American Indians have a different worldview than do non-Indians of the federal government including American presidents. This is evidenced by the large percentage of American Indians who serve in the United States military. This is true of even how the men who have been president of the United States are viewed by Native people.
WASHINGTON, DC, March 15, 2021 (ENS) – History was made today as the U.S. Senate voted 51-40 to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee Congresswoman Debra Haaland as Secretary of the Interior. After she is sworn in, Haaland will be the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary. In 2018, she became one of the first two Native women elected to Congress.
Serving as the U.S. Representative for New Mexico’s 1st congressional district since 2019, Haaland is a member of the Laguna Pueblo, a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, near the city of Albuquerque.
During her confirmation hearing, Daines specifically pressed Haaland on her stances on fracking and pipelines in general and particularly Biden s decision to revoke a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline as well as his leasing suspension.
Haaland’s supporters touted the historic nature of her confirmation and the importance of having a Native American at the helm of an agency with significant responsibility to the country’s 574 federally recognized tribes.
ADVERTISEMENT Before America s public lands were America s public lands, they were Native American lands, and Deb Haaland will be the first Native American to serve in any president s Cabinet and the first to serve as the secretary of this department, so that s kind of a wonderful harmony with history, said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
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