Northern+Arapaho+Business+Council

= Northern Arapaho Business Council = toc

The Old Council, 1908-1936


Between 1908 and 1936, the Northern Arapaho Tribe selected a six business councilmen to act as intermediaries between the tribe and the Federal Government. This group was called the //niitoto-néécheeno//`, or "six chiefs". Later, after the Joint Business Council with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe was established, this group was referred to as the "Old Council."

Lone Bear Yellow Calf Tallow/Henry L. Tyler Shot Gun Sitting Eagle William Shakespeare
 * 1908-1912 **


 * 1913-1916 **

Lone Bear Yellow Calf Henry L. Tyler Sam Wolfrang Littleshield Goes in Lodge


 * 1917-1920 **

Lone Bear Yellow Calf Henry L. Tyler Sam Wolfrang Littleshield Goes in Lodge


 * 1921-1925 **

Josiah Oldman/Yellow Calf Henry L. Tyler Sam Wolfrang Little Ant Littleshield/Chester Armstrong Robert Friday


 * 1926-1930 **

Yellow Calf Henry L. Tyler Sam Wolfrang Chester Armstrong Little Ant Robert Friday

Henry L. Tyler Sam Wolfrang/Mike Goggles Robert Friday Bruce Groesbeck Scott Dewey Paul Hanway
 * 1931-1934 **


 * 1935-1936 **

Henry L. Tyler Mike Goggles Robert Friday Charles Whiteman Alonzo Moss Tom Crispin/John Goggles

The New Council, 1937-Present
The Northern Arapaho Business Council (NABC) is an official governing body of the Northern Arapaho Tribe. Enrolled members of the tribe file a petition to run for office and proceed through a primary and general election. Six of the candidates are then elected.

Until 2014, members of the NABC also served on the Wind River Joint Business Council (JBC) on topics that affected both tribes. The chairman of NABC served as a co-chair of the along with the chair of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council (ESBC). In 2014, NABC announced their withdrawal from the JBC. The ESBC announced they did not approve of the dissolution and would continue to operate the JBC.


 * [|Northern Arapaho Business Council] Website**

1937-1940
Robert Friday John Goggles Mike Goggles Bruce Groesbeck Nellie Scott Charles Whiteman
 * 1937 **

Robert Friday Bruce Groesbeck Alonzo Moss Jerome Oldman Nellie Scott Charles Whiteman
 * 1939 **

1941-1950
Joe/Thomas Duran, Chair Orlando Antelope John Blackman Ben Friday, Sr. Dave Headley Nellie Scott
 * 1941 **

Ben Friday, Sr., Chair Scott Dewey Robert Friday Dave Headley Nellie Scott Charles Whiteman
 * 1943 **

Nellie Scott, Chair Scott Dewey Ben Friday, Sr. Dave Headley Elk Redman Tom Shakespeare
 * 1945 **

Nellie Scott, Chair Scott Dewey Ben Friday, Sr. Paul Hanway Elk Redman
 * 1947 **

Scott Dewey Steven Duran Ben Friday, Sr. Dave Headley Nellie Scott Henry Lee Tyler
 * 1949 **

1951-1960
Scott Dewey Ben Friday, Sr. Ernest Posey (replaced by William Hanway) Nellie Scott Henry Lee Tyler
 * 1951 **

Ralph Antelope Joe Duran Ben Friday, Sr. Bruce Groesbeck Alice Quiver Leonard Warren
 * 1953 **

Scott Dewey Ben Friday, Sr. Otto Hungary Nellie Scott Henry Lee Tyler Martin Underwood
 * 1955 **

Scott Dewey Steven Duran Ben Friday, Sr. Lloyd Goggles Nellie Scott Henry Lee Tyler
 * 1957 **

Scott Dewey Joe Duran Steven Duran Lloyd Goggles Jess Miller Martin Underwood
 * 1959 **

1961-1970
Scott Dewey Steven Duran Ben Friday, Sr. Ernest Hanway Nellie Scott Martin Underwood
 * 1961 **

Ben Friday, Sr. Lloyd Goggles Arnold Headley Jess Miller Nellie Scott Martin Underwood (replaced by Eugene Ridgely, Sr.)
 * 1963 **

Scott Dewey Steven Duran Ernest Hanway Arnold Headley Jess Miller Eugene Ridgely, Sr.
 * 1965 **

Ben Friday, Sr. Ernest Hanway Arnold Headley Jess Miller Herman J. Moss Nellie Scott
 * 1967 **

Felix Groesbeck Ernest Hanway Arnold Headley Jess Miller Herman J. Moss Eugene Ridgely, Sr.
 * 1969 **

1971-1980
Hugh Friday Felix Groesbeck Ernest Hanway Jess Miller Eugene Ridgely, Sr. John Warren
 * 1971 **

