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Tribes blast Stauber over efforts to derail first Native American Cabinet member Posted Rep. Deb Haaland
Marshall Helmberger
REGIONAL Minnesota Eighth District Congressman Pete Stauber is facing withering criticism from across Indian Country in response to his campaign to derail the nomination of Deb Haaland as President Joe Biden’s Interior Secretary. Haaland, a member of Congress from New Mexico, would be the first Native American to hold a position in a presidential Cabinet. Her nomination as the chief overseer of America’s public lands has been widely seen among tribal officials as a significant reset in terms of the relationship between tribes and the federal government which is why Stauber’s efforts to derail her nomination have so stunned tribal officials, particularly those in Stauber’s own district.