Western Shoshone Educational Trust Fund

According the P.L. 108-270, the Western Shoshone Claims          Dis­tribution Act, there is established an administra­tive committee to oversee the distribution of educational grants and assistance under subsection (b)(2).

The Committee shall be composed of 7 members:

Western Shoshone Te-Moak Tribe 

Yolanda McDade

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe 

Western Shoshone Committee of the Duck Valley Reservation

Rozilyn Jones - Secretary

rozilyn_spttribe@yahoo.com 

Ely Shoshone Tribe

Delores Marques - Treasurer

dmarques1977@hotmail.com

Fallon Band of Western Shoshone  

Jon Pishion

jon.pishion@ftdc.us

Barbara Culbertson

 - Alternate 

General Public appointed by the Secretary, US Department of the Interior 

Norma Darrough

ndarrough13@yahoo.com

Yomba Shoshone Tribe

WSETF-AC General information 

Each member of the Committee shall serve a term of 4 years.

The Committee shall

• Distribute interest funds from the Trust Fund
• For each fiscal year, compile a list of names of all individuals approved to receive those funds;
• Ensure that those funds are used in a manner consistent with this Act;
• Develop written rules and procedures, subject to the approval of the Secretary,
• Carry out financial management
• Use a portion of the interest funds to pay the reasonable and necessary expenses of the Committee
• Employ an independent certified public accountant to pre­pare a financial statement for each fiscal year  
• For each fiscal year, the Committee shall provide documentation to the Secretary, to each organization represented on the Committee, and, on the request of a Western Shoshone member