Deb Haaland, the country's first indigenous cabinet secretary, used her term at the Interior Department to make what activists say is irreversible impact in recognizing the painful history of the government's treatment Native Americans
Deb Haaland, the country's first indigenous cabinet secretary, used her term at the Interior Department to make what activists say is irreversible impact in recognizing the painful history of the government's treatment Native AmericansInterior Secretary Deb Haaland during an interview inside the Department of the Interior headquarters in Washington, D.C., in October 2024.in Washington D.C.
Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna of New Mexico, says her grandparents and her mother were sent away, a trauma she brought up injust before the November election. Haaland says her twelve-stop"road to healing" tour across Indian Country – which included listening sessions and reports meant to better account for the missing – was a turning point.
"People can't unlearn this history now," says Robert Maxim, a citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe."My worry is that we're not going to act fast enough to continue responding to the ongoing consequences today." But on the other hand, Maxim says, Haaland's likely successor, former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has close relationships with tribes. During a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, Burgum said he intended to get input from everyone on public lands issues.
Keen's tribe and others sued the Department of the Interior over its approval of another tribe's off-reservation casino near Medford, Oregon. Keen says it will compete with her tribe's casino, which funds essential services.
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