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'Indian Country' is excited about the first Native American secretary of the interior – and the promise she has for addressing issues of importance to all Americans

  • Written by Traci Morris, PhD, Executive Director, American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University
imageU.S. Rep. Deb Haaland speaks in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Oct. 1, 2018.Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

President Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to lead the Department of the Interior is historic on many levels. Haaland, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, was one of the first Native American women...

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