2023 Message from the USET/USET SPF President
Previous Statements and Messages from President Francis:
- A Year Later: Remembering Those We Lost - March 11, 2021
- Honoring Traditional Ecological Knowledge Is Critical – IndianCountryToday op-ed, December 13, 2021
- President Francis’ Testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for the Oversight Hearing, “From Languages to Homelands: Advancing Tribal Self-Governance and Cultural Sovereignty for Future Generations,” on December 9, 2020
- Statement by USET Sovereignty Protection Fund President Kirk Francis in Response to Today’s Treasury & Interior Joint CRF Statement - May 5, 2020
- USET SPF Statement on DOI Withdrawal of M-Opinion 37029 - March 12, 2020
- USET SPF Response to President Trump Tweet - May 8, 2019
- USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis’ message concerning the 50th anniversary of USET and the issues facing Indian Country today.
- Tribal Nations Highlight Successes in Face of Increasing Challenges During USET/USET SPF 2019 Impact Week
- USET SPF Statement: Federal Government Shutdown Negatively Impacts Indian Country -- Highlighting the Need for a Fundamental Change in Indian Country Appropriations
- President Kirk Francis Mashpee Land Sovereignty Walk Statement - November 14, 2018
- A Message on NAHM from United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc & United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund President, Penobscot Indian Nation Chief Kirk E. Francis, Sr. - 2018
- USET SPF Statement - The Overdue Retirement of Chief Wahoo
- USET SPF Statement Federal District Court Strikes Blow Against Native Families and Communities -- Declares Indian Child Welfare Act Unconstitutional
- USET Sovereignty Protection Fund President Kirk Francis Congratulates Tribal Nations Honored Today by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke - October 3, 2018
- USET/USET SPF Statement on Tribal Unity Impact Days Washington, DC - September 12, 2018
- USET/USET SPF President Francis Statement on Current Crisis of Diminishing Civility, Compassion, and Decency - July 2018