Indigenous Interior News Today

The Interior secretary announced plans for the review in March and withdrew a land exchange approved by the Trump administration, raising concerns in King Cove and with state officials.

The Interior Department is reopening lease sales on public lands. However, the agency announced that it was 80% less acreage than the oil and gas industry nominated for leasing. The Interior also increased royalty rates.

The Interior Department is reopening lease sales on public lands. However, the agency announced that it was 80% less acreage than the oil and gas industry nominated for leasing. The Interior also increased royalty rates.

The Interior Department is reopening lease sales on public lands. However, the agency announced that it was 80% less acreage than the oil and gas industry nominated for leasing. The Interior also increased royalty rates.

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article incorrectly described Rep. Deb Haaland’s status. In 2018, she was one of the first two Indigenous women elected to Congress in the continental U.S.  As a growing number of tribal and Native community leaders rally around Interior Secretary-designate Deb Haaland, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly said he would vote to confirm her when the Senate takes up the nomination. Haaland, a New Mexico Democrat, was one of the first two enrolled fe...

Editor’s note: On Dec. 17, President-elect Joe Biden announced Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) as his choice for Secretary of Interior, marking the first time a Native American will serve in the position, if confirmed by the Senate. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make his administration the most diverse in history, a promise that so far he has fulfilled with several key appointments. For weeks now, momentum has been building behind a push for the Department of the Interior to be run by an...