Chuck Hoskin: “Preserving our language is preserving our Cherokee identity, what makes us unique as a people.”

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 the Framers of this treaty plainly were concerned about the governmental interests of the Cherokee Nation having a place in this body.

We have to make sure that any barriers that might have existed, historically, to access are knocked down.

The Cherokee Nation shall have a delegate.