Communications

Press Releases

USET SPF Statement in Recognition and Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - January 15, 2024
USET SPF Responds to Senator John Cornyn’s “Wild Bunch of Indians” Remarks - October 31, 2023
USET SPF Calls Upon Congress to Confirm Patrice Kunesh for ANA Commissioner - March 7, 2023
USET SPF Statement in Recognition and Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - January 16, 2023
USET SPF Lauds Nomination of Patrice Kunesh for ANA Commissioner - June 23, 2022
USET SPF Celebrates Historic Appointment of Chief Lynn Malerba as First Native U.S. Treasurer - June 21, 2022
USET SPF Lauds Historic President’s FY2023 Budget Request - March 28, 2022
USET SPF Lauds DOI’s Return to Policies Promoting Homelands Restoration - April 27, 2021
USET SPF Celebrates U.S. Department of Interior’s Withdrawal of Appeal in Mashpee v. Bernhardt - February 23, 2021
USET SPF Statement in Recognition and Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - January 18, 2021
USET SPF Statement on Historic Nomination of Congresswoman Deb Haaland for Secretary of Interior - December 17, 2020
USET & USET Sovereignty Protection Fund Welcomes Three New Tribal Nations During Its Virtual Annual Meeting - October 28, 2020
USET SPF Statement on Washington NFL Football Team Name Change - July 13, 2020
USET SPF Signs onto Joint Statement regarding June 5, 2020 decision on Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe v. Bernhardt et al. - June 6, 2020
USET SPF Statement on Unrest in America - June 2, 2020
Statement by USET Sovereignty Protection Fund President Kirk Francis in Response to Today’s Joint Statement by Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin and Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt on Distribution of Coronavirus Relief Fund Dollars to Native American Tribal Nations - May 5, 2020
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Threatened with Land Disestablishment, Tribal Leaders Step in to Address Ongoing Land Issues and Threats to Sovereignty - March 30, 2020
USET SPF Statement on DOI Withdrawal of M-Opinion 37029 - March 12, 2020

Statements

USET SPF Applauds the Nomination of Bryan Newland for Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs - April 23, 2021
World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Pandemic Declaration (1 Yr Anniversary) – USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis Statement - March 11, 2021
USET SPF Signs onto Solidarity Letter Against Native Mascots - July 6, 2020
USET SPF Signs onto Joint Statement regarding June 5, 2020 decision on Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe v. Bernhardt et al. - June 6, 2020
USET SPF Statement on DOI Withdrawal of M-Opinion 37029 - March 12, 2020
Current Crisis of Diminishing Civility, Compassion, and Decency - July 2018
President Kirk Francis’ message concerning the 50th anniversary of USET and the issues facing Indian Country today - March 27, 2019

USET SPF Quoted

USET SPF Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs quoted in Marketplace article: Federal government shutdowns cause economic distress for tribes - September 28, 2023
USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis quoted in Native News Online article: Patrice H. Kunesh Confirmed as Administration for Native Americans Commissioner - March 9, 2023
USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis speaks to NPR about advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service - December 27, 2022
USET SPF Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs quoted in Marketplace article: Government report outlines web of problems impeding tribal access to federal funds - December 21, 2022
Bloomberg Government article: Congress Surprised by Biden Call for Indian Health Service Funds - March 30, 2022
USET SPF Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs Liz Malerba quoted in Roll Call article: Tribal groups want to boost traditional diets in federal food aid - February 2, 2022
USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis quoted in press release from Senator Ed Markey announcing the Reintroduction of The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act - September 30, 2021
USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis quoted in press release from Senator Tina Smith announcing the Introduction of the Native Behavioral Health Access Improvement Act - July 1, 2021
USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis quoted in press release from Senator Elizabeth Warren announcing the Reintroduction of Legislation to Extend Tribal Broadband Application Deadline - April 26, 2021
USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis quoted in press release from Warren, Merkley, and Kahele announcing the Reintroduction of the Remove the Stain Act - March 23, 2021
Native News Online article: Tribes Highlight the Need to Renew the Meaning and Application of Dr. King’s Work - January 18, 2021
USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis and USET SPF Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs Liz Malerba interviewd on Native America Calling: U.S. Capitol in Chaos - January 7, 2021
Native News Online article: Praise for Rep. Deb Haaland’s Nomination to Become Interior Secretary - December 18, 2020
The Chatham News + Record article: For local connections Mason, Huff, retirement of Washington’s NFL team name is a logical change - July 22, 2020
The Central Virginian article: Thousands submit comments opposed to water project - June 8, 2020

Op-Eds

Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy and Challenging Us All to Recommit to Furthering His Life’s Work
Published by NativeNewsOnline.net on January 17, 2022
Honoring Traditional Ecological Knowledge is Critical by Kirk Francis, Sr.
Published by IndianCountryToday.com on December 13, 2021
An Open Letter to President-Elect Joe Biden: Healing America and Restoration of its Soul by Kitcki Carroll
Published by NativeNewsOnline.net on November 17, 2020
Dear America by Kitcki Carroll
Published by NativeNewsOnline.net on January 21, 2019
America’s First Moral Violation: A Native American Perspective in Response to Today’s American Division by Kitcki Carroll
Published by NativeNewsOnline.net on January 10, 2018
From Consultation to Consent by Kitcki Carroll and Liz Malerba
Published in Tribal Business Journal, December 2016

USET SPF Newsletter - The Beat

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