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Tlingit-Haida Tribes leader Ed Thomas won't seek reelection
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Ed Thomas, the president of the
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes
of Alaska, said he won't run for re-election in 2014.
Thomas said he wants to continue serving the Tlingit and Haida in other capacities. He's a member of the
Sealaska
board of directors and is active in the
National Congress of American Indians
and the
Alaska Federation of Natives
.
Thomas was first elected president in 1984. He held the post until 2007, when he
unexpectedly resigned
, only to return in 2010.
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