(208)478-3807
Email Nathan

Gibson District Representative

Nathan has been serving on the Fort Hall Business Council since the late 1980’s as a council member and Chairman. Small was instrumental in opening the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes’ first gaming operation and served as gaming manager from 1990 to 1998. He has been a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Bar Association since 1980, and has held positions as both a prosecutor and public defender in the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Courts.

Small also worked for a time in the Tribal Water Resources Department and the Environmental Waste Program advocating for protection of clean environmental resources. Small is also an original founding Board member to COLT (Coalition of Large Tribes) organization that promotes the sovereign rights of Tribes.

In his past time, Nathan is an avid fisherman, and looks forward to traveling with his family to central Idaho each summer to spear salmon in the traditional way of our people.

(208)478-3803
Email Donna

Fort Hall District Representative

Donna is serving her 4th term on the Fort Hall Business Council. Donna is a lifelong resident of the Fort Hall Reservation from the Fort Hall District. Prior to working with the Tribes, Donna was the Human Resources Director at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel & Event Center and has a combined history of 30 years working with the Tribes in Accounting, TERO and Gaming. Donna has served on the Sho-Ban Jr/Sr high school Board and currently serves as the Chairperson for the Enterprise Agri-Business Board. In Donna’s spare time, she enjoys spending time with her three daughters and twelve grandchildren in all their sports.

(208)478-3812
Email Claudia

Bannock Creek District Representative

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(208)478-3811
Email Roland

Lincoln Creek District Representative

Roland Marshall was elected to the Fort Hall Business Council in May of 2021 and is currently serving as the Sgt-At-Arms. Marshall is a resident of the Gibson District and is serving his first term on the Fort Hall Business Council. He is a first generation of tribal leaders and he believes that tribal leadership is something that comes with life experience, knowledge and familiarity of tribal entities and processes, with the ability to communicate with other tribal leaders as well as the community.

Marshall has a background working within the Tribal Government in the Finance Department for the Tribes for the 19 years, prior to serving on council. He is also a Veteran who served honorably in the United States Marine Corps from 1993-1997. Until, his selection to the Fort Hall Business Council, he regularly served as a certified Zumba fitness instructor for the community offering free classes at the Fort Hall Recreation.

Marshall is also a member of a local Tribal drum group, Ghost Canyon. He also enjoys, hunting, fishing, playing basketball, softball, and golf. He is a Sundancer and participates in sweat lodges and peyote meetings. In Marshall’s spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife Echo, his children, family and friends.

(208)478-3807
Email Gaylen

Ross Fork District Representative

Gaylen Edmo is serving his first term on the Fort Hall Business Council as Sgt-At-Arms and is currently the Ross Fork District representative. Directly out of high school Gaylen attended the United States Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island where he wrestled for the Navy and attended school. Following that year Gaylen was honorably discharged from the USN and chose to attend Boise State University where he finished his wrestling career. Mr. Edmo holds multiple degrees including a Bachelor of Arts from BSU in Environmental Studies with a minor in Sustainability and a Juris Doctorate (law degree) from the University of Idaho. He was awarded his law degree with emphases in Federal Indian Law and Natural Resources-Environmental Law.

During law school Mr. Edmo gained legal experience clerking for Echo Hawk & Olsen, PLLC in Pocatello, Idaho; Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colorado; and for the United States District Court for the District of Idaho in Boise, Idaho. Prior to his legal experience, Gaylen held temporary positions at the Tribal Water Resources Department and the Tribal Resident Fisheries Program.

Before serving in Council, Gaylen was selected by the Native American Rights Fund as a post-graduate law fellow working under attorneys on various legal issues throughout Indian Country. Mr. Edmo also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Idaho, College of Law co-teaching their semester-in-practice programs at both the Moscow and Boise campuses.

Gaylen is proud to take part in Sundance here in Fort Hall. Additionally, Mr. Edmo is an outdoorsman. He is a lifelong big game, salmon, and yaha (rock chuck) hunter - practicing our treaty rights to hunt and fish the unoccupied lands of the United States. Gaylen especially enjoys hunting salmon and buffalo in our traditional areas throughout the year. When he’s not hunting, you can find him coaching wrestling, cutting firewood, and boiling up cowboy coffee in the mountains.

Mr. Edmo appreciates the opportunity to serve our tribal membership and hopes to continue serving our people for many years to come in the FHBC.

(208)478-3814
Email Lee Juan

Fort Hall District Representative

Lee Juan is serving his seventh term on Fort Hall Business Council. Lee Juan is a member of the Fort Hall district. He is active in traditional and ceremonial ways of our people on the reservation and is frequently called upon to provide prayers and songs at local ceremonies and community events. Tyler is a fluent Shoshone speaker and is in support of revitalizing our Shoshone and Bannock languages. Tyler serves as the Tribes’ representative on the following committees: The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC), the Tribal Science Council (TSC) which is under the umbrella of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to further tribal environmental objectives and to protect our ecosystems for future generations, as well, Tyler is an active member of the Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation (USRT) that consists of some of the Snake River Tribes. Tyler is the proud dad of one daughter and resides in the Fort Hall district.

(208)478-3804
Email Ladd

Gibson District Representative

Ladd is serving his third term on the Fort Hall Business Council. Edmo is a lifelong resident of Fort Hall and resides in the Fort Hall District where he purchased his home. He attended schools in Fort Hall, Blackfoot, and graduated from Intermountain Indian High School. Ladd played football & basketball in the Fort Hall Little Leagues and continued his passion for the sport in Highschool and College where he lettered at the collegiate level in football and both sports in high school.

Ladd continued his education at Haskell Indian Jr. College in Lawrence , Kansas where he was on the Dean's List and received an Associates of Applied Science Degree. Mr. Edmo specialized in carpentry and construction services and has been a journeyman carpenter for over 35 years. Ladd is a current member of the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters Union and prior to serving on the FHBC he was the Construction Project Manager for the Fort Hall Housing Authority from 1999-2010 where he obtained his Idaho State Electrical contractor's license. In 2014 until 2017 Ladd served as a Tribal Land Use Policy Commissioner where he helped develop the Pahsimeroi Caspital LLC to give Tribal Members an opportunity to buy land and assist the membership in having more homeownership opportunities.

During Ladd's tenure on Council, he has served as Sargeant of Arms, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and Chairman. While serving on Council Ladd has taken a lead on the Sockeye Salmon initiative supporting best efforts to manage the Salmon since they are on the brink of extinction. Ladd served as the Vice-Chair of the Idaho Council of Indian affairs in 2019 and was proud to serve as a mentor in 2019 with the Idaho National Guard for the Idaho Youth Challenge Academy. In 2020 Ladd advocated in front of the Idaho State Senate Affairs Committee for additional protections and action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. In 2022 Mr. Edmo was instrumental in bringing STEM educational opportunities to Shoshone-Bannock Jr./Sr. High school. Ladd has been on the Idaho Indian Education Commitee for the last four years and is the Tribal Council representative for education initiatives.

Edmo is a hunter and fisherman and has four children and five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.