independent leader whose primary function is to help the Executive Council design and carry out CCTHITA processes and thereby obtain the information that it needs to adequately protect the resources, services, assets and capital of our citizens.

Quote:
“Everything and everyone was treated with respect.”  -- Yaan di yaan’ eesh, Olaf Abraham, “The Life and Stories of Olaf Abraham” recorded by George Ramos Sr., edited by Elaine Abraham, 1964.