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The announcement of Rep. Deb Haaland’s nomination last week to become secretary of the Interior uncorked waves of emotion from the Great Lakes to California’s Redwood forests to the Oklahoma plains. A sign of growing political power and organization in Indian Country, Representative Haaland taking lead of the sprawling Department of the Interior would put Native Americans at the forefront of the Biden administration’s efforts to take sweeping action on climate change. Why We Wrote This A dedication to protecting the land has been a hallmark of Native American leaders – but so also hav...

A voice never heard before: The historic significance behind Biden's interior secretary pick Erik Ortiz President-elect Joe Biden's selection of Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., to lead the Department of the Interior — potentially the first Native American to do so and serve as a Cabinet secretary — is being celebrated across Native American groups and viewed as a fresh start for tribal relations with the federal government. The Interior Department is "a massive battleship. It's not going to turn on a dime, but this is the signaling of a new chapter," said Crystal Echo Hawk, exec...

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File President-elect Joe Biden has officially selected Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee to serve as Secretary of the Interior, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Haaland would the first Native American to serve in a presidential Cabinet, and is poised to play a key role in repairing the historically fraught relationship between Native tribes and the federal government.  Two Native activists told Insider they are optimistic and hopeful about the selection. "We all get very excited just thinking about the opportunity to really f...

Deb Haaland helming the Interior Department would be a first step in healing the 'horrible relationship' between the federal government and Native Americans, activists say gpanetta@businessinsider.com (Grace Panetta) © AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File This April 3, 2019, file photo shows Rep. Deb Haaland, D-Albuquerque, one of the first Native American woman elected to Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File President-elect Joe Biden has officially selected Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee to serve as Secretary of the Interior, the Washin...

  But overcoming obstacles to cast a ballot in the first place is not an uncommon experience for many of the estimated 6.8 million Native American individuals residing in the United States and members of the 574 federally-recognized Native tribes, according to activists and experts interviewed by Insider.  An extensive report conducted by the Native American Voting Rights Coalition, a project of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), based on two years of research in Native communities across the country and released in June, found that Native voters still face inequitable access to regist...