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 * Eastern Shoshone Business Council **

The Eastern Shoshone Business Council (ESBC) is an official governing body of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. Tribal members nominate candidates at a General Council meeting. Six of the nominees are then chosen in a general election. Until 2014, members of the ESBC also served on the Wind River Joint Business Council (JBC) on topics that affected both tribes. The chairman of ESBC served as a co-chair of the along with the chair of the Arapaho Business Council. In 2014, The Arapaho Council announced their withdrawal from the JBC. The ESBC announced they did not approve of the dissolution and would continue to operate the JBC.

[|Eastern Shoshone Business Council]



1931-1940
William Aragon, Sr. Jesse Day Cyrus Shogutsie Charles Snyder (non-enrolled representative) John Trijillo
 * 1931 **

William Aragon, Sr. Jesse Day Charles Driskell Lanjo McAdams Sam Nipwater Ben Perry
 * 1933 **

William Aragon, Sr. Gilbert Day Charles Driskell Irene Meade Wallace St. Clair Charles Washakie
 * 1935 **

Gilbert Day Frank Enos Robert N. Harris, Sr. Ben Perry Lynn St. Clair Charles Washakie
 * 1937 **

Pete Aragon John Boyd Gilbert Day Lanjo McAdams Cyrus Shogutsie Charles Washakie
 * 1939 **

1941-1950
Charles A. Driskell, Chair (did not complete term, replaced by Lynn St. Clair) Maude Clairmont Gilbert Day Hunting Hill Charles Washakie Marshall Washakie
 * 1941 **

Robert N. Harris, Sr., Chair Maude Clairmont Gilbert Day George Harris Herman St. Clair Marshall Washakie
 * 1943 **

Robert N. Harris, Sr., Chair Gilbert Day George Harris Herman St. Clair Lynn St. Clair Marshall Washakie
 * 1945 **

Robert N. Harris/Gilbert Day, Chair Maude Clairmont Gilbert Day Robert N. Harris, Sr. Hunting Hill Tony Lajeunesse Reuben Martel
 * 1947 **

Amos Bonatsie Maude Clairmont Robert N. Harris, Sr. Ben Earl Henan Hunting Hill Reuben Martel
 * 1949 **

1951-1960
Maude Clairmont George Harris Robert N. Harris, Sr. Reuben Martel Herman St. Clair
 * 1951 **

Maude Clairmont Gilbert Day Enos Enos George Harris Robert N. Harris, Sr. Sam Nipwater
 * 1953 **

Maude Clairmont Gilbert Day Robert N. Harris, Sr. Hunting Hill Reuben Martel Herman St. Clair
 * 1955 **

Maude Clairmont Gilbert Day Bert Harris George Harris Robert N. Harris, Sr. Delmar Wesaw
 * 1957 **

Maude Clairmont Gilbert Day Frank Enos Robert N. Harris, Sr. Suzette Wagon Delmar Wesaw
 * 1959 **

1961-1970
Bill Bradford Frank Enos Robert N. Harris, Sr. Alfred McAdams Herman St. Clair Suzette Wagon
 * 1961 **

Frank Enos Robert N. Harris, Sr. Hunting Hill Alfred McAdams Herman St. Clair Starr Weed
 * 1963 **

Bill Bradford Robert N. Harris, Sr. Hunting Hill Alfred McAdams Herman St. Clair Wallace St. Clair
 * 1965 **

Bill Bradford Willison Chinjay Maude Clairmont Gilbert Day Robert N. Harris, Sr. Starr Weed
 * 1967 **

Robert N. Harris, Sr. Vida Haukaas Philbert McLeod Herman St. Clair Starr Weed
 * 1969 **

1971-1980


Joe Engavo Enos Enos Robert N. Harris, Sr. Alfred McAdams Larry Murray Starr Weed
 * 1971 **

Joe Engavo Enos Enos Alfred McAdams James Pogue Stanford St. Clair (died in office, replaced by Alfred Ward) Starr Weed
 * 1973 **

