We're Finally Going To Have Native American Women In Congress
6 years, 2 months ago

We're Finally Going To Have Native American Women In Congress

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Two Native American women won their congressional races on Tuesday night, making history as the first female indigenous candidates heading to the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrat Deb Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, swept to an easy victory in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district with an open seat. ASSOCIATED PRESS Democrat Sharice Davids, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, won election in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District against four-term incumbent Rep. Kevin Yoder, who was hurt by growing dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump in the swing district. ASSOCIATED PRESS Haaland got a law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law, chaired her state’s Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017 and was the Native American vote director for Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign.

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President Biden apologizes for 150-year Native American boarding school policy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

President Biden apologizes for 150-year Native American boarding school policy

LA Times  

President Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated Indian children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history.” “It’s a sin on our soul,” said Biden, his voice full of anger and emotion. Biden spoke of the abuses and deaths of Native American …

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reflects on tenure and tradition amid policy challenges
1 year, 6 months ago

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reflects on tenure and tradition amid policy challenges

LA Times  

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, photographed June 12 in Albuquerque, became the first Native American Cabinet member when she was sworn in as Interior secretary in 2021. Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico did not get a response from Haaland when he asked when the first utility-scale offshore wind projects would be permitted Politics Interior nominee Deb Haaland questioned on …

Navajos narrow list of 15 presidential hopefuls in primary
2 years, 5 months ago

Navajos narrow list of 15 presidential hopefuls in primary

Associated Press  

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Natalia Sells has a list of qualities she wants to see in the next Navajo Nation president: Approachable. The field includes incumbent Jonathan Nez, former Navajo Vice President Frank Dayish Jr., former tribal Attorney General Ethel Branch, attorney Justin Jones, and Buu Van Nygren, the vice presidential candidate from 2018. I think it’s going to be an …

Deb Haaland makes history as first Native American Cabinet secretary
3 years, 10 months ago

Deb Haaland makes history as first Native American Cabinet secretary

Raw Story  

The Senate on Monday confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to head the Interior Department, marking the first time in U.S. history that a Native American will be Cabinet secretary of an executive branch agency. President Joe Biden has pledged to make his Cabinet secretaries — a president's inner circle — the most diverse group in history, and Haaland's …

Haaland OK’d at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head
3 years, 10 months ago

Haaland OK’d at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the first to lead the federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for nearly two centuries. “And no, it should not have taken more than 200 years for a Native …

Deb Haaland Makes History As First Native American Cabinet Secretary
3 years, 10 months ago

Deb Haaland Makes History As First Native American Cabinet Secretary

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Senate on Monday confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna tribe of New Mexico, as the 54th secretary of the Interior Department, the massive federal agency that oversees roughly one-fifth of all land in the U.S. Haaland, 60, makes history as the first Native American Cabinet secretary and the first Native American …

Deb Haaland confirmed as first Indigenous US interior secretary
3 years, 10 months ago

Deb Haaland confirmed as first Indigenous US interior secretary

Al Jazeera  

Haaland, one of the first Native American women elected to US Congress, is a ‘powerhouse, inspiring’ leader, advocacy group says. The US Senate has confirmed Representative Deb Haaland as secretary of the interior, making the New Mexico politician the first Indigenous person to head a cabinet agency in the history of the United States. Echo Hawk called Haaland, one of …

Montana Native Americans worried about legislative influence
3 years, 10 months ago

Montana Native Americans worried about legislative influence

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dylan Klapmeier, a spokesperson for House Republicans, said any …

Native American nominee’s grilling raises questions on bias
3 years, 10 months ago

Native American nominee’s grilling raises questions on bias

Associated Press  

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — When Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso snapped at Deb Haaland during her confirmation hearing, many in Indian Country were incensed. The exchange, coupled with descriptions of the Interior secretary nominee as “radical” — by other white, male Republicans — left some feeling Haaland is being treated differently because she is a Native American woman. Before the congresswoman …

Native American nominee's grilling raises questions on bias
3 years, 10 months ago

