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My name is Larry Miller Doke.   I was born and raised in Siskiyou County . My father was a timber faller for the Long Bell Lumber Co. and lived in the lumber camp of Tennant.  I was born in Weed, which was the nearest hospital. When I was about two years old we moved to Mt. Shasta , where I grew up, and attended school from K through 12^th grade.

A couple of years after graduating, I married my wife Elaine. We have two sons, a daughter, six granddaughters, two grandsons, and two great-grandsons, so far. I have spent my whole life in ranching.

My Shasta linage comes from my mother’s side of the family.  The names go back through Miller, Hoover , Picard, to Chief Tato.

The  first contact with the Shasta organization was in 1983. I have served as council member, treasurer, and now as chairman of the Shasta Indian Nation.

There is a vision that I have for the Shasta people, and that is to see us in our homeland, as a recognized sovereign nation.  Together with, cultural and economic programs to bring us together as a strong, and united nation.

Larry M. Doke

Chairman of the Shasta Indian Nation          

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