WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The House Natural Resources subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the U.S. issued the following testimony by Richard Sneed, principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, at a hearing on the Lumbee Recognition Act (H.R. 1964): "Chairman Gallego, Leader Cook, members of the Indigenous Peoples of the United States Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today to provide the views of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on H.R. 1964, the "Lumbee Reco  more