Climate Action, Indigenous Rights Groups Among Those Championing Deb Haaland As Interior Secretary
-- this post authored by Julia Conley, Common Dreams staff writer
The national women's rights organization
UltraViolet on Wednesday became the latest group to call on President-elect Joe Biden to appoint Rep. Deb Haaland as secretary of the interior, highlighting the importance of nominating a progressive Indigenous leader to oversee 500 million acres of public land and repair "
the historic harms forced on Native communities throughout American history," including the stealing of land.
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