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Dec 17, 2020
Biden Picks Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary
The congresswoman from New Mexico would make history as the first Native American to serve as the top steward of America s public lands and waters.
By Chris D Angelo and Jennifer Bendery
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna tribe, to serve as secretary of the interior.
In 2018, Haaland, 60, became one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress. If the Senate confirms her as head of the Interior Department, she would make similar history as the first Native American Cabinet secretary and the first Native American to serve as the top steward of America’s public lands and natural resources.
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President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Rep. Deb Haaland to be secretary of the Interior. If confirmed, she will be the first Native American to serve in that position.
The Department of the Interior is home to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Haaland, 59, D-N.M., is an enrolled citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna Native American tribe and serves on the House Natural Resources Committee. She was one of the first two Native American women elected to the United States Congress, the other being Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan.
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President-elect Joe Biden will name Deb Haaland as his nominee to head the U.S. Department of the Interior, according to a report by the
Washington Post on Thursday, ending weeks of rumors and pushes by various factions in the form of anonymous quotes and leaks.
If confirmed, Haaland would be the first Native American to hold the key position regarding public lands and environmental issues throughout the country.
Haaland is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, one of New Mexico’s 23 federally recognized tribes and pueblos.
Tribes have long had tensions with the Interior Department, over things like oil and gas drilling.
Biden Will Nominate Rep. Deb Haaland To Be First Native American Interior Secretary
If confirmed, Haaland would become the first Native American Cabinet secretary in American history.
ByJohanna Silver, and Ian McKenna
Published on 12/17/2020 at 4:16 PM
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | Getty Images
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | Getty Images
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland (D) to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior, multiple outlets reported Thursday. If confirmed, Haaland would become the first Native American Cabinet secretary in American history.