Communications

On this page you will find Press Releases, Op Eds, Statements and a link to Letters offered by USET SPF

PRESS RELEASE | USET SPF Statement on Unrest in America June 2, 2020

PRESS RELEASE | 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

PRESS RELEASE | Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Threatened with Land Disestablishment, Tribal Leaders Step in to Address Ongoing Land Issues and Threats to Sovereignty March 30, 2020

PRESS RELEASE | USET SPF Statement on DOI Withdrawal of M-Opinion 37029 March 12, 2020

USET Welcomes Three New Tribal Nation Members At Annual Meeting November 5, 2019

Tribal Nations Gather for Annual Meeting and Celebration of USET 50th Anniversary November 4, 2019

The Passing of Joe Dan Osceola – First President of United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. June 11, 2019

USET SPF Response to President Trump Tweet May 8, 2019

Tribal Nations Highlight Successes in Face of Increasing Challenges During USET Sovereignty Protection Fund Impact Week 2019
March 4, 2019

Federal Government Shutdown Negatively Impacts Indian Country — Highlighting the Need for a Fundamental Change in Indian Country Appropriations January 10, 2019

USET Sovereignty Protection Fund President Kirk Francis Condemns Disgraceful Federal Indian Policies and Calls on Indian Country to Reawaken to its Own Power February 25, 2018

Action Taken in the Dakota Access Pipeline December 6, 2016

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

Native American Heritage Month Statement by President Kirk Francis November 2018

USET SPF Statement on the Importance of the National Historic Preservation Act for Native American Religious Freedom July 18, 2017

Statement on the Passing of former Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman and USET President Howard E. Tommie March 22, 2017

Native American Heritage Month Statement by President Kirk Francis November 2017

From Congresswoman Deb Haaland: Bipartisan house members co-lead solutions to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis
September 11, 2019

LAW360 Article: Tribal Groups Blast FCC Plan To Ease Wireless Buildout March 16, 2018

TR Daily Article: USET SPF Pushes Back, Cites Lack of Tribal Consultation, as FCC Seeks to Streamline Tribal Review Process March 2, 2018

TR Daily Article: FCC Adopts Wireless Infrastructure Item Amid Complaints About Details April 20, 2017

Dear America by Kitcki Carroll
Printed January 21, 2019
NativeNewsOnline.net

America’s First Moral Violation: A Native American Perspective in Response to Today’s American Division by Kitcki Carroll
Printed January 10, 2018
NativeNewsOnline.net

From Consultation to Consent by Kitcki Carroll & Liz Malerba
Printed December 2016
Tribal Business Journal