Native Americans âleft out in the coldâ under Trump press Biden for action
(Amr Alfiky | The New York Times) Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks to reporters in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 19, 2020 as President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris look on. Haaland is Biden's choice to lead the Interior Department and is the first Native American to be chosen as a cabinet secretary.
By Mark Walker | The New York Times
  | Feb. 19, 2021, 5:01 p.m.
Washington ⢠When President Joe Biden introduced Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico as his pick for interior secretary, making her the first Native American to be selected for a Cabinet position, he acknowledged the countryâs long history of failing the landâs first citizens.