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What Deb Haaland's nomination as Interior Secretary means for indigenous peoples and the nation


Tracy Devine Guzmán, Caroline LaPorte and William J. Pestle
What Deb Haaland’s nomination as Interior Secretary means for indigenous peoples and the nation | Column
For the first time in nearly 250 years, Native Americans will be represented at the Cabinet level.
 
 
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., listens during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary on Capitol Hill. [ JIM WATSON | AP ]
Published Mar. 11
Updated Mar. 11
Excluded from many discussions of race and ethnicity in the United States are the Native caretakers of this land. That is changing with the nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., as Interior Secretary. It is a watershed moment in the tortured history of relations between the U.S. government and indigenous peoples. ....

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