Please Join us for Domestic Violence Awareness month by coming by the Lower Elwha Klallam Heritage Center for a resource fair from 10am-3pm followed by a Domestic Violence Awareness walk at 4:00pm from the Heritage Center to Healthy Families of Clallam County and back! Walk the Path of Healing Through Awareness (PDF)
Category: Announcements
Tribal Member Outreach for Strategic Planning
Dear Tribal Members, The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s Business Committee is undertaking an important initiative to update our strategic plan for the next five years. Blue Stone Strategy Partners has been retained to assist in developing a five-year Comprehensive Strategic Plan. It is important to have the voice of our Tribal Members heard during the process of developing the plan. The responses received to the outreach efforts will ensure that the Business Committee is making informed decisions for our Tribe’s continued success in delivering quality services and resources to our members, now and for our future generations. Having a plan …READ MORE
September 2022 Newsletter
Read the September 2022 Newsletter Here
LEKT Homeowner’s Assistance Fund Res. 69-22
On 8/9 the council approved Resolution 69-22 Approval of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Homeowner Assistance Fund Program Plan. You can read the resolution here: Resolution 69-22 Approval of the LEKT homeowner assistance fund program plan LEKT Homehowner Assistance Fund
Public Health Proclamation on Advancing COVID Vaccines
On Tuesday 8/9/22 the Business Committee passed resolution 70-22 Public Health Proclamation on Advancing COVID Vaccines in the LEKT Community: Resolution 70-22 Public Health Proclamation On Advancing COVID Vaccines in LEKT Community) This resolution encourages everyone aged 6 months and older in the LEKT community to remain up to date on their COVID vaccines and participate in the COVID vaccine support program. Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is a safer, more reliable way to build protection than getting sick with COVI-19, COVID-19 vaccination helps protect you by creating an antibody response without you having to experience potentially sever illness or post-COVID …READ MORE
August 2022 Newsletter
Read the August 2022 Newsletter Here
July 2022 Newsletter
Read the July 2022 Newsletter Here: July 2022 Newsletter
June 2022 Newsletter
Read the June 2022 Newsletter here (PDF)
2022 Chairperson Election Results
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Election Committee The results for the May 28, 2022 Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Chairperson election are as follows: 165 total valid ballots were cast of which, 69 were drive-thru poll ballots, 53 ballots mailed-in and 43 mail-in ballots were dropped off. 1 ballots was invalid, which had no accompanying voter affidavit. Vote totals for each candidate were as follows: Frances “Gator” Charles 109 Russell “Razz” Hepfer 28 Edward V. Johsnon 18 Steve Joaquin Robideau 8 Anthony Charles 2 Frances “Gator” Charles is the candidate with the highest number of votes and has accordingly been elected to …READ MORE
Election Committee Vacancy
IMPORTANT ELECTION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT There is a vacancy on the LEKT Election Committee. A single sign-up sheet will be posted in the tribal center lobby beginning on April 8, 2022 until May 15, 2022. All interested parties should print their name on the sign-up sheet and submit a letter of interest to the Tribal Council Executive Assistant by May 15, 2022. Tribal Council will then appoint a new member to the LEKT Election Committee.