Tehassi Hill – Chairman

Tehassi Hill Chairman (920) 869-4420 thill7@oneidanation.org

Tehassi Hill is the Chairman for Oneida Nation. Prior to his current role, Chairman Hill served two terms as an Oneida Business Committee Council Member for the Oneida Business Committee, who are the elected government officials for the Oneida Nation.

Through his service as an elected leader, Chairman Hill has demonstrated a commitment to preservation of the environment, Oneida language, culture and traditions with a vision of sustainability while working to exercise and protect theNation’s sovereignty. These are the guiding principles that drive his work with the Oneida Nation and beyond.

On behalf of the Oneida Nation, Chairman Hill serves on the Board of Directors for the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, which is a consortium of 11 Tribes in Wisconsin and Lac Vieau Desert of Michigan and is liaison for the National Congress of American Indians. For the State of Wisconsin, Chairman Hill serves on the Natural Resources Damage Trustee Council and is a designee to Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Tribal Operating Committee.

Chairman Hill was born and raised on the Oneida reservation and graduated from the Oneida Nation High School. He studied Business Administration at the University of Green Bay and operated a successful industrial, commercial, residential painting business for six years prior to working in government. Chairman Hill and his wife, Kanatihol, have nine children and reside in Oneida. On his leisure days he likes to spend time hunting, fishing and being actively engaged with his family and the greater community.