WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Kirk Francis, president of the United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund, and chief of the Penobscot Indian Nation, at an oversight hearing entitled "From Languages to Homelands: Advancing Tribal Self-Governance and Cultural Sovereignty for Future Generations" on Dec. 9:

Thank you for this opportunity to provide forward-looking testimony on necessary advancements . . .

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