Coin flip decides last seat in WCA tribal council election

No one could remember it ever happening before, but the Wrangell Cooperative Association was ready when it did happen last month.

The annual tribal council election on Feb. 27 ended in a tie for the fourth seat. WCA election rules designated a coin toss to decide the winner, said Tribal Administrator Esther Aaltséen Reese.

Einar Haaseth, the tribal council election chairman, researched online the proper way to toss a coin, Reese said. He studied how NFL referees do it at the start of every game.

Tribal Council President Ed Rilatos brought in “a really nice 50-cent piece.” Though officials had...