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U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland looks on during a news conference following a visit to Bears Ears National Monument Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Blanding, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Deb Haaland brings back Obama-era ‘war on coal’ leasing ban

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Nambe Pueblo Gov. Phillip Perez, left, hands U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland a formal letter from the All Pueblo Council of Governors celebrating Haaland's appointment to lead the federal agency during a round-table discussion at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Tribes talk priorities with ‘formidable guardian’ Haaland

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is sworn in before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP, File}

Interior secretary to visit Utah ahead of monument review

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Senate confirms Deb Haaland as interior secretary

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is sworn in before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP, File}

‘Monumental day’: Indian Country reacts to Deb Haaland vote

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., listens during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Some Republican senators labeled Haaland &quot;radical&quot; over her calls to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and address climate change, and said that could hurt rural America and major oil and gas-producing states. The label of Haaland as a &quot;radical&quot; by Republican lawmakers is getting pushback from Native Americans. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., testifies before a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Secretary of the Interior on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Daines, Lummis place holds on Haaland’s nomination to head Interior

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the nomination of William Burns to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Pool via AP)

Collins to back Haaland for Interior, sealing her approval

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Illustration on Biden and reservation economies by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s chance to renew Native American reservation economies

By Terry L. Anderson

Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., testifies before a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Secretary of the Interior on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Deb Haaland, Biden’s Interior pick, tells Senate panel she supports Keystone XL pipeline shutdown

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Debbie Nez-Manuel shows her husband, Royce Manuel, left and Nez-Manuel at their home at the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Community northeast of Phoenix on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. The couple will be among Native Americans who will be closely watching the confirmation hearing for Deb Haaland, a New Mexico congresswoman who has been nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Debbie Nez-Manuel via AP)

Indian Country gripped by Haaland hearing for top US post

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo the Biden administration's nominee for Secretary of Interior, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks at The Queen Theater in Wilmington Del. Haaland has stood with fellow tribal members in protesting an oil pipeline, advocating for protecting cultural landmarks and criticizing destruction of Native American sites near the U.S.-Mexico border. Native Americans have reason to believe the two-term U.S. congresswoman will push forward on long-simmering issues in Indian Country if she's confirmed as secretary of the Interior Department. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Tribes have high hopes as Haaland confirmation hearing nears

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

Tribal leaders blast congressman opposed to Biden nomination

Associated Press

Warm Springs hopeful after Haaland tapped to head Interior

By MICHAEL KOHN - Associated Press

In this March 5, 2020, photo Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., Native American Caucus co-chair, speaks to reporters about the 2020 Census on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Haaland as interior secretary. The historic pick would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation's tribes for generations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

American Indian leaders cheer Deb Haaland pick as ‘monumental step forward’

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 3, 2017 file photo, Michael Regan listens as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announces that Regan will lead the Department of Environmental Quality in North Carolina, at the Executive Manson in Raleigh, N.C. President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Regan is head of North Carolina’s environmental agency. (Chuck Liddy/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., Native American Caucus co-chair, speaks to reporters about the 2020 Census on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Haaland as interior secretary. The historic pick would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation's tribes for generations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

In this March 5, 2020, photo Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., Native American Caucus co-chair, joined at right by Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, speaks to reporters about the 2020 Census on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

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

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

In this March 5, 2020, photo Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., Native American Caucus co-chair, joined at right by Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, speaks to reporters about the 2020 Census on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

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

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks at a campaign rally, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Flagstaff, Ariz. Until recently, Congress hasn't had many Native American members but hope is growing as the Native delegation in the U.S. House increased by two on Election Day along with four Native Americans who won reelection including Mullin who is Cherokee.(AP Photo/Matt York)

Indigenous candidates’ wins in Congress give hope for change

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press