Chuck Hoskin: “I offer both an apology on behalf of the Cherokee Nation for these actions, and more importantly, Mr. Chairman, I offer…”

I urge the committee to swiftly move forward with a bipartisan reauthorization bill that can pass the Senate and be signed into law.

I think that interruption of many, many decades really arrested the development of the Cherokee Nation.

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.

The direct funding of NAHASDA and the ability to craft Indian Housing Plans has been indispensable for the Cherokee Nation.