Tribes need fellow Native Deb Haaland in Interior to restore trust: Rep. Sharice Davids
Rep. Deb Haaland knows the struggles that Native communities face across the United States and Tribal lands because she's lived them herself.
Sharice Davids
Correction: This column has been updated with the state Rep. Don Young represents.
In 2018, Congresswoman Deb Haaland, D-N.M., and I became the first two Native American women ever elected to Congress. Mere months later we stood proudly next to each other as we took our oath of office, keenly aware of the generations of Native women whose struggles and triumphs paved the way for this moment.