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At a time when too many discussions about race and ethnicity reflect division rather than mutual respect, it’s important to talk about something that unites and divides us all. We have to acknowledge the essential goal of our time: the collective decolonization of all the people in this nation. ....
Gay man appointed transportation undersecretary Feb 10, 2021 | Undersecretary Arlando Teller (via Los Angeles Blade) Arizona state Rep. Arlando Teller, a gay Navajo man, has joined the Biden Administration as Sec. Pete Buttigieg’s deputy assistant secretary for tribal affairs for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Teller is Navajo. Before Teller was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2018 and served on the transportation committee, he worked for Caltrans, the California Department of Transportation, and then served as deputy director of the Navajo Division of Transportation. He is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “Elevating indigenous nations’ by the Biden administration only invigorates and encourages me to do more,” Teller told the Los Angeles Blade in a text message. “Representation matters.” ....
Gay Democrat and Navajo Nation member Arlando Teller. (Facebook/ Arlando Teller) The newly sworn in US transport secretary Pete Buttigieg has chosen a gay Navajo Nation member as one of his assistant secretaries. Gay Democrat Arlando Teller was, until now, an Arizona state representative, and formerly served as deputy director of the Navajo Department of Transportation. He will now take on the role of deputy assistant secretary of tribal affairs in the Department of Transportation, having officially resigned his seat as a state representative on Monday (1 February). Teller told the Los Angeles Blade: “Elevating Indigenous nations’ by the Biden administration only invigorates and encourages me to do more. Representation matters.” ....
Native women land key leadership and policy roles in Biden administration Friday, February 5, 2021 Indianz.Com A citizen of the Winnebago Tribe is taking on a key leadership position in President Joe Biden’s administration. Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes will serve as Deputy Solicitor for Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior. In that role, she will lead the Indian Country legal team for the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities to tribes and their citizens. In recognition of the department’s importance, Biden has nominated Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) to serve as Secretary of the Interior. If confirmed, the Pueblo of Laguna citizen will be the first Native person to lead Interior and the first Native person in a modern-day presidential cabinet. ....
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