Ronnie Lupe was an American politician and served as the Chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe from his first election to the office in 1966 and continually re-elected to the position until his retirement in 2017. The White Mountain Apache Tribe is located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona, north of the capital of Phoenix. He is known for his activism on such issues as land and water rights, endangered species, and tribal sovereignty. Ronnie Lupe died on August 12, 2019.