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Debra Anne Haaland (/ ˈ h ɑː l ə n d /; [1] born December 2, 1960) is an American politician serving as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior. [2] A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021 and as chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017.
Deb Haaland is the first Native American cabinet member under President Joe Biden. She spoke at the final night of the DNC. Watch her remarks.
The Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative was created in June 2021 by Deb Haaland, the United States Secretary of the Interior, to investigate defunct residential boarding schools established under the Civilization Fund Act and that housed Native American children. [ 1][ 2] It is an effort to document known schools and burial grounds ...
Lynn A. Trujillo is an American lawyer and government official serving as the senior counselor to the United States Secretary of the Interior since February 2023. She is the first Native American woman in the role. Trujillo was the secretary of the New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs from January 2019 to November 2022.
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Jul. 30—Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's maternal grandparents were just 8 years old when they were removed from their parents' care and forced to live in a Catholic boarding school. Her great ...
From the election until Deb Haaland's resignation to become Secretary of the Interior, New Mexico had a house delegation composed entirely of women of color, the second US state (after Hawaii) to do so. [1] New Mexico is also the first state to have a majority of its house representatives be Native Americans. [a]
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