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Debra Haaland as interior secretary â a champion for the land
The appointment is a chance to set right the many betrayals of land ownership and use.
By Renée Loth Contributor,Updated February 26, 2021, 3:00 a.m.
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Representative Deb Haaland, of New Mexico, is President Biden s nominee for Secretary of the Interior.Pool/Getty
Of all the groundbreaking appointments President Biden has made to his administration, perhaps the boldest is his choice for secretary of the interior. Representative Debra Haaland of New Mexico, whose Senate confirmation hearings began this week, would be the first Native American appointed to a Cabinet post. And not just any post. The significance of an indigenous American being in charge of federal lands â cruelly wrested from Native people over centuries and rapaciously exploited for their resources â is hard to overstate.
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