The Energy 202: The campaign heats up for Biden to pick a Native American for his Cabinet Dino Grandoni
with Alexandra Ellerbeck Calls for Joe Biden to pick a Native American to run the Department of the Interior are growing louder in the days before the president-elect is expected to announce his environmental team. An increasing number of liberal members of Congress, climate activists, Hollywood celebrities and tribal groups are coalescing in support of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, to become the first descendant of North America’s original people to be the next interior secretary. Another person being considered for the position, former deputy secretary Michael L. Connor, is also an enrolled member of New Mexico’s Taos Pueblo.