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Both the Beltway and New Mexico are abuzz about two Native Americans being considered to become the next secretary of the Department of the Interior. If one is chosen, it would be a milestone.
A Native American has never been a Cabinet secretary, and this job would have the added significance of leading the department that oversees the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education.
One candidate is U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, an Albuquerque Democrat and Laguna Pueblo member who has gathered a groundswell of support in the weeks since Joe Biden was elected president. The other, according to