Bill Bradford (died in office, replaced by Joseph Henan, Jr.) Robert N. Harris, Sr. Joseph Henan, Jr. Benjamin Snyder, Sr. Darwin St. Clair John St. Clair
 * 1975 **

Frank Enos Robert N. Harris, Sr. Benjamin Snyder, Sr. Alfred Ward Starr Weed
 * 1977 **

Enos Enos Frank Enos Robert N. Harris, Sr. Wesley Martel Benjamin Snyder, Sr. (resigned, replaced by Starr Weed) Alfred Ward
 * 1979 **

1981-1990
Enos Enos Robert N. Harris, Sr. Wesley Martel Alfred Ward John R. Washakie Starr Weed
 * 1981 **

Robert N. Harris, Sr. Wesley Martel Benjamin Snyder, Sr. Alfred Ward John R. Washakie Starr Weed
 * 1983 **

Robert N. Harris, Sr. Vida Haukaas Benjamin Snyder, Sr. Alfred Ward John R. Washakie Wesley Martel
 * 1985 **

Frank Enos Wesley Martel Matthew D. Noseep Orville M. St. Clair John R. Washakie Starr Weed
 * 1987 **

Matthew D. Noseep Orville M. St. Clair Alfred Ward John R. Washakie Starr Weed
 * 1989 **

1991-2000
John Washakie, Chair Vernon Hill, Co-chair Wesley Martel Alfred McAdams, Jr. Ivan Posey Sara Robinson
 * 1999 **

2001-2010
Ivan Posey, Chair John Washakie, Co-chair Mike LeJeunesse Martel, McAdams John Wadda
 * 2001 **
 * Eastern Shoshone Business Council**

Ivan Posey, Chair John Washakie, Co-chair Mike LeJeunesse Wesley Martel Martel, McAdams John Wadda
 * 2002 **

Vernon Hill, Chair Arlen Shoyo, Co-chair Richard Burnett Willie Noseep Ben O’Neal William Wagon
 * 2003 **

Vernon Hill, Chair Arlen Shoyo, Co-chair Richard Burnett Willie Noseep Alfred “Bud” McAdams, Sr., William Wagon
 * 2004 **

Ivan D. Posey, Chair Arlen Shoyo, Co-chair Valeria Arkinson Mike LaJeunesse Willie Noseep Kassel Weeks
 * 2005 **

Ivan D. Posey, Chair Arlen Shoyo, Co-chair Valeria Arkinson Mike LaJeunesse Willie Noseep Kassel Weeks
 * 2006 **

Ivan D. Posey, Chair Arlen Shoyo, Co-chair Mike LaJeunesse Willie Noseep Floyd Phillips Orville St. Clair
 * 2007 **

Ivan D. Posey, Chair Arlen Shoyo, Co-chair Mike LaJeunesse Willie Noseep Floyd Phillips Orville St. Clair
 * 2008 **

2011-2020
Ivan D. Posey, Chair Willie Noseep, Co-chair Patricia Bergie Mike LaJeunesse Orville St. Clair Lydia Wadda
 * 2011 **

Mike LaJeunesse, Chair Wes Martel, Co-chair Robert Hereford, Sr. Ivan D. Posey Harrison Shoyo, Jr. Orville St. Clair
 * 2012 **

Darwin St. Clair, Chair Harrison Shoyo, Jr., Co-chair Robert Hereford, Sr. Mike LaJeunesse Wes Martel Ivan D. Posey
 * 2013 **

Darwin St. Clair, Jr., Chairman Mike LaJeunesse, Vice-Chairman (Acting) Robert Hereford Ivan D. Posey ([|dismissed by Council] April 2014) Wes Martel ([|dismissed by Council] April 2014)
 * 2014 **

=Additional Resources=
 * Eastern Shoshone Tribal website (accessed June 2015)
 * Interview with Chairman Darwin St. Clair, National Museum of the American Indian as part of their Meet Native America series, Interview posted 2/14/2015 (accessed June 2015)