Hugh Friday Felix Groesbeck Ernest Hanway Arnold Headley Jess Miller John Warren
 * 1973 **

Ben Friday, Sr. (replaced by Felix Groesbeck, who was replaced by John Whiteman during the same term) Hugh Friday Arnold Headley Jess Miller (replaced by Hugh Ridgely) Ernest SunRhodes
 * 1975 **

Felix Groesbeck Ernest Hanway Arnold Headley (replaced by Hugh Ridgely) Jess Miller Herman J. Moss Joseph Oldman
 * 1977 **

Steven Duran Ernest Hanway (died in office, replaced by Arnold Headley, who was replaced by Patrick Goggles) Burton Hutchinson Sr. Joseph Oldman Eugene Ridgely, Sr.
 * 1979 **

1981-1990
Steven Duran William P. Goggles Arnold Headley (resigned, replaced by Burton Hutchinson) Emil O’Neal Joseph Oldman Eugene Ridgely, Sr.
 * 1981 **

Steven Duran Arnold Headley Emil O’Neal Joseph Smith, Sr. Dennis SunRhodes Burnette L. Whiteplume
 * 1983 **

Chester Armajo (died in office, replaced by Hiram Armajo) Joseph Oldman (replaced by Arnold Headley, who was replaced by Joseph Oldman)
 * 1985 **

Four members removed from office by the tribal general council on April 20, 1986. Mark Dewey Neal O’Neal Daniel Oldman, Jr. Burnette L. Whiteplume

Four new members elected by the tribal general council on May 28, 1986. Darrell I. Brown, Sr. Gary Collins Steven Duran Burton Hutchinson Sr.

Hiram Armajo Darrell I. Brown, Sr. Gary Collins Steven Duran Burton Hutchinson Sr. Joseph Smith, Sr. (resigned, replaced by Dennis SunRhodes)
 * 1987 **

Hiram Armajo Steven Duran Felix Groesbeck Burton Hutchinson, Sr. Joseph Oldman Crawford White
 * 1989 **

1991-2000

 * 1999 **

Al Addison, Sr., Chair Ben S. Ridgley, Co-chair Hugh Friday Burton Hutchinson, Sr. Joseph Oldman Nelson White

2001-2010

 * 2001 **

Al Addison, Sr., Chair Ben S. Ridgley, Co-chair Samuel Dresser Burton Hutchinson, Sr. Joseph Oldman Nelson White


 * 2002 **

Al Addison, Sr., Chair Ben S. Ridgley, Co-chair Samuel Dresser Burton Hutchinson, Sr. Joseph Oldman Nelson White


 * 2003 **

Burton Hutchinson, Sr., Chair Carlton Underwood, Co-chair Theodore Bell Samuel Dresser Dean Goggles Alison Sage


 * 2004 **

Burton Hutchinson, Sr., Chair Carlton Underwood, Co-chair Theodore Bell Samuel Dresser Dean Goggles Alison Sage


 * 2005 **

Richard Brannan, Chair Al Addison, Co-chair Samuel Dresser Harvey Spoonhunter Nelson White, Sr. Norman Willow, Sr.


 * 2006 **

Richard Brannan, Chair Al Addison, Co-chair Samuel Dresser Harvey Spoonhunter Nelson White, Sr. Norman Willow, Sr.


 * 2007 **

Richard Brannan, Chair Harvey Spoonhunter, Co-chair Samuel Dresser Nelson White, Sr. Norman Willow, Sr.


 * 2008 **

Anthony A. Addison, Sr., Chair Harvey Spoonhunter, Co-chair Samuel Dresser Ronald Oldman Nelson White, Sr. Norman Willow, Sr.


 * 2009 **


 * 2010 **

2011-2020

 * 2011 **

Harvey T. Spoonhunter, Chair Norman P. Willow, Sr., Co-chair Belle R. Ferris Darrell O'Neal, Sr. Ronald K. Oldman Jim L. Shakespeare


 * 2012 **

Jim Shakespeare, Chair Darrell O'Neal, Co-chair Sam Dresser Julian Hubbard Lydell Whiteplume Norman Willow


 * 2013 **

Darrell O'Neal, Chair Ronald K. Oldman, Co-chair Anthony Addison, Sr. Dean Goggles Willard Gould Ronald McElroy


 * 2014 **

Darrell O'Neal, Sr., Chairman Ronald K. Oldman, Co-Chair Anthony Al Addison Sr. Willard Gould Dean Goggles David "Ron" McElroy Sr.


 * 2015 **

Dean Goggles, Chairman David "Ron" McElroy Sr., Co-Chair Richard Brannan Darrell O'Neal, Sr. Forest Whiteman Norman Willow Sr.

Old Council membership lists from //// by Loretta Fowler.