Co-Presidents

Chenoa Scippio, Co-President
Navajo & Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
 

CONTACT:
Chenoa Scippio, Co-President
National UNITY Council Executive Committee
Email: fco-president@unityinc.org

Chenoa Scippio is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and is also affiliated with the Pueblo of Santa Clara. She recently graduated from The University of New Mexico with degrees in Population Health and Native American Studies. She currently serves as the Female Co-President of the National UNITY Council Executive Committee. Chenoa is a member of the New Mexico Indigenous Youth Council, housed in the New Mexico State Indian Affairs Department. In this position, she hopes to be an advocate for her community at the state level. Chenoa is planning new mental/behavioral health programming with a focus on traditional    teachings, storytelling, songs, dances, and art as stress relief rather than substance and alcohol use. She has also recently accepted an invitation to join the newest cohort of Americans for Indian Opportunities (AIO) Ambassador program, an Indigenous values-based community capacity-building, leadership development initiative. Chenoas involvement with UNITY, New Mexico Indigenous Youth Council, and AIO will continue to develop her skills as a community organizer, and most importantly, as a voice for youth who have not found theirs yet.

Colby Whitethunder, Co-President
Alabama-Cooushatta, Texas
 

CONTACT:
Colby Whitethunder, Co-President
National UNITY Council Executive Committee
Email: mco-president@unityinc.org

Colby WhiteThunder is an enrolled member of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas, as well as the Omaha Tribe and comes from the Daddy Longlegs Clan. He is 24 years old, currently working as a Youth Aide/Advisor for his tribe’s youth council. He served as the UNITY Southern Plains Representative from 2019-2021. He currently serves as an Ambassador for the Tribal Youth Resource Center through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Something he would like to accomplish during this term would be bridging the gap  between the elders and youth to understand each other better. 

 National UNITY Council EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Members of each UNITY-affiliated youth council appoint two individuals (one young woman, one young man) to serve as their representatives on the National UNITY Council (NUC). Native youth throughout the United States, who are UNITY affiliates, elect individuals to serve as Area Representatives on the National UNITY Council Executive Committee. The ten geographical areas are as follows: Great Plains, Midwest, Northeast, Northwest, Pacific, Rocky Mountain, Southeast, Southern Plains, Southwest, and Western. Two youth leaders (one young man, one young woman) are elected by the NUC membership each year to serve as National UNITY Council Co-Presidents.

Past National UNITY Council CoPresidents
  • 2020-2021
    • Kiera Toya Jemez Pueblo
    • Robert “Scottie” Miller Swinomish
  • 2021-2022
    • Audriana Michell Colorado River Indian Tribes
    • Izaiah Fisher Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
  • 2022-2023
    • Chenoa Scippio Santa Clara Pueblo
    • Colby White Thunder Alabama Coushatta
  • 2010-2011
    • J’Shon Lee White Mountain Apache
    • Victor Fuentez Muscogee Creek Nation
  • 2011-2012
    • Amira Madison Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
    • Jared Massey White Mountain Apache
  • 2012-2013
    • Amira Madison Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
    • Jared Massey White Mountain Apache
  • 2013-2014
    • Dominique Lombardi Morongo Band of Mission Indians
    • Nataanii Hatathlie Navajo Nation
  • 2014-2015
    • Sarah Scott Lummi Nation
    • Brian Weeden Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
  • 2015-2016
    • Sassamin Weeden Mashpee Wampanoag
    • Brian Weeden Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
  • 2016-2017
    • Sarah Scott Lummi Nation
    • Hamilton Seymour Nooksack
  • 2017-2018
    • Sophie Tiger Commanche
    • Hamilton Seymour Nooksack
  • 2018-2019
    • SuSun Fisher Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
    • Joseph Davis Gila River Indian Community
  • 2019-2020
    • Brittany McKane Muscogee Creek Nation
    • Robert “Scottie” Miller Swinomish
  • 2000-2001
    • LeAndra Bitsie Navajo Nation
    • Michael Preston Gila River Indian Community
  • 2001-2002
    • LeAndra Bitsie Navajo Nation
    • Darren Pedro Gila River Indian Community
  • 2002-2003
    • Kristy Dayson Little Traverse Bay Bands Of Odawa Indians
    • Daniel “Dan” Terrio Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
  • 2003-2004
    • Mary Smith Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
    • Lee Baltazar Pascua Yaqui Tribe
  • 2004-2005
    • Misty Airington Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
    • Daniel “Dan” Terrio Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
  • 2005-2006
    • Latisha Stick Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
    • Sherman Billie Mississippi Band of Choctaw
  • 2006-2007
    • Hannah Ward Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
    • Matthias Lupe White Mountain Apache
  • 2007-2008
    • Kelsey Leonard Shinnecock Nation
    • Joshua Tso Navajo Nation
  • 2008-2009
    • Juanita Toledo Jemez Pueblo
    • Joshua Tso Navajo Nation
  • 2009-2010
    • J’Shon Lee White Mountain Apache
    • Victor Fuentez Muscogee Creek Nation
  • 1992-1993
    • Lovina Louie Coeur d’Alene/ Okanagan & Lakes Band of the Colville Confederated Tribes
    • Joseph Brown Thunder Ho-Chunk Nation/Oglala Lakota Nation
  • 1993-1994
    • Toni Edwards Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
    • Joseph Brown Thunder Ho-Chunk Nation/Oglala Lakota Nation
  • 1994-1995
    • Pearl Yellowman Navajo Nation
    • Leslie Caye Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
  • 1995-1996
    • Pearl Yellowman Navajo Nation
    • Leslie Caye Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
  • 1996-1997
    • Sharon Watson Navajo Nation
    • Leslie Caye Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
  • 1997-1998
    • Laura Morningstar Winder Seneca Nation
    • Michael Killer Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
  • 1998-1999
    • Katharine Factor Kiowa
    • Manny Lasiloo Gila River Indian Community
  • 1999-2000
    • Wilpita Bia Navajo Nation
    • Leonard Kisto
NUC Co-PRESIDENT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MONTHLY REPORTS

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