Boards & Commissions

Spokane Urban Native Advisory Council

Authorized by and Date: The Spokane Urban Native Advisory Council (SUNAC) is authorized by Ordinance C36884, effective on July 30, 2026

Mission Statement/Purpose: The purpose and mission of the Spokane Urban Native Advisory Council (SUNAC) is to strengthen and guide the City of Spokane’s relationship with the community’s urban Native residents. The SUNAC will support and guide the City in honoring its trust and treaty responsibilities, strengthening government-to-community relationships, and ensuring Native voices and lived experiences inform public policy, projects, and City initiatives. The SUNAC will work to advance the well-being, visibility, and participation of urban Native people throughout Spokane through collaboration, cultural knowledge, and lived experiences.

Meeting date, time and location: To be determined.

Membership: The Spokane Urban Native Advisory Council (SUNAC) shall consist of up to twelve (12) voting members. 

1. All SUNAC members shall be tribal citizens, tribal descendants, or recognized members of the Indian community representing the urban Native community.
2. The membership of the SUNAC shall reflect a broad range of experience, expertise, and diversity of viewpoints with a commitment to providing objective and sound advice to the Mayor and City Council, representative of the urban Native community.
3. SUNAC members should possess expertise or experience in economic development, small business, education, youth programs, healthcare, or human services, and represent Native-led organizations defined as.
   1. An organization where a majority of the Board of Directors and executive leadership identify as American Indian or Alaska Native;
   2. An organization where at least fifty percent (50%) of clients, participants, or the organization’s constituency identify as Indigenous; or
   3. An organization demonstrating ongoing engagement with and accountability to the Spokane Indigenous community.

Terms: Members of the Spokane Urban Native Advisory Council (SUNAC) are appointed to three-year terms. Initial and subsequent SUNAC members may be appointed to such shorter and/or longer terms as are necessary to achieve a term cycle that ensures half of the Council’s term expires in odd-numbered years. No SUNAC member shall serve more than two consecutive full terms.

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