Feb 24, 2021
This photo provided by Leah Salgado shows the image of New Mexico U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland projected on the side of the U.S. Department of the Interior building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Native Americans will be closely watching a confirmation hearing Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, for Haaland, who has been nominated to lead the Interior Department. If confirmed, she would be the first Native American to lead the agency that has broad oversight of tribal affairs and energy development. (Leah Salgado via AP)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) For Native Americans, Deb Haaland is more than an elected official on track to become the first Indigenous secretary of the Interior Department. She is a sister, an auntie and a fierce pueblo woman whose political stances have been molded by her upbringing.