Native American Heritage Month Spotlight on Chairman Amber Torres
Amber Torres, is a tribal citizen of the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Schurz, Nevada. She has been elected to serve on the Walker River Tribal Council since 2010, and held the role of the Tribal Chairman since 2016. She worked for the Walker River Tribal Health Clinic in Purchased Referred Care for thirteen years prior to this. She has three daughters Kylie, Elizabella and Brynn Torres. She currently represents Nevada tribes by serving on the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada Executive Board, Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona Steering Committee, National Indian Health Board, Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee for IHS/SDPI, Tribal Interior Budget Council for BIA, IHS Director’s Workgroup on Improving Purchase Referred Care, Native Farm Bill Coalition, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), Chairman USDA Tribal Leaders Consultation Workgroup, a Co-Chair for Indian Health Service National Budget Formulation Committee, and the National Congress of American Indians Executive Board. She has been nominated to serve on these boards as the Phoenix Area Representative which represent the Arizona, Nevada and Utah tribes.
Links to current interviews
Thenevadaindependent.com
www.foxnews.com
Indiancountrytoday.com
https://sierranevadaally.org/2020/04/24/nevada-native-american-tribes-wait-for-federal-aid-a-second-thought/ https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2020/03/06/controversial-walker-lake-hydropower-proposal-wins-preliminary-permit/4977634002/ https://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/01/