Native American nominee's grilling raises questions on bias

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The exchange, coupled with descriptions of the Interior secretary nominee as “radical” — by …

Interior nominee Haaland questioned on drilling, pipelines
3 years, 10 months ago

Interior nominee Haaland questioned on drilling, pipelines

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Interior Department faced sharp questions from Republicans Tuesday over what several called her “radical” ideas that include opposition to fracking and the Keystone XL oil pipeline. He displayed a large chart featuring a quote from last November, before Haaland was selected to lead Interior, in which she said: “If I had …

AP sources: Biden to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary
4 years ago

AP sources: Biden to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary

Associated Press  

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, according to two people familiar with the decision, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for generations. With Haaland’s nomination, Indigenous people will for the first time see …

AP source: Biden to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary
4 years ago

AP source: Biden to pick Rep. Haaland as interior secretary

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb …

Biden Picks Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary
4 years ago

Biden Picks Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Rep. Deb Haaland, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna tribe, to serve as secretary of the interior. “The nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland ― a champion of the environment and of Native people ― heralds a new era of conservation, progress, and healing in the Department of the Interior …

Nancy Pelosi Gives Biden Her Blessing To Pick Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary
4 years ago

Nancy Pelosi Gives Biden Her Blessing To Pick Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary

Huff Post  

Under that scenario, the maximum amount of time from her resignation to a special election would be roughly three months. And New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, which Haaland represents, is solidly Democratic: Biden won it by 23 percentage points in November. Pelosi’s latest statement suggests that whatever obstacle she and House Democratic leaders may have presented to Biden picking Haaland …

Tribes Want Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary. Some Biden Advisers Are Trying To Thwart Her.
4 years, 1 month ago

Tribes Want Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary. Some Biden Advisers Are Trying To Thwart Her.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING For weeks, leaders of Native American tribes all over the country have been urging President-elect Joe Biden to pick Rep. Deb Haaland to be his interior secretary. Why would you start a new transition that way?” Holsey is one of 150 tribal leaders who privately wrote to Biden last week in support of Haaland for interior secretary. …

Rep. Haaland: Cabinet Pick 'Would Mean A Lot To Indian Country'
4 years, 1 month ago

Rep. Haaland: Cabinet Pick 'Would Mean A Lot To Indian Country'

NPR  

Rep. Haaland: Cabinet Pick 'Would Mean A Lot To Indian Country' Enlarge this image toggle caption Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network As President-elect Joe Biden continues to assemble his advisers and Cabinet, one name being floated could add another historic first to his administration. Politico reported Thursday that dozens …

Dozens Of Lawmakers Urge Biden To Pick Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary
4 years, 1 month ago

Dozens Of Lawmakers Urge Biden To Pick Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dozens of members of Congress, including some Republicans, are urging President-elect Joe Biden to pick Rep. Deb Haaland to be his Interior Secretary ― and make some history in the process. Haaland, the chair of House Natural Resources subcommittee with oversight authority for the Interior Department, made history in 2018 as one of just two Native American …

Deb Haaland: 'Of Course' I'd Be Interested In Being Biden's Interior Secretary
4 years, 2 months ago

Deb Haaland: 'Of Course' I'd Be Interested In Being Biden's Interior Secretary

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Deb Haaland made history in 2018 as one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress, along with Rep. Sharice Davids. “We’ve never had a Native American serve in any Cabinet position,” Bryan Newland, tribal chairman of the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan and a lead organizer on the letter, said Tuesday. Haaland …

Indigenous candidates’ wins in Congress give hope for change
4 years, 2 months ago

Indigenous candidates’ wins in Congress give hope for change

Associated Press  

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Internet access, health care and basic necessities like running water and electricity within Indigenous communities have long been at the center of congressional debates. “It’s seeing people that look like us in Congress that is inspiring women, more than anything, to run,” said Traci Morris, executive director of the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University …

New US Congress makes history with record number of women
6 years ago

New US Congress makes history with record number of women

Al Jazeera  

From the youngest woman to the first Muslim female representatives, no other US Congress has looked like this. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Youngest woman elected to Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th District and has now made history as the youngest woman to join Congress. Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids First Native …

