The department oversees America’s land, water, wildlife, energy resources, and honors the nation’s responsibility to tribal nations.
A letter sent to Biden from dozens of tribal leaders and Indigenous activists said Haaland should be his Interior secretary. Haaland said she’ll continue to fight for Native voices.
“Indian country has the voice, the issues that we’ve been able to raise over the past term, missing and murdered indigenous women, healthcare in Indian county, economic development,” she said. “Those are important issues to the future of our Indian tribes.”
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