A voice never heard before: The historic significance behind Biden s interior secretary pick Erik Ortiz
President-elect Joe Biden s selection of Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., to lead the Department of the Interior potentially the first Native American to do so and serve as a Cabinet secretary is being celebrated across Native American groups and viewed as a fresh start for tribal relations with the federal government.
The Interior Department is a massive battleship. It s not going to turn on a dime, but this is the signaling of a new chapter, said Crystal Echo Hawk, executive director of IllumiNative, a Native American advocacy group. This is a deep resetting of the federal government s relationship with Native peoples, one that was built on stolen land and broken promises.
For Native Americans, Rep Haaland s nomination as interior secretary signals a new start
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