U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland set out four years ago on a historic journey as the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.
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FILE - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland right wrist is adorned with various turquoise bracelets as she waits to address reporters about visiting several communities and sites in Mississippi to honor individuals and events that advanced the Civil Rights Movement, while standing outside the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022.
FILE - Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks at the Gila Crossing Community School in the Gila River Indian Community reservation in Laveen, Ariz., Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. “I really felt like I relied on the way I was raised, on my cultural wellbeing, the traditional aspects of who I am. I’m a pueblo woman first," she said,"and I see things through that lens.”Even during her time in Congress, Haaland wasn't shy about voicing opposition to oil and gas and supporting the Green New Deal.
“I stand on the shoulders of so many people that have spoken out for the Earth and its animals, who stood up for Indian Country, for women, for civil rights,” she said.From the start, Haaland wanted to usher in what she called a new era for Indian Country. That meant honoring and elevating tribal sovereignty. Not with words but with actions, she said.
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