Native American women’s election to US House celebrated
6 years, 2 months ago

Native American women’s election to US House celebrated

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As a girl, Debra Haaland remembers joining her grandmother as she chopped wood and fetched water for her home in tiny Mesita, a Native American community situated in New Mexico’s high desert. Haaland, an enrolled Laguna Pueblo member, is certain it was these early experiences and the example of her grandmother’s work ethic that helped her win …

70 Years Ago, Native American Women Couldn’t Vote. Now, We're Congresswomen.
6 years, 2 months ago

70 Years Ago, Native American Women Couldn’t Vote. Now, We're Congresswomen.

Huff Post  

Sharice Davids defeated incumbent Republican Kevin Yoder to win Kansas' 3rd Congressional District. She is one of two Native American women who were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. Whitney Curtis via Getty Images For the first time, Native American women will finally have representation in the U.S. House of Representatives after the commanding victories of Deb …

Political pioneers: Voters elect trailblazing candidates
6 years, 2 months ago

Political pioneers: Voters elect trailblazing candidates

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — What is already the most diverse Congress ever will become even more so after Tuesday’s elections, which broke barriers of race and gender. The significance of history is not lost on me.” Half a century ago this week, New York’s Shirley Chisholm was elected the first black woman in Congress, and several of the black women elected Tuesday …

Voters give House Democrats a check on Trump
6 years, 2 months ago

Voters give House Democrats a check on Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Democrats took back the House with a surge of fresh new candidates and an outpouring of voter enthusiasm Tuesday, breaking the GOP’s monopoly on power in Washington and setting the stage for a multitude of investigations of President Donald Trump that could engulf his administration over the next two years. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who is seeking …

US midterm elections: Divisive Trump era ushers record number of women, minorities into House
6 years, 2 months ago

US midterm elections: Divisive Trump era ushers record number of women, minorities into House

ABC  

US voters have elected two Muslim women, two Native American women, their first openly gay governor and some of the youngest female candidates, in a midterm election set to shake up Congress. Meet the history-makers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the face of young, discontented Democrats trying to shove their party left Sharice Davids is one of the first Native American women …

US midterms 2018: The candidates who made history
6 years, 2 months ago

US midterms 2018: The candidates who made history

Al Jazeera  

From the first Muslim congresswomen to the first openly gay governor of a US state, we look at who’s making history. “It is the end of one-party rule in the United States, thank God, and the beginning of a new Democratic Party: Younger, browner, cooler, more women, more veterans.” As results from Tuesday’s votes continue to stream in, here are …

It's midterm election day in the US, Donald Trump not on ballot but polls are referendum on his turbulent presidency
6 years, 2 months ago

It's midterm election day in the US, Donald Trump not on ballot but polls are referendum on his turbulent presidency

Firstpost  

Washington: Tweetstorms and a trade war. South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem could become her state’s first female governor. She could be joined by Sharice Davids of Kansas, a Native American woman who is also attempting to become the state’s first openly LGBT candidate to win a major office. She could be joined by Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar, who is also trying …

US midterm polls may mark firsts for minority groups: Transgender, Native American, Hispanic candidates hope to break barriers
6 years, 2 months ago

US midterm polls may mark firsts for minority groups: Transgender, Native American, Hispanic candidates hope to break barriers

Firstpost  

The 2018 US congressional elections prompted a surge of candidates from minority groups that have not had electoral success in the past. First Native American governor and woman in Congress: Three candidates could make history representing Native Americans in elected office. First consecutive female governors: New Mexico’s Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, is trying to replace outgoing Republican Governor Susana …

2018 Is The Year Of The Native Woman, But We've Always Been Leaders
6 years, 2 months ago

2018 Is The Year Of The Native Woman, But We've Always Been Leaders

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As a Native woman who has served her community as a tribal attorney and judge, I know what it’s like to be the only woman in the room. “Native women have been leading our communities since time immemorial,” Peggy Flanagan told me over email. “But now, more than ever, we have been successfully overcoming barriers that have …

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