If we allow our language to perish, all our accomplishments--what we have done in health care, education, and economic development--will be for naught as these things can only be fully achieved when we save our language.
Warns that losing the language undermines all tribal achievements.
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It would be difficult for me, Senator, to come to this Committee and press for treaty rights if I could not say to myself, we are living up to all of our obligations.
These actions have made the Cherokee Nation a better nation for having recognized full and equal citizenship of Freedmen descendants.
The direct funding of NAHASDA and the ability to craft Indian Housing Plans has been indispensable for the Cherokee Nation.
Cherokee Nation citizenship is equal. ... There are no distinctions between Cherokee citizens of Freedmen descent or Cherokees by blood descent.
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